New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-10
SPORTS OF THE DAY
SPIKE HERE TO ST4T.
Baseball Rule to PreUenf Block
ing Too Radical. .

ing 4 90 hdd1c1i.
John A Heydlsr. secretary % the VA
tional League said yesterday that IN all
probability nothing would Re done this year
looking TO change IN the spike now worn
by baseball players The COMMITTEES aD-
pointed by the American League TO con-
slider the subject has already auuounce1
that it viii report unfavo=ably OF the cues
ton at the spring meeting OF the Ieague IN
Chicago Mr. HsydIsr has number %
substitutes for the present spike in hts o.
fee, one or two Of which look a. II thsy
might he an Improvement over the 7resenr
dangerous device, bur some objection hzs
been raised 20 all OF them BY players and
owners.
Mr.. HeydIsr said yesterday that n. rad
suggested at the meeting % the foinr rules
committee in Pittsburz tvo NJ three weeks
ago that a rule be framed 70 limit tns
blocking Of base runners. but the suxSes-
ton was considered TOO radical BY ms
other members, and nothing vas done
Mr.. Heydlsr explained that third bass
men and Catchers. in particular, COurte8
injury by the way they blocked of runners
and ii was not surprising. under the cir
eUmstanCes. that players were spiked from
time TO time. the runner had little or ~
change 70 get 70 the base except by slid
Some catchsrS have a way Of blocking a
base runner thar IS not altogether fair. and
Mr.. HeydIsr made his suggestion for ruIs
on the subject. not only to give the runnsr
a better chance but 70 lessen the danger %
player being spiked.
The announcement that Alfred Snrueo.
the great English athlete, has retired from
the cindsr path and viii not be startss
zF,l
Garden next Monday night is a tribe pre-
mature. according 70 a letter received from
him Yesterday While training for this
race Shrubb had trouble with his Isg and
had 70 Law Off for a time He started work.
again on Saturday and found that thu
lamenass had not entirely disappeared rs
is az II again. however. and wrote that h5
will send tsIsgraphic dispatch so-rnor~
row and state definitely whether he VIII
be able to start in Mondays race
Shrub5 is anxious to be a CONTESTANT &
what promises TO be a record breaking
event, but ha says III MS letter that rs
thoroughly relics IN meeting such men ~
Meadows who hung up A new record for
the distance OF hour p minutes ard 3
seconds last Saturday. Liuugstroun. WIN
finished only few feet back OF Meadovsi
Hans Homer and Acoose, the Indian MAJ
vel. he will have to be AZ his BEST to stsni
any sort Of chance
7 want to be right" Re said IN his i-rs
ter. and able to give the public a rur5
for its money. or not 20 TO the post &C
all. There was too much starting out &C
condition and not being able % finish Il
the Marathon races run last winter to d1
the professional running game any good
If I start I Will win. and II am noc -
perfect condition I will not start
Fer the first time in the history OF rGsi~
ism the life OF 4. man selected TO refeTss
fight will be insured 10 protect the hsht-
ers against loss. According 10 Batting
Nelson's manager, a policy calling for the
payment Of $1,000 70 Battling Nelson AMI
Al Wolgast In case of the death OF Ed1Is
smith, Of Oakland. who Will referee the
lightweight championships battle between
the two pugiIists, on Vashinston's Birth-
tav. will be written II smith should dis
each man viii get 5000 Smith was ths
crIy man out Of the seven wnoss names
were suggested upon whom all parties CON-
cerasd could agree
President Horace FcgsTs Fhillies NH
invade Paris at the close o. the coming
baseball season TO teach The French sport
ing public the American national pastinle.
y cable message TO the once Of the Phi1a-
deIphia Bail Company yesterday stated
that a guarantee had been posted IN Paris
covering the expenses OF the team and tFs
trip is said To be q surety.
s 8 Fletcher. a pitcher vino q highly
recommended, signed a contract 70 play
with the Superbas yesterday. Prsstden5
Ebbets Of the Brooklyn CLUB announced
that the second team would play two Ak
hibitiou games at Portsmouth. Va on
April and .. on the way home from Hot
Springs
Iron Man NcCiiuuity. manager and
part owner of the Newark Club. OF ths
Eastern League. will start south for tina
training camp at DanviIle, Va. on MarclE
= with twenty-one players, including thrss
catchsrs. nine pitchers, i've lu1eldsrs and
four outdelders-
Fred Lake. manager OF the Boston clubs
Of the National League, has been aSksS
70 coach the Harvard team for a fe~
weeks
4 man who loves 70 deIvs in figures has
discovered that Ho1us Wagner. the hard
hitting sr1ortstoD OF the Pittsbur- Pirates,
has made 233I safe drives sInCs he De-
gan playing in rhs National League
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