The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-10
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Section s-when he strikes st bali out of his fair reach
 Section 7-The umpire must declare the batsman out on foul strike when he strikes at or hits ball fair or foul, when either of his feet is outside the lines of his position.
 This amended rule puts stop to the penalizing of balls which go from the bat fair until they pass first or third bases. Then, too. it prevents the rule of calling strike on ball which hits the bat acci- dentally while the batsman is trying to avoid being hit by the pitched ball All such hits properly belong to the record of dead balls Moreover the amended rule properly places the section covering the out on foul strike, which was isolated rule before.
 "The origin of the foul strike was the effort to do away with the annoyance of intentional foul hitting, and this it utterly fails to do, as that objectionable habit can be indulsed in with impunity after two strikes have been called.
 Ut is impossible to get rid of foul ball hitting, and the next best thinR is to lessen the drawback as much as possible and that have tried to do in my amended rule. By way of contrast append the existing rule as given below:
 Rule 49~-A strike is:
 Section IA pitched ball struck at by the batsman without it's touching his bat. or,
 Section "A fair ball legally delivered by the pitcher at which the batsman does not strike.
 Section 3-A foul hit ball not caught on the fly unless the batsman has two strikes.
 Section 4-An attempt to bunt which re- suits in a foul
 Section 5--A pitched ball at which the batsmsn strikes but misses and which touches any part of his person. fs
 Section GA foul tip held by the catcher while standing within the lines of his po- sition. No wonder rule. worded as this is. finds opponents
 <, It seldom happens that a triple steal IS worked. but this feat was pulled off success fully by the Minneapolis team, in a game with Kanasas City at Nicollet Park, Min neapolls. July l. 1905.
 Eels the elongated pitcher of the Kan sas City Blues. was doing the box work for Irwin's men. The Millers pulled off their stunt in the sixth inning. In that round Sullivan. the first Minneapolis player up singled. Sully then stole second and few minutes later was advanced to third by a neat single from Freeman's bat. Coulter watched four wide ones go by and walked Schmidt then froced Sullivan at the' plate and reached the first station on fielder's choice. Freeman in the meantime had ad- vanced to third and Coulter to second.
 With three men on bases and only one down. Eels became nervous. Manager Wat kins. sitting on the Millers' bench. signaled for triple steal. Schmidt was leading off first Eels threw to Massey. the Kansas City first baseman. in an attempt to nip the German Quick as flash. Freeman start ed for home. Coulter for third and Schmidt got under way for second Freeman heat Masseys heave to the plate and scored. Coulter reached the third corner in satety. Catcher Butler threw to second to cut orr Schmidt, but "Heinie" was resting on sec ond and borrowing Bonner's fine cut before Buffers throw had passed the pitchers box
 Ball players have their wits sharpened by constant rubbing against the sharp angles of the profession and many a quip of the diamond would make the spectators roar with laughter could they only hear them. As d rule. the professional player does not like to talk to strangers or men who have no real knowledge of baseball. They resent famll- iarity. One of the most apt retorts ever handed out by ball player is credited to several different sources. but the incident really occurred in a small Texas town where a fly-by-night theatrical troupe was stopping at a local hotel where members of the local baseball team had gathered for the opening of the season. One of the actors went out to the team practice, but was nor much impressed He expressed his opinion at lobby session that night. "Oh. It's all very we'll" observed the Thespan you fellows may amuse the natives down here but real ly. dear old Nu' Yawk and the other big towns are the only places to seq the real thing. You don't any Lajoies or wag- ners down here" There was an embar- rassing silence for a moment. One of the new recruits, a native Texan. aimed and hit a cuspidor twelve feet away. shifted his 'quid," then turned and looked his detract- or in the eye. "Yes." he drawled. "and I reckon we don't see no Richard Mantelds in the tank towns. eIther."-New York Com mercial.
 All the American League teams have de cided upon Southern training quarters. The washingtons will so to Charlottesville; New York to Birmingham. Boston to Macon. St. Louis Browns to Dallas. Philadelphia Ath- letics to Montgomery, Chicago to New Orleans. Cleveland to Atlanta. and Detroits to Augusta All will start for their camps early in March.