Evening star., 1918-02-25

Team Ia using q left-handed pitcher
in right field, who II Substituting for
the regular fielder, who has beea In
juredr In the sixth inning, with the
batter who is weak against southpaws
In up. The manager Of the team sends
his right fielder In the box to pitch to
this man and sends the pitcher to right
field. The batter is retired ON q ny
to the outdeld. In the next inning the
left-hander is sent back to right field
and the regular pitcher resumes pitch
FRANK coNGER.
The move was proper. All that was
pitcher to work until the batsman
reached first or was retired. In this
case the batsman was retired. Since
the regular pitcher was used in right
field the manager had q right to send
him back into the box at the opening
of the next inning and to put the
southpaw pitcher back in right deld.
Do you consider ScAafk q better
catcher than Schangf AMHERST.
Schalk is one of the best catchers the
game has produced. Schang. because
the outfield, has not been up to his
usual standard back of the bat for a
year or SO. Schang, in some respects,
has more natural ability than Schalk.
He is faster on his feet, has a better
arm and is harder hitter; yet If I
owned a ball club Schalk could catch
for me. Schalk is close student of
the game. full of life and is a great
aid to his pitchers. His ability to size
up situations and his quickness in get
ting rid Of the ball make him a harder
man to steal on than catchers with bet
ter arms. On foul flies he Is without a
peer. He seems to divine just where
the ball is when it leaves the bat. At
q . 10 hak
doing his best work in the pinch. I am
a great admirer Of Schalk because 1
have seen him do SO many wonderful
things. And don't get the idea Schang
Boston he is sure to be used regularly
behind the bat and it is bound to
bring him back to his old-time form.
When q batsman bats out Of turn ana
makes q hit. and then, before q ball fS
pitched. the attention OF the umpire fs
called to the fact that he has batted
out Of turn, who L. 0utf
o. L. FoRsYrHE.
In such cases the proper batsman il
always the man who is declared out
To illustrate we will suppose that Cobb
Crawford is fourth and Veach fifth. We
will suppose that at the start Of the
fourth inning Cobb should have been
the first man up Instead Crawford goes
" d I.
then steps into the batter's box, but at
this stage the team in the field discov.
ers Crawford has batted out of turn
Since Cobb should have been the first
man up, being the proper batsman, he
is declared out, because Crawford has
batted out Of turn. Crawford. who has
reached first bose on the hit, IL re-
moved. and is permitted to bat again,
IN his proper turn. and the rest Of the
lineup follows in the usual order.
Do you think Tom DAILY win make
good with the Chicago Cubs m cateherf
was surprised when American
League clubs all waived on Daily, q
year ago. I always regarded him az
worthy Of major league retention. DAILY
has always suffered a serious handicap
by being on a club that boasted of q
high-class receiver. able to do a lot Of
work. At Chicago 1t was Ray Schalk.
while with Cleveland. it was Steve
o'Neil. When DAILY wa. sold to the
Cubs. thought II was his chance to
show. But now that the Cubs have se- |
cured Bin Killefsr. star Of the National
League. he seems again destined to
play the role OF nndesstudy 70 the etar.