The Alaska citizen., 1913-07-14

turning points In diamond battles.
Nothing succeeds Ike success. but
it seems that those teams which
take the most chances are generally
the most successful and baserun.
ming today in the major leagues
must be given equal consideration
with pitching. batting and fielding.
DEFINES SCORING RULES.
The special c mmittee on scoring
rules, appointed by the Baseball
Writer'S Association of America at
its annual meeting held here last
February. met recently at the Ma.
tional League offices in the Metro
politan building Il was the first
meeting of lbs kind held in several
years. and the committee. consisting
of William Hanna and Fred G. Lieb
OF New York, Jack Ryder OF Cincin-
natl. Thomas S. Rice OF Brooklyn.
and William G. Weart of Philadel-
phia, found plenty OF problems to
take up for consideration.
Decisions were reached in several
doubtful cases. and a number of sug.
gestions will be made to the Presi-
dents of the two major leagues. The
"Cincinnati base hit" by which the
batsman is credited with hit in
stead of a fielder'S choice. when a
base runner beats play at another
base, was officially adopted by the
association. Presidents Thomas J.
Lynch and Ban J hnson o. the two
major leagues recently went on re
cord as favoring such ruling. 9th
Ct decisions reached by the Scoring
committee were as follows:
In a case where a base runner is
being run up and down the base
line for a putout. no player shall
be credited with more than one as
sist. regardless OF the number of
times he handles the ball One play
er. however. may receive credit for
an assist and putout, and in case
of a double play in which he figures
in both putouts he is TO be credited
with an assist on each output.
When the fielder on the receiving
end OF a double play makes pal
pable muff he shall he charged with
an error The rule In force absolv-
ing player from an error in his
haste to make double play ap-
plies only to the player making the
throw for the second out.
When second or third base is not
covered to take a good throw from
the catcher on an attempted steal,
thereby allowing an extra base. the
baseman and not the catcher mus
be charged with erros.
If, when player attempts to steal
or a catcher drops the ball. the bat
terry error must be charged up
against the offender and the play
er will get credit for steal.
The committee voted to ask the
Rules committee of the two major
leagues to include Jack Ryder. as
repre- sentative OF the association. as
a member o. their body, and also
to include in their records the fol
lowing:
The left on bases" feature which
is now included in the official score
blanks OF either league, and also
that a record OF players left on
bases be kept for each team for the
entire season.
The earned runs off each pitcher
to be included in the summary of
each game.
A list of base runners thrown out
by each catcher to be included In
the summary
The committee also went on re-
cord as favoring the continuation OF
pitching records, giving games won
and lost for each pitcher in the
American League. President John
son recently announced that this
system would be abandoned in favor
of system showing the average
number Of runs earned Oft each
pitcher on the basis OF a nine-inning
game. The National League uses
both systems, and request will be
made to the American League TO
use the double system as a matter
of record and reference.