Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-25

upon to do duty whenever their serv-
Ices are needed"
For the first time two unpires are
officially recognized in the national
game, and their duties are defined. The
umpire behind the plate is the umpire
in-chief, and the one on the bases is
designated field umpire. Wild pitches
and passed balls will be no longer
recognized, and these designations dis
appear from the game. They will be
classed as errors.
The amounts of fines for violations
of rules is set forth. A batter throw
ing a bat before running so that 1t hits
umpire or catcher will also be fined, for
the first offense So. A coacher's box
extending fifteen feet from the bases
is provided, foul strikes are designated
Illegally batted balls" No change can
be made i'll the battery box by a batter.
after a pitcher is ready to deliver a
ball. a ball passing an infielder and hit
ting an umpire on foul ground permits
a runner all the bases he can get. II
an umpire is hit by a ball no runner
can score unless forced by other base
runners The batting order must be
delivered to the umpire at the plate
just before the game by the two cap
tains. This order must be retained
throughout the game, unless a man Is
taken out. Umpires will make rulings
on coaching violations or discoloring of
the ball in their own judgment, with
out waiting for captains to notify them.
Ground rules and calling of games to
enable teams to catch rains must be
announced by the umpire. He Will also
call the game on account Of rain when
occasion warrants in his own judgment.
When teams from the East playing in
the West or vice versa agree upon a
certain time to stop playing that they
may catch trains, they must start the
game at least three and a half hours
before their train leaves. Whenever
a player is substituted the captain
shall notify the umpire. who shall an
nounce it to the spectators. Throwing
a mask or glove at a batted ball by u.
fielder entities the batter who becomes
a base-runners to three bases. Ground
rules and also the reason for calling a
game must be by the UNI
pire.
These changes and additions become
the law of baseball in the National
League at once without further sanc-
ton.
Erie Biting, a ~19-year-old school
boy, of Philadelphia. has signed a
Cleveland contract. Fittings hitting
was the sensation of the Interscho-
lastic League. in which his team COM
peted last year.
The Harvard athletic committee has
now offered Addie Joss, of the Maps,
the position as coach of the pitching
staff of the Crimson varsity. If joss
can secure permission to report a few
weeks later than usual. he will ac-
cept the offer.
Big Jim Vaughn. the Yankee recruit,
struck out 175 men in 81 games while
pitching for the Macon Club, OF the
South Atlantic League. last season.
The Trenton. Baseball Association
was formally Vfganized last night for
the purpose of conducting a Tri-State
League team this season at Trenton.
Manager Mcclure, of the Cleveland
american League team. has signed
twenty-cight pitchers. They will be
taken South several weeks before the
other squad.
The American Association boasts Of
the champion strikeout pitcher. His
name is Clarence Short, and he is a left
handler, too. In twenty-five anne
Short struck out 264 batters, an aver
age of almost eleven a game.
The Waterbury Connecticut State
League) team has signed Outfielder
Jack Hoey. the former Trenton cTri-
state League team. Boston (Amer-
ican), and st. Paul clubs.