The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-30
BY WILLIAM PEET.

days, but far away from the truth is
the way a man close 10 affairs Of the
Washington Baseball club sizes UP
scare head story In one Of our afternoon
papers yesterday, 70 the effect that Clyde
Milan and Jerry Downs would go to the
Buffalo club, Of the Eastern League.
President Noyes says that it Is Nc
AIeer's intention TO try out every man
on the reserve list next spring before he
thinks Of doing any trading. and Milan
will not be dropped unless he shows
roorer form than last season. As for
DoWns-that young man did some
mighty good work in the American Asso-
citation last summer, and viii be s.veu
every opportunity to show his skill in the
early season games this year
Another story printed in morning pa
per recently stated that several members
Of the Nationals were dissatisfied with
their contracts. This seems strange, for
Up TO the day that story appeared Presi-
dent Moves had sent out only six con-
tracts. and all signed up at once with
the exception OF one player.
BY a singular coincidence. The writer
received d letter yesterday afternoon
from Clyde Milan. The letter came At
the same time the Office boy tossed in
the afternoon paper containing tho inter
esting news that Milan was going 10 be
let out TO Bunalo.
Milan has evidently heard nothing OF
the proposed deal, as his letter will show.
Here IS what he saws:
linden. Tenn. Jan =. 1915.
William Peet. Sporting Editor TIE Washington
Herald.
friend Pet: Suppose that yoI find things J-st
a. slow r. Washington as I 20 down here. There
Is very little baseball news I Est hold Ct. Have
not seen anything that locks IKE C1u-r2C-. or
heard a w1Tu from Manager AIcAlc--. bit eLIcr-
/ 70 L0st any day nov.
1 am feeinS fire. and eIpect 20 deliver the rish-
I kind q WORK this season. ~ health 3 teEtP-
Wien the sesn starts I VIII b. happy.
Saw u tLo PAPER -le rl-- IaF '-.- 'r-
Browne vas HarTlsd. j }1- ever r nm 81 -.i5
made splendid move Tren they signed MA tlf-T-
: ield. tT be - a c4a-l--ae4. ana Hll help Us a
/ II ne hez- from yos when You hare the time.
J. CLYDE MILAN.
! Ny old friend Herman NiCkersOu. or
: the Boston Journal, has an interesting
story on mUch-ueeded uniform scoring in
! baseball. lie says:
/ There Is a movement on foot TO bling
about uniformity Of scoring In baseball
/ There have been many instances during
/ recent seasons where Il certain few bail
/ players have been favored I'm the matter
! OF base hits, whiIaIhe other players max
| ing the same Kind Of hits have found
/ that fielding errors resulted. Tie prupo-
sition is to have q committee Of six
! chosen from the members of the Baseball
/ Writer'S Association. 4 meeting VIII be
called a. which matters upon which
scorers are apt TO differ VIII be gone over
and some hard and fast system outlined.
/ This viii be put into form. printed and
circulated among the members. who viii
/ then vote for the acceptance or rejection
Of each form The majority rule viii
obHge members 70 conform 20 the specified
rule governing plays. and in this way IL Is
hoped that base hits in the East and base
hits in the West viii have somewhat Of
a similar appearance
| should the members OF the Baseball
Writer'S Association prefer To 90 each
IN his own way. the danger OF newspaper
accounts and scores differing will be in
no way diminished and the official aver
| ages will be wide Of the mark set by
those appearing In Eastern and Western
Ipapers The custom ar the present time
IN appointment Of official scorers Is to
leave the matter in the hands Of the club
owners in the big league cities. They
make the selection each year and the
man chosen does the work. He may con
t;nue q second year and longer. or an
other man may be picked.
There has been some taIk.of the leagues
taking the matter UP with a view 10 ap-
pointing a corps Of official scorers, indie
pendent of the newspapers. subject TO
the supervision Of the league. The tend
encv TO favor certain players 50 as to
make sure they are 800 hitJers is the
keynote of the argument in favor Of a
corps Of independent scorers whose work
will furnish the material for the official
1 averages