Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-16
WOULD ALLOW TWO BASES
Opponents Of Intentional Passes
Would Penslize Pitchers.
ROBs GAME OF ITS THRILLS
Heavy Hitter should ne Given =
Chance Go show TITS speed
when lie Comes 60 Hat
en- Pinch.
Nv FRANK g. MENKE.


NEW YORK. Aug. 15-The fans who
arc opposed to tho practise OF pitchers
giving Intentional passes to batters seem
60 he perfectly in accord with the sug-
Eestion made recently that batter be
allowed two bases whenever the pitcher
purposely gives him a base on balls.
The opponents Of the intentional PASS
Idea declare that this practice robs the
game OF some OF its thrills They feel
that whenever n heavy hitter comes TO
bat in a pinch they are robbed OF pos
sible tinkllngs within their veins IL the
slugger Is given a base on balls. They
want TO see him have a chance to hit
the bali
The trend Of base ball recently has
been TO make things easier for the pitcher
and harder for the battsr. and this anti
intentional pass clan thinks that the
adoption Of the two bases suggestion
would about equslize things. II is GER
tain that II a rule were made allowing
n batter two bases when he was walked
purposely. It would change the aspect OF
things somewhat.
Under such n rule II would mean that
n the team had runners on second and
third. the fan would ecore and the one
on second would Advance 70 third TO
make room for the passed batter at
second. II the team had only one man
on base--at third-of COURSE, he wouldn't
advance. but II the sole runner happened
20 he on first az the time tine pass was
given, he would move IN to third. while
a sole runner on sec md would go along
TO third.
An Equivalent Damage.
In other words. batter would ac-
complish the equivalent damage of a
two-base hit u rule allowed him two
bssos on an intentional pass, because It
would mean the scoring % one runner II
two were on bases, and the moving up
OF two bases by runner On first.
Charles Herzog who leads the Cincin-
natl Reds hopes he'll get another chance
at the job next year. He feels that with
his reorganized team ne will be able 20
keep in the National league fight all the
way.
Looking over the Reds lineup now. and
comparing II with that OF 1915 forces one
20 the conclusion that Charles, as a
house-cleaner never he'd an equal
Catcher Tom Clarke is cboUt the only
veteran on the team
HerSog mas new man en- first, a Kid
who was with the Giants last year ut
second. Neihoff at thru and himself at
shor1--an altogether new combination.
He has made go many AMI such radical
shifts in his outfield that each time the
fans look over his club they have to
be re-introduced
Hts pitching staff 's almost now. being
minus Fromme. JOHNSON. Packard, Dav-
export. Works and Brown. who used to
fling every so often Tor the Reds last
year.
Amaze the Fans.
No squirt in base ball history has
amazed the fans salf 70 much as that
OF the Boston Braves Anchored In last
place around the 10th OF July. and seem
ing In q HOPELESS rut. they began the climb
that shot them from ;he cellar 10 within
q few games OF the league leaders.
And the strangest part OF II all lie tho
fact that the uplift work has been car
Tled on very largely by three pitchers
Tyler, Rudolph and James-Not one OF
them ever has been heralded as a pitch
ing wonder. Tyler has been given credit
for being first-elass pitcher. but James
and Rudolph have been figured as in
and-outers.
Yet they took up the pitching burden
4 month or so ago and have pitched base
ball in a way that mas amazed the eoun-
Try. The three OF them, in u months
time. took unto themselves greater
number OF small hits. uhst out games
than ever has been compiled Wy any trio
on the same team in single month.
Up in Boston town, where the pennant
hopes are reborn. they are all but fear
full that stallinSs, in his mad dash. has
vent his pitchers along too fast--that soon
they must crack" and that the down
ward movement OF the Braves will begin
But Stallings, IN answer. says:
What my boys nave done 20 far is
only sample OF what they'n do later
on in the world series