The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-30

why didn't he hit it7" said Parker.
| 1T wasn't the right kind OF ball to
| strike at said Hal
DO they use different kinds OF balls?"
asked Parker
No they use the same ball all the
explain about baks and strikes.
! You see batter can get three strikes
or four balls, II he gets four balls he
| he's out
n.rv TWhy Thy don't he always take four
Well: you see the pitcher fools him."
The pitcher tries to make the batter
balls"
Doesn't the batter know the differ
ence?"
Not until the umpire tells what It is.
Sometimes even the pitcher doesn't know
II 1t is ball or strike until the um
pire says what il Is" explained Hal He
vas was thinking tnlfhag Of the many times UNI
thought they were over the plate.
Then what's the use OF having a bat
ter" asked Parker. bringing his logic
up in line behind the umpire and let him
tell each one In his turn II It's a ball or
a striker"
Before he could answer, however, Ross
called Foul ball" and the Chadwick
shortstop. third baseman and catcher
were all running TO make the catch, as
II was a high foul over toward the third
base stands
what are they all running for?" asked
Parker
ITO catch the ball. answered Hal.
II thought you said 1t only took one
man to catch a ball
Again Hal tried 10 explain,
You see. when a batter hits the ball
the felders try to stop II and throw II
to the base ahead OF the runner II
| the ball gets there before the batter
he's out. II he gets there first he is
still In the game. The player who gets
the base is credited with an assist, or
a put out II he catches the ball before
1t hits the ground"
But why doesn't the batter run If
he hit the ball2"
that is a ball Which Strikes the ground
outside of those white lines (polntlng
count as hit. For hit a ball must
those 1s sa'H 'nes W'ea fog gI"f ball % counts as
, strike. but II 1t is caught it's out"
II see" said Parker
The game had meantime proceeded.
Ross had three balls and two strikes.
The pitcher sent up the deciding one.
umpire. nTdr Es, Ross " walked ed down own to first. first ~
Why doesn't ne rum asked Parker,
'He doesn't have TO rum replied
Hal.
But you said II he got four balls
he could run 10 base" This showed
Hal that Parker was absorbing the
points and ne took some encouragement.
| "They usually let them walk on four
| balls, as he can take his base on walk
by the time the pitcher is ready again, "
| he replied BY this time Ross had
reached first and was standing there with
one foot on the bag.
| why doesn't he take the base If it's
his?" was the next question,
'He doesn't really take the base" ex-
"Ie Is simply entitled to go to It and
be ready to run 10 second base
He saw that he would have 10 be very
to teach Parker much of the game,
Eyerson was next at bat. He hit the
first ball for a long fly 10 left and started
| on slow trot toward first: while Ross
remained at the bag.
why doesn't the fellow on first rum?
He is waiting to see II the ball is
caught said Hal. -
'a"Sot. "Not on "';,O ny. He has to wait until
the ball is caught. After fly is caught
fjeIder muffed the ball and Ross ran like
the wind to second. Everson reaching
first easily.
II thought you said he couldn't run
until the ball was ;, caught, frarr nnat aeio% r.eT
81 ought to have told you at first that
II a fielder muffs a fly ball everybody
runs. except In the case Oh io"i' I"
planned Hal.
'Yes. but there arc only two of them
running" Parker replied
Hal laughed Everybody near them
was paying more attention 70 them mar
TO the game. They were calling Parker
.the Rube" One freshman said: get a
book OF rules. Rube. and learn II by heart
before the next game.
Hal did the best he could TO answer the
many questions Parker put to hl'n ne
had his own troubles when It came tc
explaining the "hlt-and run play "tht
double steal and the squeeze play
especially the latter, Some one IN th5
stand said when Ty was on thirg l1i,, % nhsS
and Iris at bat with one cut: Ihey re
going 10 work the squeeze" They. die
work II and successfully. as sometimes
happens and the fans yelled, Did yoT
, "'"i'e Il didn't ti see anybody get squeezed
said Pnrker, 'Who was lt?"
"Why''' said Hal. "Ty was on third
a'G ".rjd Inc hart him." asked Parker.
The crowd around them yelled Ha
knew II was almost as hard 10 dcscNoc
cid hIs hest. and Parker said finally h'
! understood ii all right. but II Is doubt
Z ful II he really did IN,
, exciiIng one for an inning or two. Fol
ibc nrst few innings the pitchers hac
heId fhe battcrs safe and there were rev
: ~ 3bn seventh inning Lowell had secured
I bu, three hits and Chadwick three Low
{ eli had one run. worked out by q tWo
9 bapaor bv Robb. q clean steal OF thIrd
: onS no had been brought home by TITS
j on on the squeeze play already mentionsed, :,
! In the first half OF the seventh cnadWicl
a knocked out three runs on n couple %
. hits mixed with n bunch OF errors on th'
q part of Lowell. .,,
In the meantime by repeated cNpiaua
q ton OF the different plays. Parker haF
begun to understand some OF the mrs
o nrinciples of the game. He had alread!