The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-11

silk OLoughiin, the famous umpire
OF the American League. has recently
outlined the changes In the baseball
rules that will probably be adopted
without a fight by the magnates OF
the major leagues at the schedule
meeting next week, They are as fol-
lows:
The umpires must watch certain
small points of which hitherto they
have taken no cognizance except on
complaint from captains One OF these
IL the discolortng of new balls.
A coacher's box has been prescribed
to prevent the coacher from getting
nearer than fifteen feet to first base.
| The dead line runs through first and
second bases.
| The captain must notify the umpire
1 of substitutes or changes In the po-
sitions OF players, and the umpire
must announce them to the specta-
| tors.
! The chief umpire may fine bench
kickers' and eject them for the Sec
ond offense.
| The captains must give the umpires
the batting order list at the home
plate before the game Is called, and
| the players named at that time must
take part In the game.
| II a player on the defense impedes
or stops a batted ball by throwing a
| glove or mask at It. the runner gets
three bases.
| The umpire judging balls and
strikes is the chief. his colleague
guarding the first and second bases
only.
| Every player gets an assist who as
| ststs In putting out a runner, even II
| ha las nj
| he may get credit for put-out and an
ass st In one play.
| There would have been many obs
jections raised by piteners and catch
ers Ii the rules committees, In It's re-
cent session at Pittsburg. had not re-
pealed Its amendment 10 score wild
/ pitches and passed balls as fielding
I errors"
Secretary John Heydler In likely to
make a change In the style OF his re-
cords this year. whereby pitchers will
| be averaged according to the number
OF hatters that face them, and not by
the number of games won or lost. For
1 a long time II has been recognized
that II is not fair to charge pitcher
| with a lost game when he did not
| pitch the entire nine innings or more.
| The game Ia often lost in the first
Inning, and pitcher Is sent In to
finish or to hold the opponents safe
| for the remainder. For long time
they have been striving to figure out
system that would give the pitcher
what was coming to him. Another
idea Is to average him according to
the number of runs scored per inning.
| but Heydler believes that his method
will fill the bill and cause general sat
isfaction among the twirlers.
President Tom Lynch displayed his
iron hand several days ago when
| Clark Griffith proposed to change the
coaching rules so that a coach could
talk to the batter. Several promi-
nent baseball men sided with Griffith,
but Lynch would not see things their
way. Cant ! even yell: Put the
wood to her, old boy and Hit her
out'?" demanded Griffith. wen see
about IT," said Lynch, but there'li
be no rules changed to give you fell
lows more ieeway."
Sporting reporters In Chicago sus-
| tanned q severe shock last week by a
story about the American Association
invading Chicago this year. They dis
covered that Charles Havener, owner
| of the Milwaukee Club. had purchased
large tract OF land ~ Addison and
Soheffieid avenues, plenty big enough
| for ball park. 1t IL now expected
| that the Milwaukee franchise will be
| transferred to Chicago, and that the
| st. Paul Club will go to Milwaukee.
The Enstern bengue h most anxious
| TO break into the Bronx. but much
| difficulty will be encountered In doing
| this II they want to remain under the
national agreement. The baseball law
provides that no other club shall es-
| tablish within Ave miles of the city
| line. The Greater New York line IL
| somewhere around Yonkers. So an