The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-12
BASEBALL
REAL WONDER IN ..-
BASEBALL HISTORY
Never In The History OF Baseball Has
There Been So Many Freak
Games Played.

Without a doubt the year 1907 has
been the most remarkable in the
history of our national game. Only
a few years ago we looked upon a
twelve or fifteen inning scoreless
game as something phenomenal in
professional ball. There had been
instances where longer games had
been played in corner lot company
where no one was ever known to hit
ball safe, but these things didn't
count 1t wasn't baseball and we
paid no attention to such games.
One of these games is alleged to have
occurred in Columbus, O., some
weeks ago, between two business
house teams. No score was kept and
no one knows what the actual result
was, but it is said they went twenty
six innings the game resulting In a
score of to B. Then came the M
morable game at Cleveland when the
big leaguers battled for thirty in
nings because the score was tied on
three different occasions. But it re-
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teams of the Three-I league to give
them the real thing in the profess
sional ranks AS has been before
stated, but little is thought of these
performances when they occur in
amateur company because none of
the players are considered as ball
players from the standpoint of the
professional, but the Three-I league
is considered the fastest minor
league in America. Not only is 1t
so considered. but 1t is fact as will
be apparent to anyone who watches
the games there. This league has
long been a sort of graduating school
for the big leagues and more players
are sent into big league company
from this league than all the other
minors leagues put together.
A few days ago Clinton and Peoria
of the Three-I league met at Clinton
in the closing game of the series of
three. For twenty-one innings the
teams battled without a run, Peoria
scoring three runs in the first half
of the twenty-second on two hits and
an infield error. Clinton was BANKED
in her half Both pitchers worked
the entire game and the hits were as
scarce as hens teeth. The fielding
was almost perfect, but three errors
being recorded during the game.
1t begins to look as though some
radical changes in the rules would
have to be made or it will soon be-
come impossible to play game in
one day 1t will have to be contin-
ned next day. like one-sided crick-
ct game. When baseball begins to
run twenty or thirty innings to the
game, that is little too much of
good thing. The national commits
sion has put in its whole time and
it's members have, laid awake nights
for the past five years trying to fig
ure out schemes to curb the batter.
Foul strike rules, fouled flies, called
strikes. infield flies and any old thing
to hurt the batter and help the
pitcher. have been fired in and they
are still working their brain to fur
ther the thing. Let them put q lit
tie more restriction on the fielding
and let the batter have a chance for
while and see how it would work.
1t doesn't make any difference II
there are hundred runs made in a
ball game. if there are no errors and
the fielding is perfect. That's base
ball, and you will find that the grand
stand appreciates an exhibition of
sensational fielding when bigger
score than l to shutout with the
pitcher doing all the business.