The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-03
WHY BASEBALL BOXES
DISAGREE WITH LEADS
Easy for Accounts of Plays Vary From Totals of Hits
and Errors-Zbyszkos Failure ForetoId In
The Times.
BY THOMAS S. RICE.

If this weather keeps up Washington
will so another ten days without losing
game. Happy thought!
Another college catcher who has been
tipped by a number Of wise baseball
observers is John Enzenroth, OF Michi-
gan. This boy is touted one of The best
in the country and his services have
already been sought by a number OF
professional clubs, and II Is reported that
Washington is among the number If
he is anything like as good as he is
J reported, he is well worth a reasonable
investment in cash and work.
We would rather II had rained in De-
troit than in Cleveland. lunches do
not count for much. but we can't get
feslling out of our bones that we can
not hope TO take three out of four from
the Tigers on their home grounds
General A. 8. Burt writes a query that
Il pertinent and has arisen in the minds
Of many fans. But, as usual. the general
has a tendency to take out on the news
paper men, when they really meant no
harm. In one Of the New York games
the introductiOns 10 the stories in the
morning papers said that Lelivelt muffed
ball. Yet the box scores failed 10
show an error for Lelivelt. This expla-
nation OF most Of such cases is as fol-
lows: II frequently happens that the
man who writes the introduction is not
the man who sends out the score to the
press associations. and sometimes the
press association are not the official
scorers. Hence. in an Introduction the
writer may account for a run by attrib-
uting an error to player. while the
fellow who sent ouE the box score
may not have seen II that way. The
latter may have allowed a hit OF, IN
some instances. simply charged il up as
a feeders choice, which would make
the discrepancy even harder TO detect
One way 10 solve the problem would be
70 make the official scorers the CORE
spondents for all newspapers. which
would be impossible. as IL would create
monopoly. for one thing. and, there are
a number Of official scorers who would
not be accepted as correspondents under
any terms by many newspapers The
best solution is fOr the man ''readslg
copy on the introduction 20 compare
that play for play with the figures in the
box, which is usually done. but occas-
ionally there are vagaries which cannot
be discovered. The difference between
hit, an error and fielder's choice IS a
case in point. We hope these kind words
will sOOthe the soul Of the general. a real
rooter of a most helpful type. who does
not write TO the newspapers unless he
has something useful TO say.
Besides. general. all flesh is prone
to err, and exc to errors.
Jack O'Connor. the st. Louis Ameri-
can manager, must have a wobbIy
mind. or think II is wise TO try TO
fool the public. When he was here
with the Browns. he denied absolute
" that he had on a deal whereby he
was to get rid Of Abstein. his first
baseman, and he also disavowed any
Intention OF getting Newman the
Texas League recruit, Now. in a brief
space Abstein has been waived upcn
and has been sold 10 Jersey CITY ia
the Eastern League, while Newman Is
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