Evening star., 1914-05-11
Ne Confers With Griffith and Will Join Nationals Western Tr
NEFF WILL REPORT HERE
FOR DUTY EARLY IN JUNE
College Player Has Conference With Grltfith-Johnson
Boehling Will Pitch Today Against
Bush or Bender.

Browns has this to say of his system
OF conducting his team:
Il have no hard and fast set of rules
for my players. said Rickey. when ASK
ed how he governs his men doi' +,
specify the hour at which they must
be cuddled up in their beds. depend
upon each man to take care of himself.
But ! do demand that every rsaEer SeI
up at 80. that each get eign} ho'nS "l
sleep and that he he wide awake whea
he takes his seat at the breakfast table.
| can tell in the morning whether =
PLAYER has violated base balls unMiltttit
law against boozing.
Il discourage drinking and cigarette
smoking. There isn't d:inker or the
club All the boys are temperate fav+
only one cigarette smoker. and he thlnkS
| am ignorant of the fact.
IF man would rather drink beer
and whisky than be a ball player he
doesn't belong to ball club.
There are almost dozen players on
my team who don't touch droa OF amy
kind of liquor. and ! going to try
Drink and base ball don't mix. Gig
| arettes do a man about as much harm as
liquor"
John Heydler. secretary of the Ma
tonal League and compiler of the Off
cial records. has just decided one OF
those freak plays that come up once in
a while. This play arose in Brooklyn
in a game between the Manual and
RushWick school teams and goes to
show what curious situations can arise
in the national game. says an exchange.
The score was to in the ninth in
ming with Manual at the bat. The bases
were full with one out. \ substitute
batter hit cleanly to left. but instead OF
running to first he walked toward the
bench. The runner on third crossed
the plate. but the runner from second
was thrown out at the plate. The Bush
x~l,~ ia. t1pc so
much for the circumstances OF the play
Here is the decision the umpire gave:
That the batter out for walking to
the bench and that the third out was
the one at the plate. He allowed the
run brought in by the runner who was
on third to count.
The umpire was right in allowing the
run to count, but wrong in saying the
third out was the one at the plate. The
third out was the batter and II Was
not consummated until the ball had been
thrown to first base. Here is fieydlerS
verdict the play.
First-The umpire was in error in decid-
ing the batsman the second man out.
The batsman could not be declared oul
for not running. nor could he be declared
out for running out of line. except IN
running the last half of the distance from
home to first while the ball is being field
ed to first, which was not the case IN
this plaS The runner trying to score
batsman the third cut.
Second-Under rule 20 a run cannns
score on or durin. a play in which the
third laan is put out before reaching
first. IN this instance it was not "A case
of the usual continuous double play.
where the second runner is forced and
the third retired at first and on which
no run can be scored. On the contrary
it is evident there were two distinct and
widely separated plays. and the run
scored on a hit before the second man
was retired at the plate: The score of
the game should stand ] to . in favor of
Manual School. though this deduction is
arrived at along different line of ruling
tl,.n that enforced by the umpire.
a batsman can never be declared oui
for not running" Here's what happened
some years ago: One out; man on first;
batter hits to short and force-out results:
batter, however. remains at plate and is
declared out for not tunuinS. He imme-
diately raises point that if he was out
for not running there could be no force
play, and the umpire was compelled to
reverse decision ON man at second. IN
der present Interpretation of rule this
could not happen.