New Britain herald., 1925-07-30
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 Fortunately. q matter in baseball that has caused great deal of argu. n1ent in the New Britain City league has just been explained In the form Of a question and an answer by Bil- ly Evans. famous and we'll known umpire in tho big leagues.
 The question deals with a player throwing his glove at & ball without the glove hitting the ball as 1t goes by. The following is the explanation.
 Batter hits a ball toward second baseman who throws his glove at the ball. Is batter entitled to extra ii bases whether glove hits ball or not? W. T. H."
 No penalty Is inflicted on the de- tensiye team except when thrown gloves actually touches ball."
 This situation has cropped out several times in the past In the City League and this explanation should clear up the situation once and for all.
 Section of Rule 51 which tells when a batsman is out reads as follows: The batsman is out:---
 If, while first base is occupied by a base runner, the third strike be called on him by the umpire un- less two men are already out"
 Interpreted, this means that when there is a man on first base with none or one out and the batter makes a third strike and the catch CT drops the ball. the batter is out. The exception to this rule Is when there are two men out. It makes no difference what base is occupied, the batter can run on the third strike if the catcher drops the ball. If there are men on second or third or a man on second or man on third and the batter strikes at third ball which the catcher does not field, the batsman can run to first base without being out.
 This situation came up ill the game between the Paradise Park and Washington teams yesterday. Two men were out and a man was on third. The third strike came over and went behind the catcher and the batsman ran to first base. The batsnan was Washington team man. The Paradise Park team protested that the batter could not run when there was a man on. The rule states that he must be on first | base and the exception is when | terday was on third and there were two out so the batte after striking | at the ball which the catcher missed | had a perfect right to run to first and as it happened he reached | there safely
 The Orioles will practice tomor- row night at 6:S0 o'clock at Walnut l liil park and all members of the | team are asked to be present at the | session. The team will play the Dragons next Saturday afternoon at l , o'clock on Diamond No. in the | City league and besides this, the out it will journey to Hartford Sunday | lQ play the Laurels A. C. of that city at Colts park.
 Anderson, southpaw, will probably l draw the pitching assignment Sat urday when the Orioles attempt to | break back into the winning column. He has been practicing all week with a dummy in his back yard and is perfecting his control so that he will be nigh perfect Saturday.
 The Falcon Reserves will hold an important meeting in the club rooms tomorrow evening. All members of | the baseball team are asked to he present as the matters to he dis cussed are vital for the welfare of | the team.
 The Falcons starting off tonight by playing Burns Recreation team of Meriden, will also play the Maple A. C. of New Haven this coming Sun day at St, Mary's field. The Naples will have the same lineup that | dovned Eddie Harts fast Meriden am recently and the Falcons ex- pect a hard tussle Sunday.
 M-kcnsington has tough sched- ule for this week. Tonight the toam plays the New Britain Rangers. saturday afternoon the players will 70 to New London 10 meet the submarine Base team there and sunday, the x Ys of New Haven oilI be opponents of the South End
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 The Herald team and the Blue 'rds will meet on tho field of bat He tonight at 6:S0 o'clock. There has been so much talk about this game that there is sure 10 be blood spilled tonight. The Herald will hayo the famous Sam HoWdy- Cub alem battery working to silence the chrping of the Bluejays,
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