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

between showers the Portland team
held stiff workout yesterday after
noon at the ball park, and McCredie
was busy man, giving the men some
new pointers on how 10 hurl the hall
and how TO hit il. The Portland toss.
ers stepped up 10 the plate yesterday
afternoon and gathered a number of
hits against the Hula pitchers anc
they will be ready for the locals in
the coming games.
McCredie was naturally disappOtnt.
ed at losing the Sunday game, but SAID
that the locals played good hail and
would make UP for il on Saturday
when the Hulds meet the Chinese al
the ball park. After stiff workout
the players wore given a run around
the field about six or seven times, aud
then pau for the day.
Holly Looks Good
This little fellow Hollocher, who is
handling the shortfield position. looks
better every day and ought to make
a great fight for place in the Port
land infield. IL ne continues to hit
as he has here, then the shortstop job
will be settled McCIedie ought to
get two or three pitchers out of the
bunch now here, and with Fincher.
Brenton ard Leake the Hulas may
round up a good pitching staff to bat.
tie for the honors in the Coast League
Two or three OF the young pitchers
were asking Walter McCredie yester-
iday afternoon If they had to eat the
Chinese food that had been ordered
for them, Bill! Rodgers told them a
story of the ban player who liked raw
meat, and Roscoe Fawcett of the Ore
gonian advised the pitchers TO par
take " sharks fins, as II gave any
hurler good control. Schatzlein was
looking for the sharks fins last even.
ing when they brought the chop suey
around. -.- ~ "
The Diamond Change
Portlani players talked on every
topic from how not to hit to political
economy and In the course of discus.
sion the topic Of the changing Of the
diaNond as suggested by Percy
Haughtoa. In reality the diamond
proper is square measuring 80 feet
on each side.
The bases are considered to be 90
feet apart and the distance from the
home plate TO the second base is 127
feet 3 3-S inches. THE pitchers slab
is not exactly half way between the
two points, but is located go feet in
ches from the plate and &c feet 3-S
inches from second bese. Haughton
suggests that In order to equalize the
offensive and defensive strength of the
pitcher and batter it might be found
upon investigation, TO move
frs: an1 third bases five feet nearer
the no ne plate and decrease the width
Of the plate.
IL this we're done II would change
the entire aspect OF the baseball dia-
mond waicn would become, roughly,
kits shaped. As il Is especially stipu-
lated that secchd base is not to be
moved, the result would be that the
distance from home plate to either
first or third base would be IS feet
and the distance from first to second
and from second 10 third base approx.
niatsly 95 fes-. These figures are
based upon the angles of the base
lines and do MT take into considera- I
OtOu Vic OdcC boS DiRtST WHICH - Id 4
inches square and considerably short. !
ems the distance TO be covered by the
base runner. who Is, Of course, safe
rs soon as he touches the bag.
En- Sue Would Star /
II would shorten the distance that
The batter would have to run in order |
10 be safe after a hit and for the run
ner sattenpfins 10 score from third.
The regular rla'ying positions OF the
Infiel1ers, In all probability, would be
shifted as there would he an addi-
tional ten feet of fair field to be Gov
cred oy the four players. The first
md third basepen would be enabled
10 filay closer to the plate for bunt
Dat az the same time the batter would
ave fire feet less to run in order to
each Hrs1 safely. The pitcher would
be able 10 watch runners on first and
bird more closely as these bases
would be q triTle in front of him in
stead of at right angles as they are
It present ~.
There has been no change in the
shape or measurements of the base
,all diamond since 1915 when the
'uless were made to read that the GIs-
ance between first al. I .ird bases
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