El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-23
Winners In Any League Must Always Be Up on Their Toes

, was at bat, a couple of runners or
! bases, one of them on first, and one
/ man out Two strikes were called or
/ Howell when Walsh let loose a low
| spitban. Howell struck at it, missed it
/ and the ball hit his boot, rolling back
! to the grand stand Sullivan knew
1 that Howell was out anyway, and that
/ it was a dead ball because it hit the
| batsman, and the two runners came
| over the plate. He was bitterly sur
prised when the umpire let the runs
| count, refusing to allow Sullivan S
claim that the ball hit Howell al
though calling him out on the missed
third strike because there was a run
ner at first Sullivan knew the ball
hit Howell, and took it for granted
the umpire did. Ever afterward Sully
got the ball first and the umpire's de-
cision later.
Bad Play by TannehnI.
Lee Tannehin once struck out on a
groove ball over the heart" Such
a ball gets away from a catcher only
once a season probably, but that one
did and rolled far enough to let
fanny reach first base easily Lee
turned and walked to the. bench until
then it was too late What he heard
from president Comiskey later about
that play reminded him always there
after to run to first base on any old
thing, including a missed third strike.
Buck Weaver, in a game against
the Athletics this year, was conf
dent he tagged Eddie Collins at sec
Ond base for the third out of the in
ming and rolled the ball back on the
grass toward the pitchers slab. But
the umpire had called the runner safe
az second, and Rube OldTng, who was
on third, raced home with the run that
robbed the White Sox of victory. His
tally tied the score, and a base hit
right afterward won the game for
Philadelphia.
jackson SIuffs Fly Ball.
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of Labor day, John Collins, who is
one player that usually runs out
everything, took. it for granted Joe
Jackson would catch a fly which
was on third, Lord on second, and
one out at the time. The only ques-
ton in any ones mind was whether
or not Weaver could score from third
on the catch Jackson unexpectedly
dropped the fly Weaver, of course,
scored, and Lord went around to
third. but Collins was caught off
watch and did not go TO second on the
cause Lord scored on a difficult in
field out, which retired Chase and
ought to have put Collins on third.
Instead 1t advanced Collins only to
second, and when he tried to score on
q hit by Bodie he was thrown out.
That happened in the first inning,
when the Sox had James on the run,
and there is no telling what might
won the game easily, but even games
won by wide margins sometimes
hinge on little plays
Weaver Errs Again.
In the afternoon of the same day
with the Maps only three runs ahead,
Weaver led off in the third with a
two base hit. Berger Iobbed fly into
short center, back of second base.
Graney called for the ball, and after
a hard try made it hit his hands, but
muffed it. Weaver was up on the
base line, ready to go to third, but
the instant he saw the ball hit
Graney's hands he took it for granted
the outfielder would hold it and dug
back for second, forgetting that
Graney could not make any kind of a
throw to second the way he was run
ming. Consequently, when the ball
was muffed Weaver was going the
wrong way. He had to stop, turn,
and break for third. and in the time
required for that Chapman recovered
the ball and retired Weaver at third
But for that the Sox would have had
men on first and third, nobody out,
and only three runs needed to tie.
Instead they had a man on first and
1ne out on a double and single in
The psychological effect is import
INT in baseball, and that one play
nay have turned the scale of that !
)attle.