The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-06-08
THE SPORT SPECTRUM
CRISP AND LUCID DIGEST OF THE LATEST
DIAMOND DUST GOSSIP BY OUR
VETERAN FAN
By ''Bobbles.


was brought up by Tim S. that he had become in
voved in argument with Fridays game be-
tween the New York Giants and Cincinnati Mahewson
ed in the for the Giants and wobbed along until the
fourth when the Reds fell upon him like brick house for lot
of triples and such like and scored believe Then
Old Master derrcked make way
pitched good tight ball and gradually the Giants worked up
to tie and this the status the end of ninth The
along for fifteen frames before Cincinnati chopped
the uad Tim conended that Perrt should be charged
the oss and advanced strong arguments sustain his conten
tion Naheless incline the belief that Matty should be
the receive the harpoon After dgent research
could find nothing stronger than precedent uphold there
onbound rules governing On this subject vol
from Spaldng's Athletic Library says part follows:
No set rules have ever been formulated for set
rules all the mutudnous aspects games that
develop The scorer should take into consideration the
following points, Cd The number of innings each pitcher
works. 2 The comparative state of the when the first
pitcher to his the subsequent of the
score during the play and the final 90 The number of
hands and the number of bases if any, at the
moment when the substitution made, if it occurred in
mdnnng With these things view the should weigh
results attributable to each pitcher with the of establish
clearly IN his mind which the responsible for
the final result of the game. His recommendatonhe can
never DO more than recommend the secretary president
of the league complies officially the number of games
each pitcher wins loses during the sasonhoud be based
on the conclusion he reaches after careful of all the
aspects of the game The set rule on the
subject that be codied may be formulated follows
select applicable in the instance mentioned above IF
pitcher
the with the comparative favor of his opponents
should the game be lost the first pitcher charged with the
loss Should the game be eventually by his team credit
must be to the second pitcher The only exception this rule
that might be noted that should the team make during it's
next term bat sufficient to either tie forge ahead the
advantage must be credited the first pitcher tho
substitute batsman has been used for him. indicating that the
pitcher is out of the game entey The above completely
dspOses of the mentioned the wording and
leaves room for dispute.
Now for the rule precedent governing the of
pitchers in Saturdays the local diamond From the
the pitcher who first works has been
taken in mdnnng any stage of the game charge
scored by who be bases when the first
pitcher retres to the first pitcher n compliance with the
foregoing find that when Lee taken out the ninth the
stood lilo in favor of the home with
third who scored almost Immediately after the substitution
This gave tie I'LL and that is where Vanderson
sarts) If the made by his team after the first pitcher
reres the team to credit the
ond pitcher with the victory charge him with the os the
final result may demand Mr.. John A. Heyder, for many
secretary of the National League and at time it's pres
dent than whom eminent authority properly charg
credtng pitchers be quoted has this to
A pitcher relieving another must have absolutely
equal chance fact he is entitled any shade of benefit
he is the only player not warmed kept to the conteng
edge
If he finds the bases when he takes
he prevent them from SCORING these
must be charged to his predecessors.
IF he starts equal innings with the tie, the
preceding pitcher is eliminated 1t game far
the pitcher concerned If this the eighth in
nng his team win for him in the very next inning That
his fortune for he could lose in that inning just easily
This method often appears the who pitched the
greater part of the but the long of these
game credits usually equaze themselves
the pitcher who is always around and ready to and
game.
Here that does look bad A sixteen inning game
with final score of TO- In the twelfth inning the first pitcher
has been taken allow substitute bat The game goes
for four innings and the second pitcher gets credit for the
hardship for the first pitcher doubt but how about the
opposing pitcher who also there for fifteen innings and
he might have lost by fuke in the xteenth Fine work
for zero in the Rut these isolated The
rule is for the many"
Again quoting Mr. J. NJ Cummings. author of the book,
nd Dissatisfaction has been growing the the fact
that the principal of determining pitchers ability has
been by the number of he has and lost each
because such important matter in it does not
represent the pitchers real value The doom OF the games