The New York herald., 1921-10-21
Dleachers Next Season Will
Extend From Rear Fence
to the Ground.
YALE ABILITY UNKNOWN
To Be Tried Out by Army To-
morrow--Gossip of Diamond
and Gridiron.
by WILLIAM n. HANNA.


Charles Stoneham, mogul OF the
t6iants baseball club, and All architect
were closeted for several hours yester-
day going over plans for a renovated
stadium at the Polo Grounds next year.
The chief item. CT interest regarding the
plans is that they will give seating
capacity os 10000 instead of the ALI too
small present capacity of $1,000
The plans are practically completed
and agreed on. If the owners of the
Giants find they can get building rnate-
rial. concrete and steel at price to suit
them work on the new stands will be
begun after the football season and the
job completed by the opening of the
championship next April.
Tho plans provide an extension Of both
wings OF the erandstand by which the
north wing will run as far east as the
foul line and an extension on he other
eide. covering. at least, the present
arcaway there. where Ruth occasionally
hits a home run. The bleachers will be
enlarged so as to bring the back OF
them to the Eighth avenue fence. They
viii slope to the ground and reach TO
within few feet of the Grant me-
norial.
There will be moro home runs under
this arrangement, for the fence between
bleachers and field will be low enough
to permit ball to hop over it.
The prevailing opinion among those
who follow football from Saturday to
Saturday is that Yale will beat the
Army by close score tomorrow. but
handily. Yale's progress this fall has
been marked by normal amount of
cheerfulness and welcome and health
ful absence of doleful reports. This
does not necessarily mean anything un-
usual in football riches up there, but
probably does mean trend toward ra-
tlonal sense of proportions; that is, that
the fate of the world is not in the bal
ance through football victories or set
backs.
Yale Is an unknown quantity entirely
as far as its chances with the Army are
concerned, and the Army Is in the same
boat Each Is due to meet with the
sudden shock brought on by a game of
quite different fibre from anything pre-
ceding. The after effects of such a
game generally are salutary. but It may
present difficulties SO much severer
than anything met before as to be un-
surmountable for that particular game.
This happens often and with first class
teams. 1t is known coiloquially as a
bump.
No extra preparation for -to-morrow
has been made by either Yale or the
Army. The Army. not playing its most
important game until the last OF No
yember. always is slow in development
and what a team in the building--such
as Yale s--will do against an eleven
made of much sterner football stun
than has been met is something the
Yale coaches are giving much more con-
sideration to than the casual observer.
Now comes a baseball fan. William
j. Fagan. with this viewpoint:
Bob Meusel was on second base.
The batter struck out. and Eearl
Smith threw to Frisch 10 catch
Meusel stealing third. Friscli inuffed
the throw. but recovered the ball in
time to eaten Meusel at home. the
play being. Smith to Erisch 10 Smith.
Now. the official scorer gave Frisch
an error, which was correct. but they
also also gave Smith an assist when
NO put-oUt tcos made at third. I at
tended the game and argued that
double play SHOULD have been scored.
Frsch an error, for the reason that
fpo consecutive pnt-outs had been
made prior to the return Of the ball
/. TO the pitcher in the bor."
The official scorer was right in giving
an error, as Mr.. Pagan says and he
also was right In giving Smith an assist.
The rules so provide. always have pro-
vided, and II is absolutely logical to do
so. 1t was no fault Of Smiths that
F'risch dropped the hG2l, and to take
away credit from lHrN because some
body else blundered would have been
unfair. This rule. like most baseball
rules. are based on equity and sound
reasoning.
The play in question was not double
play, because its continuity vas broken.
1t was not "a play" but two plays. One
play ceased when Frisch dropped the
bail. The one Immediately following
was a separate play. Moreover. Il is
not consecutive but Continuous put
outs which constitute double play.