Evening journal., 1920-07-19
STORM KING
CUTS RECORD
Players Believe Hits Cur
tailed by Rain Should
Count
THREE INSTANCES
FOUND THIS YEAR

When the committee Of experts ap-
pointed by the Basevall Writers As
ISOLATION OF America bst winter re-
rslsed the scoring r,fies and saw 10 II
that protested games, when thrown
out, should go Ia the playing records
and that batters breaking up games
IN the ninth or extra innings with
balls driven out OF the lot should get
credit for homers, even II only singles
Were necessary to decide the issue,
they make a hit with the able
athletes. However, they would have
made even a greater one II they had
continued their labors Just a trine
more and taken into consideration
the fact that Jupiter Pluvius might
40 good or do damage TO an earnest
performer.
The players, a good many OF them,
still are OF the opinion that whatever
they do In games that arc surtailed
by rain should go In the official ar
solves, and already this year there
nave been three Instances OF the
Storm King getting busy and wipng
out completed and lncompleted in
nings. All these instances have been
in the junior lengue. Ten runs have
been scored that the players will get
no credit for and the same number OF
mis- have been made.
In the American League a batter
when the scoring rules were changed
so that the home team could win In
the ninth or an extra inning by more
that a one-run margin, averred that
the new rule wouldn't be used more
than twice during a campaign, and
with the season half over there has
only been ono instance OF this kind
in Cincinnati last sunday, With Jacob
Ellsworth Daubert as the beneficiary.
Business was no brisker on the
Glass "A circuits than it was on the
big time wheels. In the afternoon
game OF July between Buffalo and
Akron the score was tied when George
Laroy Wiltse's Blsons took their
tenth turn at the bat Richard Oirl-
ton HOblitzefs Numatlcs not having
/ tailed in their portion Of the extra
\ round. Buffalo got two men on and
then Joe Sargent. third baseman,
smote the ball out OF the lot, winning
the game by a score OF D 10 2 Instead
=. OF 3 10 2.
Now for the games hat have gone
f into the discard because OF tho Storm
King. The White Sox and Browns
started 70 play in Chicago on April
20 and they had 20 desist In the lasl
portion OF the third, not because
delivery but because ho had pro-
vided a curtain OF impenetrablo fog
Urban Faber and Allan Sothoron werI
the pitchers OF this game and ID,
SOx rlght-hander had II on the BrowI
\ nOrthpaw on the basis OF 4 10
Il when Brick owens temporary Tor, a.
Il turned out permanently called
4 time.
., The sox had scored in tho seoonC
Inning on Sothoran's twO-base wild
throw on Ted Jourdan and Pa,
They had the bases loaded and nons
defunct when tho game was stopped
Raber, in This way, was well on hi
way 10 a record in assists, for IN
had ave In three innings, three be
,ng grouped In the third. Admirer
OF George Harold Sisler probably ar
lust as glad this game went into tn
discard. since Sis was up once AM
grounded out 10 Weaver. Add on
''ne at bat 10 the Michigan Marvel
1870 record and you have II absolu
tely.
game being stopped were Joe Gedeon
Kenneth Williams and Harry Lie
bold who singled, and Ray Schall
and George Weaver, who doubled.
Ray Sehalk baited In a run in thl
qsme, Ted J0urdan scored a run, I'D
die Collins drew two passes and BIZ
Jacobson struck out once.
On June 30 the Yankees, playing J.
Detroit, scored i've runs in the mint
for the loss Of two men and all thes
runs went into the discard and som
other things with them, since pla,
StOpped, never was resumed. Bod
and Lewis thus were cheated out O
singles: Ruth, Pratt, Lewis, Mays an
Hannah out OF runs, and Bodie, Meu
.sel, Hannah, Ruth and Pipp out q
runs batted in. The last four-name
Yanks all drew passes with the base
full from Frank Okrie Ruth, walk
ihg twice in this frame,
The Babe Is due 10 set n new recor
mis- year In complimentsries, so whe
all the returns are In give him wv
more walks and yOu'll have the prof
er number OF his free tickets TO llrs
In Detroit, on June 90 the Nation
ais made four runs In the sixth an
had only two men out when play wa
called and the score reverted 10 wht
Il was when the inning starlel
Judge. Rice and Roth singled in III
Inning Tor portion Of innlngl, CHAR
Nv. shaw. Rice and Judze scorel
Judge, Milan, Rice and Roth bate
in runs and O'Neill and shaw struc
out.
There win undoubtedly be SON
more games played In the majors tn
~ year In which the Storm King wi
get in some flendlsh work and Il
among the possibilities that ne ma
decide the batting championship
one OF the big organizations.
& He couldn't OF the scoring runll
81 were changed bit more.