Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-17
Athletics Second Baseman
Spells. Harry Dayis's Plans
by Butting In.
PECULIAR TRIPLE KILLING
Almost Entire Team Has Hand
in Retiring Cleveland
Trio.
By EDDIE COLLINS
itChempion Second Baseman of the Ameri-
can League)

can League)
At a recent meeting of the Nationa
Commission held in New York, among
some of the playing rules which were
revised and amended, the one govern
ing. the Interpretation of the intielc
,dyt,was finally adjusted to suit the
National League. Hereafter that
league will abide by the way the
American League has always applied
this particular rule.
-. For the benefit of those who do not
know the rule, l will try to show what
1t is. When first and second bases
are occupied, or when the bases are
full, with none or one out, and fly
/, is hit up which the umpire calls Gin
Veld fly" the base runners must hold
theif, bases until the ball is either
caught or hits fielder's hands. Here
tofPre, the National League inter-
probation never made it necessary for
the base runners to remain on their
respective bases: they might take Il
lead, and in case the bali was drop
ped athey would have better chance
of advancing.
- Eddie in Role of Bonehead.
r. win never forget the first time
that | saw this play come up. 1t was
in, my first year in the league, and Ii
showed me up as a regular bonehead,
but incidentally taught me very
good lesson.
We were playing in st. Louis, and
there was q Brown runner on first
and second with nobody out when
the batter knocked pop fly, which
looked easy for Davis, who was play
ing, first, to gobble up Right here
Ts,..s.x AZ, Il 4
mott. Knowing we'll that the batter
was out any way, regardless OF
whether he caught the ball or not,
Davis could afford to glance around,
which he did, and seeing that the
runners were not on their bases he
deliberately let the ball drop and
awkwardly gave it a kick as he at
tempted to pick it up.
AS 1t happened, l was pretty we'll
around toward first, being ON the
lookout to cover that bag in case the
batter hunted, so when Harry booted
the ball, as l thought, accidentally, |
was near enough, so | intercepted 1t
and drove back the runners as they
wene about to move up a base. 1
paned myself on the back, fgurative-
lys speaking, to think l had averted
trouble, until | walked over toward
Davis with the ball, when he said
-EIQQ dummy WHY blbIl NOu 1tl INA L
ban alone? Neither man returned to
bis sbase, and if they had advanced
We'd have had triple play"
Needless to say, I've been waiting
ever since for that same play to come
up 60 square myself but to date
haze never had the chance.
Slow Thinking Cost Game.
Because Jack Barry and 1 did not
think as far in advance as did Jack
Lapp in game with Washington last
year, Eddie Plank lost a hard fought
battle with Walter Johnson. For
AigbE innings neither side had been
able to score, and we might have
been playing yet if 1T had not been
for the play l refer to. After one
man had been retired in the ninth,
Milan singled and Gandil walked.
With the count two strikes and two
balls, Shanks at bat, the two on
bases essayed q double steal. Assum-
1ng. of course, that Lapp, the catcher,
would throw to head off the man at
third, neither Barry nor I made a
move to cover second. Lapp, how
eyer. had already figured 1t out that
he. had a much better chance of
CATCHING Gandil, slower man by far
than the 1eet-footed, elusive Milan,
and as Shanks struck out, PlanlS's
twelfth victory via this route Jack
meyer hesitated, but took a peg 70
second. Barry and I both saw the
strategy, but too late; the throw went
uninterrupted to centre field, and
hlilap romped home with what proved
TO be the winning run.
'aD4s' All Hands in Triple Play.
a triple play which we made against
Cfeteland last year was most peculiar
nogrlN haNfinr
q hand in it. with Oldring, an out
fielder, making the final put out Like
many other plays that fail to be
pulled off. this one fell through be-
cause the minds of the Cleveland
players involved were not actuated
byea single thought. Johnson anc
Chapman were on third and second
RESPECTIVELY. when Olsen hit to Barry
who fumbled. AS our infielders were
playing back, Johnson should hav
started for home as soon as the bal
was init, but he didn't, and that Is
what gummed the proceedings. Barry
recovered the ball quickly. but not il
time to get Olsen at first; however
just at this point Johnson, realizing
his own mistake. and attempting Il
atone for 1t. lit out for home base
only to be caught in between. run
down and retired.
w ullt lnlS WIS EbiiE Ol CASNh idi
to second, supposing. of course, tina
Chapman would move up a base. Blu
"Ghappy," having seen Johnson ge
in bad. had refused to venture fur
ther; consequently, when Baker threv
the ball to me at second after tag
cling johnson at third. / found boil
Olsen and Chapman standing on thu
bag. and glazing at each other il
open amazement.
nWhat the are YOU doini
hefe7" said "Chappy" to Olsen. as
touched them both with the ball. al
though Olsen was the only one wht
could be put out when they were boil
on the base.
why. you ought to be sitting OF
third" yelled back Olsen.
No sooner had he spoken the word
than Chapman made a break from hi
point of safety for the next base. bu
he. too. met with the fate which ha,