The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-07-14

NEW YORK, July l4.-Iney pldyeu
b game of baseball over on those dear,
the following result
Teams Innings-1st End Total
England ............. sc 100 172
Wales .... 80 81 SO
Game called on account OF the gen
eral WEAKNESS of the players after the
second inning)
Commenting on the attempt made
by the Welsh gang to overcome 133
run lead in their half of the second, |
one of the English newspapers said:
The Welshmen never looked like
making the 1874 runs needed to win
the game. but they tried hard. Fl.
Evans. of the Grange Gasworks, and
+. Seer, of the Phil Harriers, who was
captain of the team, executed the most
noble work, for they recorded 10 runs
each, as the result Of their labOrS but
the side was out in 81 runs"
Messes EN- Up.
AS we understand the situation,
Messrs. Evans and Seer messed up
the opposing pitcher to such an ex-
tent that they were given the privilege
of running around the bases 13 times
each and that divers and sundry other
of their teammates contributed the
other 81 runs that were tailed during
the final half inning of the. past time.
However, neither of the Welsh
messrs. need get conceited about what
they did. A few of their English OPP
ponents went them slightly better in
the run making business. One of our
English brethren, who has been given
the title of baseball expert by the
editor-in-chief of the paper on which
he works, wrote an article about base
ball after the aforementioned game
was over. If you don't believe that
this fellow is an expert on baseball,
and knows all the ins-and-outs of the
said game, we submit evidence, the
evidence being the article that he
wrote in which he explained to those
who didn't know much about it-and
who perhaps don't know much more
now
Here is the article, in part:
Game Lacks Dignity.
Baseball lacks the stately dignity
of cricket 1t is strenuous and hust-
ling, if not highly skillful game. 1t
has many merits. 1t should appeal
to a public whose ideas have been
speeded up by professional football.
"The impression that this match
conveyed was that splendid eye is
needed for success as batsman. The
bat, which is no more than three and
a half inches wide, is held at right
angles to the body, chest hign."
Then the expert goes on to describe
some of the rules of the game. Here
is the description of one rule. but it
must be one they concocted in Eng
land. No one seems to know anything
about it over here:
"A batter is allowed to miss only
one ball which the umpire passes as
a good one. On a second offense he
is ruled out"
happen if some umpire tried to rule
out" Heinie Zimmerman after he had
taken only two swipes at the ball?
Our expert" losses bouquets at one
of the English players named F.
Moore who made five hits for four
each in the first inning" In other
words, Mr. Moore seems to have poked
out four circuit smashes.
If he did, We'll go our expert" in
one stanza, one farther in the bouquet
idea. Well have a dollhouse at Mr..
Moore. He's got it coming if he did
really execute these five home runs.
Continuing in his description, our
expert" assures the populace that:
Smart fielding and accurate re-
turns to the various basemen are i'm
nearly always in the air the necessity
for a we'll cut and rolled field does not
arise"
Judging from the number of runs
made, it would be safe to assume that
1.-The ball was nearly always in the
air" and, no doubt, last seen when dis
appearing over the fence, in case they
used fences in that game.
IAN attractive feature of the game"
we are told lis that there is no waste
of time. AS each batsman makes his
stroke and reaches first second or
home base, as the case may be, the
next batter is ready to do his bowl
ing"
Refreshments, in the form of tea,
were served throughout the contest.
Chicago now has municipal funds ag-
gregating $190O0,OO0 on deposit in
banks.