Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-14
BOARD GIVES
LONG Digest
ON A PROTEST
Stars Are Overruled IN Com
plant Against Decision Of
Umpire on Sept. g
COAST DEFENSE NINE
ChEDITED WITH GAME
Losing Team Failed to Comply
with Rules, According to
This Finding

1
Following Is the written ruling 81
THE board Of arbitration Of the Oahu
baseball League on the protest MADE
by the Stars regarding decision n
the game OF September Is when that
team was playing the Coast Delento
nine:
To the President Of the Oahu Base
bali League. City.
Sir: The board of arbitration has
had under consideration the protests
Of the Stars on the game played sun.
day. September %. 1919 and the -.
spective appeals taken from the riI|.
lings OF the league
Count No 1 was on the ground that
!, In the 4th inning Ii said game. with
!, the bases full & Coast Defense mn
! ner collided with the Star ehoII.4l
/, n fielding the ball The protest On
ills face showed that the dec|6Ion
was merely an error 81 judgment. but
taking Of evidence developed the to-
flowing facts
CAD Though thcro = some c0n1'0I
| in the Testimony. there probably va
lsome slight interference.
(b1 The Star shofiskop po,ilcd The
| iield-umpife. who referred the matter
Ito the umpire in-chicf for decIs'oI.
land he decided that there was no b.
fterference
| fc) there was no protest on I1o
part 81 6|thef the Stars captain o.
manager until Ct the end 81 ne h.
ming, and not until of least three men
had batted after NE alleged InterfsI
Ienco
The stars claimed the decision
should have been given 81 the Held
umpire Though the rules are en1'.
uous on this point We lsel That o..
Stars were c0ffent h THE particular
contention. The DIE61i 81 fh1 Rules
based on decisions reads q follows.
Umpiro's Duties When there gre
two nmpire1. tho Umpire behind tie
plate Is the UuD|f1. IL Chief and
| the umpire on tie 1.6e1 ne Field
Umpire The uur'I. '1.1.|'| 81.
ia'| shsrfe g e. e. ...'.
decides al fair and lD0' hits 4
ball Is hit fair. With 5 |'I|I|| ~ I|.|
/ he must So 70 |1'f1 D mike : ~.
siDI6 d6c'1|.I. With more I... vi.
base occupied, 81 decides whether
runner on third base leaves the 11..
before q dy ball d Lau1tb aid 4
runner Is caught between third and
home, with more than one base o1
cupied he decides Oh the runner
nearest home plate He alone ca.
forfeit 4 game. The field 00p|f.
makes t..e other decisions
- 49, f..f...-. 80. f<.l <E@I {I@& |&||
umpire should call such plays % 1e
ordinarily Is IN better position %
see than the umpIre-in-cbIef
To come back more Immediately 10
the protept. we and that nothing ~.
said to either umpire BY either CAP
tain or manager on this inteflefente
until the end Of the inning. and long
after the play occurred The rules
read III part
"The captain alone shall have the
right to protest agxinst decision
and seek its reversal On = claim that
IL Is In conflict with y section CI
these rules In case the captain does
seek q reversal Of . decision based
solely on 4 point Of rules. the umpire
making tho decision shall. II he Is N
doubt, gsk his associate for informs
ion before acting on the captains ep
peal
The only reasonable construction
of this rule Is that the captain must
protest against q decision ~ the time
the same Ii made and before The re-
sumption Of play. The Oahu League
bylaws give the captain IS hours b
which to file his written protest. This.
however. applies to the regular plo
test from the dicfsion itself to the
league, and not to the verbal protest
to the umpire at the time Of the play
and decision thereon Any other con
struction Is absurd The Star cap
taIE having waited until the end Of
the inning, after the damage had long
been done, cannot then first make
|his verbal protest.
We therefore decide Count against
the. Stars, and contrary to the action
taken thereon by the League.
Count was based on the ground
that, while the Star base runner was
attempting to steal third. foul ball
was hit by the batter up. The runner
went back to second, but before be
reached there the pitcher. who was
in his box, delivered the ball 70 the
batter, who from the testimony, ap
pears TO have been in position before
the umpire called PLAY The ball
was a strike, retiring the batter. It
developed at the hearing that it has
not been customary during this
year at least to cali Play" The um-
plre-in-chief has not done Il. and all
the teams have tacitly consented TO
the same. Although the Stars have
clearly a good technical case on this
count. we feel that under the tact
understanding among the teams. In
GLIDING the Stars. we would not be
acting In the best interests of base
ball to allow this technical claim ~
this time. We, Therefore. decide
shfs count against the Glars, and IN
accordance with the ruling Of the
League -