Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-10-22
WHEN A BAD ERROR
is NOT AN ERROR
Cutshaw's Miscue Loses Game
for Brooklyn, but His Aver
age Remains Unscathed.
scR1BEs KICK on SCORING
By FRANK G. .MENKE.

New York, Oct. 2l.--When is a
fatal error not an error!
The answer to this question can be
found in looking back through the
files to the story that tells OF the
second game OF the recent series for
the base ball championship OF the
world.
In the third inning of that game,
George Cutshaw made an error that
enabled the Sox to tie the score and
eventually swish through to victory
in the fourteenth session. Yet Gut
shaw wasn't charged with foozle.
Quaint, isn't til
Scott was on third base. Ruth hit
an easy bounder to Cutshaw as Scott
started for home Cutshaw fought
the ball instead Of letting it come to
him. And while he was foozling,
Scott crossed the plate, but Cutshaw
recovered the ball in time to throw
out the slow-running Ruth at first,
That play lost the game for the
Dodgers. II Cutshaw had felded the
ball clearly, he would have nipped
Scott by ten feet, because the bal
came to him fast and Scott, didn't
have much OF lead when he started
for the plate. If Scott hadn't scored
the game would have ended to 0
in nine innings, in favor of the bod
gers. Cutshaw made the worst erroi
OF the game, yet he wasn't charged
with one because he got Ruth at first
An error is lost opportunity
Cutshaw lost an opportunity to catcf
Scott, and so made an error. Ye
he didn't because he caught Ruth
Aren't scoring rules odd!
Scorers are Arbitrary.
Some OF the decisions OF the ofiicia
scorers in that series were weird--an,
a bit more. Their rulings conficte,
almost always with those of veteran
sport writer's. yet their announcement
had to be taken at their face value
because they were doing the officia
work.
The scorers put over new one o.
the old-time writers, when the
charged Olson with two errors O
one handling OF the ball in the thir
inning Of the final game. Cady wa
on second and Hooper on first, Jar
win hit to Olson, who first juggle
the ball, permitting Cady TO reac
third and Hooper second, and the
threw wild to second, permittin
Cady to score, Hooper to move o
to third and Janvrin to second
Usually such play is scored mcrel
as a single error. But the offici;
folks pointed out that Olson first ha
enabled Janvrin to reach first ba:
and both Hooper and Cady to az
vance by fumbling, and later move
.. the three runners around anoth,
! base each by his wild throw. Thu
. two errors.
Very good, Eddie. But tho,
scorers reversed themselves in Il
. seventh inning OF the same gam
! Mowrey was on FIRST by virtue of
! single. Then came Olson. He RAJ
ped bounder to Scott. who fumbl,
It long enough to permit Mowrey
reach second and cinch first for @
S son. After recovering the ball, no,
, ever, Scott decided he had chan
: to beat Olson with a throw. +
= made the throw and the ball we
. up against the grandstand, Mowr,
!. going to third and Olson to secon
e There was case similar to Olsor
Z in the third. SCOTS fumbling ga
: life TO both Mowrcy and Olson, VIII
~ his wild heave advanced both runne
y an extra base. But the official score
ruled that Scott should have but o