Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-03
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v@lJE National Association of col
Iaees. which held its annual
/ meeting in New York in De.
osmher went on record as favoring
.nrtain additional baseball playing
r,1oa for student teams. These will
rot he found in the Professional
cnide nor, for that matter. will they
no binding on the colleges. They
are mere suggestions as to how col
loco plavers should conduct them
selves in intercollegiate matches.
They read as follows;
First. The catcher shall not, dur
inc actual play, speak to the batsman,
aycept where occasion requires a
bona fide word of caution, and in
speaking to the pitcher he shall not
usp words or language rejecting, or
calculated to reflect, upon the bats
man or any member of the opposing
team
Second. No members of either
team shall call out or shout during
the game to any member of the OPP
posing team, except to caution him
against some danger.
Third: There shall be no oral
coaching from the bench.
Fourth. The sO-called encourage
ment Of the pitcher from the eutfield
shall be stopped, or at least mini
mzed
Fifth The umpire shall warn a
PLAYER for an infraction of the rules,
and on a repetition of the offense
shall exclude the player from the
game
SAth The students of the home
team must not cheer in such way
as to rattle the opposing team.
Well, there they
D.. WILL are: what do you
ffos. Would think Of them?
augh AT No doubt profess
sional players
Rules. would laugh at
~~-2 most, if not all,
ot them / see little enough sense
m, self in the fourth of these prohi-
bitioas
lf IA i1t cG7t1 CoAIOll NOAfHiNSA 70
celent except that | see no reason
why the catcher might not be permit
ted to introduce himself to bats
man, ask civil question of him, say
something complimentary or nice to
him regarding his own or his teams
play, if he sees fit so TO do.
Look at the fifth suggestion a min
IL nj T--fli 10
The umpire is not looking there APP
pears nothing that can be done about
it That would be fine business in
professional ball if the player could
get away with it: but no amateur
sportsman will ever contend that it
could for a moment be tolerated in
amateur ball, any more than cheating
N a social game of cards can be de-
tended or borne with.
In professional ball runner doing
this merely runs the chance of get
ing caught and put out. That penal
y is really not heavy enough for col
lege men, Indeed one who does this
IS let off lightly if he is permitted to
remain in the game with caution.
----.-.---.--...-- The sixth man.
px;,,;Io date means well,
but it would be
of Cheering extremely difie C1I
discussed lege boys must be
-o7-7~e~-1~~~~~---~- permit d the
privilege of cheering, and to say they
shall NOT cheer in such way as to
rattle the other team is but to beg
the question, If the National Asso-
citation will indicate how this can be
done we will consider further. To be
sure no one approves any longer of
form of college cheer or yell which
IN effect hurls an insult at the other
team or any of it's members. The
shooting off Of pistols, cannons and
other forms of artillery went out Of
existence several years ago in col
lege ball, and even COW bells are be-
ginning to be taboo So if by the
rule reference is had to these particu-
lar forms of cheering" the writer,
Tor one, will agree with the Associa-
ton.