Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-06

held 4 stiff workout yesterday after
noon at the hall park, and McCredie
was a busy man. giving the men some
new pointers on how 60 hurl the ball
and how 10 hit it. The Portland toss
ers stepped up TO the plate yesterday
afternoon and gathered a number Of
hits against the Hula pitchers and
they will be ready for the locals in
the coming games.
McCredie was naturally disappoint.
ed at losing the Sunday game, but said
that the locals played good bali and
would make zap for IL on Saturday
when the Hubs meet the Chinese at
the pail park. After a stiff workout
the players wore given a run around
the field about SIX or seven times. and
then pau for the day.
Holly Looks Good
This little fellow Holloeher who is
handling the shortfieid position, looks
better every day and ought 10 make
q great fight fJr a place in the Port
land infleld II ne continues 10 hit
as he has here then the shortstop job
will be settled McCiedie ought 20.
get two or three pitchers out of the
bunch now here. and with Fincher,
Brenton ard Leake the Hulas may
round up good pitching staff to bat
tie for the honors in the Coast League.
Two OF three CT the Young pitchers
were asking Walter McCredie yester
day afternoon If they had to eat the
Chinese food that had heen ordered
for them. Bill RODGERS told them a
story Of the bail player who liked raw
meat, and Roscoe Fawcett of the Ore
gonian advised the pitchers to PAR
take Of sharks fins, as il gave any
hurler good control. Schatzlein was
looking for the sharks fins last event.
ing when they brought the chop suey
aroand. 4I, /
The Diamond Change
Portlan1 players talked on every
topic from how not to hit to political
economy ard In the course Of discus
sion the topic Of The changing of the |
diamond as suggested by Percy /
Haughton. In reality the diamond
proper is a square measuring 80 feet
on each side.
The bases are considered to be sol
feet apart and the distance from the
home plate TO the second base is III
feet 33-S inches. The pitchers slab
IS not exactly half way between the
two points, but is located GO feet in 1
ches from the plate and &C feet 3 3-S
inches from second bese. Haaghton
suggests that In order TO equalize the
offensive. and defensive strength of tho
pitcher and batter il might be found
advisable, upon Investigation, TO move
frs. AM third bases five feet nearer
the no ne plate and decrease the width
OF the plate
II This were done II would change
the entire aspect Of the baseball dia-
mond wlich would become. roughly,
kite shaped. As IL Is especially stipu-
lated that seccLd base is not to be
moved, the result would be that the
distance sfrom home plate to either
first or third base would be SIS feet
and the distance from first to second
and from second 10 third base approxi.
mately 95 fes-. These figures are
based upon the angles of the base
lines and do not take into considera.
ton the base bag proper which is 10
inches square and considerably short
ems the distance TO be covered by the
base runner who is. CT course. safe
as socn as he touches the bag.
En- Sue Would Star
II would shorten the distance that
the batter would have to run in order
20 be SIZE after a hit and fer the run;
ner attempting 10 seere from third.
The regular flaying positions of the
infieliers, in all probability. would be
shifted as there would be an add.
tional ten feet OF fair field to be COW
cred oy the Jour players. The first
and third base:1en would be enabled
to play closer to the plate for bunt
hut at the same time the batter would
have five feef less 70 run in order to
reach first safely The pitcher would
be able I'd .wateh runners on first and
third more closely as these bases
would be tifle In front Of him in.
stead Of az right angles as they are
ct present. L
There f6ens no change in the
shape or measurements of the base.
bali diamond since 1S45 when the
rules were made to read that the chs
lance between first al. { ird bases
and home plate and second base must
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