Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-07-18

the circuit. ..-.
A certain newspaper man in cacl
town is appointed official scorer b!
the league every season, aud he judge;
all doubtful plays. determining whe
Their a ball is hit Tor the batter or al
error for the man who tried to fielt
H. Many OF these are questionable,
'and have TO he left TO the judgment
of this one man. He must make NJ
bis mind whether the hit was too ho
fer the fielder TO handle or whethel
the batter should be given first bass
on an error. These decisions haV.
their effects en- batting averages.
! You've got to bust one into the
grandstand to get q hit in this town.
is a common complaint among the hit
tiers. Did you see the one pulled
down past third base today? That
guy gave il the old how-do-you-do and
tried to jump out of the way Of il
but the scorer called it an error. Can
you beat that"
Ball players also declare rivals get
the best of it in their home towns,
although / much doubt it This be-
! lief probably has grown up through
J the tact that most players hit better
: on their home grounds than on the
! road because they are more used to
the conditions. The greatest rivalry
for the batting championship has been
between Cobb and Jackson for the
last few seGAlns. | often have heard
it said by fans and ball players that
nj hn nf hnn
he is playing in Cleveland and that
his batting average falls down when
I he is on the road jackson naturally
hits better at home than on the road
for the reason that he is more used to
the park. i don't think he gets any
Of the best of it in the scoring al
though there will always be a lot OF
people who will refuse to be convinced
of this as long as a local man is the
official scorer
Cobb is also supposed to bat better
at home and you will hear it said that
they won't give ''Ty" a hit in some
towns where they don't like him un.
less he belts the ball mile
: If fielder gets the tips of his fin.
gers on one that Cobb hits i'm CIeye-
land they give him an error" Jennings
told me one day.
Official Scorers Needed.
Now, all this dispute could he elimi-
mated with the appointing by the
league of official scorers to travel
around the league as assigned and
score the games, just as the umpires
Judge the plays on the field Then
the official averages would always be
ready for publication. instead of being
held until the fall, as they are now,
and no question could be raised about
the batting supremacy of the various
men because of the scoring. be-
lieve that such scheme would help
the game. ....s,-=
Gov. Tener has come out for the UNI
pires with letter to managers and
club presidents, ordering that sus-
pended players be punished by the
disseminating of their pay during the
period of their suspension. "Heinie"
Zimmerman of the Cubs was the first
to meet this new condition when he
was suspended while the Giants were
playing a series with the Cubs at the
polo grounds. After O'Day told Zim
that he would have to enjoy his layof
without pay. as ordered by Gov. Tener,
"Heinie" said, among other things:
Why, l lost my temper Did you
see that third strike he called on me?'
Yes, and i would have called it
myself if I had been working behind
the plate,r answered Hank" who
has always been an umpire at heart
anyway.
New Rule to Prevent Kicks. i
Gov. -Tener's position in this matter
since most of the big leaguers have
not been afraid of fines and suspen-
sions in the past because the club
paid them. When the league starts to
take the players money for holIering
at the umpire there won't be much
of it. even know of some men that
have kicked themselves out of game
because they wanted to get away
early However, no man did this more
than once under McGraw. You can't
fool him very much. :.
There was player on the New York
club who was eager to leave the
grounds early one day three years ago
and the game dragged out because
couple of spitball pitchers were work
ing. Along about the sixth inning
this player kept looking at the clock
and worrying. Finally he went to the
hat and the umpire called strike on
him. His cap and club went up in the
air and he beefed around until the
acoustics fairly rang. OF course, he
was sent to the club house, but he got
a surprise from McGraw before he
started +. =.
Wait there until see you" order.
ed Mac" This spilled the players
plans. .s7: .er 81 -..-
After the game MeGraw gave him
one of the most comprehensive talks /
have ever listened to. --.....
And I'll fine you fifty Just to show
YOU that I mean what say and that
was on to you. 4 don't want anybody
working for me who has not time to
spend his whole afternoon at the ball
park continued MeGraw. -....
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