South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-06-05

Ban bands vs.. divers at Mish-
awaka.
In the continuation OF the Factory
league scramble for The News-Times
pennant and kindred prizes. two games
are scheduled for Saturday, the cham
pion Singers playing the Rubber Res
AT Singer park, while the divers viii
tackle the strong Ball Bands in their
own bailiwick at Mishawaka on Sat
urday afternoon.
That the champions will have
clear sailing is a foregone conclusion
as the Rubber Res are no match for
the classy Singer team so far as past
performances have established But
sometimes the unexpected happens in
base ball and IL is usually the weak and
Outclassed fellow who pulls the sur
prise and puts it over.
The Oliver-Ball Band game should
be the scrappy event Of the day. The
ball Bands tagged the Studebakers
last Saturday after being apparently
beaten to a fragile, while the divers
scored a walkaway in the opener with
the Rubber Res which classes the
two teams fifty-ffty as far as wins
and percentage are concerned. One
or the other is bound to be eliminated
after the days battle and the per-
centage column will present a differ
ent appearance from that time on.
Studebakers Protest Game.
Contrary to expectations and base
ball and its Interpretation a protest
was filed by the Studebaker club
anent the -Studebaker clash at
Singer park two weeks ago. The point
IN question was that of a Datsman
being hit by a pitched ball. the Of
fender being charged with deliberately
running into the ball with intent Of
".
Is entirely one Of judgment on the
part Of the umpire, from which there
is no appeal
That a protest under the conditions
was folly will be found In the playing
rules. which cover the dispute Tn
der Rule So. Sec. 4. (When a bats
man becomes a base runner) Of
without making any attempt 10 strike
at the ball, his person or clothing be
hit by a pitched ball, unless in the
opinion Of the umpire he plainly
makes no effort to get out OF the way
OF the pitched ball and purpOsely per-
mits himself to be hit"
ON the play in question the umpire
permitted the batsman TO become a
base runner. and. as the umpire's de-
cisiOn is final at all times In the mat
ter OF Judgment. from which no per
son has recourse. the protest voted
down at the meeting of the directors
this week. But the matter brought
out a significant point in that all Of
the clubs are constantly on the alert
10 protect the interests OF their
teams This sort OF watch dog
policy shows the spirit the games are
played in, fight for everything in
sight which baseball fans admire to
q considerable degree.
All Look For Advantage.
Alertness is the middle name Of the
managers Of every club in the Fac
tory league. During the winter months
all the clubs were satisfied they had
collected the best ball teams in the
organization but as soon as they ap-
peared on the field for battle every
one OF them found flaws in the con-
struction Of their machines ara i'm
mediately fastened 10 mend. AS a
consequence any number o. new
names have been added TO the eligible
last OF the several clubs filed with
the officers of the league.
Among those soon 10 become eligi-
bic TO play Singers were probably hit
the hardest, as they lost several val
liable players recently. The first to
20 10 foreign fields was George Scha-
fer. who was counted upon as star
slab artist Snip has sprouted out as
D full fiedged umpire and is doing
splendidly In the Southern league.
When Tegtemeyer was let out by Boss
Smith OF the HOOsiers the scrappy
shortstop was hustled to Singers but
he flew his kite and Joined the Mich
lgan State league.