Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-11
NEWS AND NOTES OF THE DIAMOND
BY RED PERKINS

| from e. P. Haskell: would be greatly
pleased If you would decide what
would be the proper decision In the
| following plays in baseball:
"First-Runner on first steals secont
on the second strike called, the battel
making foul tip which the catchel
| holds. Is the base runner entitled tt
| return to first base without being pu
out? Is he entitled to hold secont
| base?
"Second-Is a batsman out by being
hit by a foul ball on either first. sec
ond or third striker"
Baserunner is entitled to return to
| first base without liability to be put
out, but cannot hold second base. Sec
tions /, 2 and 8 of rule 65 fully cover
this point.
Replying to second query: Batter is
out If ball touches his person while he
is attempting third strike. Not 9TH
erwise. See section Z, rule 81.
Catcher Charles Street, formerly Of
the San Francisco team, sustained a
broken finger the other day in one of
the games at Cleveland.
Almer Reiger, If he is in Southern
California, is requested to call at the
main office of the Postal, as tele-
gram Is waiting for him from Doug
las, Ariz.
Homer Cravath. formerly of the Los
Angeles team, makes a fine utility
batsman and seldom fails to do his
part in that respect. Cravath will give
up playing right field I'D will do
turns regularly at catching hereafter.
From Washington comes the infor-
nation that Catcher Cliff Blankenship
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will return to Washington next season
If the national commission will permit
him to do so. "A
Manager Burke of the Norwalk team
desires to hear from any club in regard
to game next Sunday. Call Burke at
Norwalk, Home phone.
The Melczers baseball team is shy
pitcher and an inficlder. Any manager
desiring to lend Captain Brosky two
men for next Sunday will confer fa-
vor on him by calling up Main 324
after 6 o'clock.
Games scheduled tn the Southern
State league for Sunday afternoon are
as follows: Dolgeville VS.. Dyas-C Clines,
at South Side Athletic diamond; Pico
Heights VS.. Gardena, at Gardena; Ri
vera VS.. Thistles, at Los Nietos.
The All-Stars, composed of a picked
team from the various leagues In
Southern California, are out with q
def to play any amateur club Satur-
day afternoon. Call F42S4 for further
information.
Captain Scanlon of the Thistles team
is leading that aggregation of ball toss
ers in the Southern State league and
keeps up to his record in stealing bases
on the opposing slabsters in the vari-
Gus games.
The Pastime indoor baseball team of
this city defeated Company H at Long
Beach last night by the score of 15 to
70. The game was played at the Long
Beach rink.
Players Allen and Gus Mast are
requested to call up Manager George
M. Ward of the Edison club today at
57S57 Hollywood in regard to playing
In the game with the RedIands Y. M.
C. A. at Redlands Saturday afternoon.
The Redlands bunch is fast one, not
losing a single game out of twenty-five
played.
The following Is from the Santa Bar
bara Independent of recent date:
Local baseball fans who are willing
to go down into their jeans to back
their love of the national game have
ISOLATION and enter q team in the Cali
fornia Winter league, Of which Harry
Lelande, city clerk Of Los Angeles. is
George Potter. who managed last
years team, probably will be asked to
take the same job this year. Mr.. Pot
ter: Halsey Smith and one or two 9TH