The St. Louis Republic., 1902-02-17

hopes After his admission yesterday that
he secured the adoption OF ridicuiousiy
bad rule IN order TO keep his pes foul
strike' ON the statute books. there ia moth
ing left for the american League to do but
to cut out and repudiGte the whole tcheme
When that is said, all is said"
Umpires Joe Cantillion and Jack Sheridan
believe that IL won't take much legislation
10 solve the foul strike problem. Says
Cantillion
''As ! understand it, all this legislation is
for the purpose Of putting stop to the
clever trick nf men like McGraw, Flick
mastered The art of foulirs on cd balls
in order "a tire out the pitcher and gain 4
base on balls. Now we all know that in
order TO turn this trick left-handsd bat
ter must turn on the ball when ne meets
il with his stick, with the result that the
sphere Eeneraily cuts down toward the
third base line. On the other hand. the
right t-hapdel batter pushes the ball over
toward first bass. Why not make rule
calling the balls hit 10 the left IN foui
- and by !cft-handeG hatsIHen, ana the
balls hit 40 the right by richt-handrd bat
tiers, strikes? All other balls landing III
foul territory 10 be called iohiS. ms ms
would give the batter who swings honestly
~ the bail a fair chance. and ar me S..ifs :, m
time make II easy for the umpire. IL is
the only pTa ttlcal remedy Tor 'he louiliis-
off evil. and, best If all. 1t does not require
any extra lines. real or imaginary, to be
made on the playing field
Frank IibtStinau, t!lt ~. I|ptiS IVY ,N''
was the prem.cr batsman in the Southern
League las; year is moi popular in en-
cinnau just how. John McPhee last Week
received a letter from Hulseman $tatihg
that he Giulsemam had practically decided
to remain at Shreveport next season. NC
PhC" met Hulseman here last December.
q Cincinnati contract. y check for advanSe
money was sent to Rulscman, nut the
voucher has rot been returned liuiSemsn
viii viii have , to- To- Jump" 's Shreveport lie i'm
plies that he would not he averse to the
jump" provided he received z sufficient
compensation for the leap McPhee. up 10
the time he received tn" letter. had counteh
on Hulser..au for the Red outiied, but now
his confidence Is sadly shaken He claims
that HulSeman is not Yet contract
Jumper unless he has signed with Shreye-
port since his letter was written. eln,
cinnati has nineteen players ON the Red
list but this may be none too many II the
players fade away as Hulsemin shows
signs of doing Pat DongherIy. who signed
a Cincinnati contract. Is said I" have sworn
allegiance to the Boston Americans
Following is the opinion of Charles Aug
ustus Comiskey on the playing rifles qnesT
tion:
TO my mind there is only one way 70
settle this everlasting argument over the
rules. his Is my plan in a nutshell:
week Or two before the opening of the sea-
son let the umpires' and the captains of the
various teams in the league get together
in room and have q plain. practical TAX
over tne ruit~. i<gt t!iell 'tr'u>3 'N'iS
possible point of play that come up
during the season. and. ii need be- argue
over the disputed points until every man
in t,1a, room understands the exact mean
ing of the. rule and exactly how the UNI
pres will interpret II on the field BY doing
this. the men who must he familiar with
all the playing rules-nanely. the umpires
and the captains of the teams~-will know
exactly what To do when the championship
season opens.
II remember that one spring several
years ago when was III the National
League. ] was pres1t at meeting of this
kind which was also attended by Anson-
Ward. Nash and all the other captains In
the curcuit. We went over every rule with
the umpires. and the result was that things
went pretty smoothly that season. The OLD
rules are al! right provided the umpires are
competent.