New Britain herald., 1926-07-19
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 Amid all the hitting in the City
 league Saturday afternoon 1t was the
 work of three pitchers which stood
 out Blanchard held the Orioles to
 a minimum of hits, but they were
 sad array and the real pitching
 honors of the day went to Jack
 Argosy of the Rangers and Rose of
 the Burritts. Jack stood up hope-
 less task in the second inning with
 a badly rattled team on the short
 end of 1o-0 score and soon had
 the the Rangers back in the game
 again. This was as much due to
 his cool head as to the hooks which
 he shot past the Burritt batters, for
 he inspired new confidence into. his
 mates. His manager tried to pro-
 test the game when Umpire Hogan
 would not call balls and strikes
 from behind the plate, but Argosy
 served notice that if that were done
 he was quitting right away and his
 wise counsel prevailed.
 He also showed that his left arm
 is by no means dead yet. It hasn't
 the lasting power it once had, but
 while he was in the box he had the
 Burritts swinging wildly in all di-
 rections and tearing great holes in
 the atmosphere. He famed nine
 men, five of them in a row.
 Jacks work. however, only seem-
 ed to inspire Rose to great efforts, and the Burritt hurler went Argosy one better by striking out six con- secutive batters in the last three innings, retiring his opponent in the box on a foul fly. and whiting the final pinch hitter. He was in top form and half of the seven hits made of him were lucky.
 A funny one happened in the first inning of this game when Luty hit to Pete Cabelus with two on. Pete threw home and Joe Argosy thought he had a force play. so did not stop 10 touch the runner, but threw right to first. Mangan apparently called the runner out on his first decision but later reversed this. While the Burritts were setting up howl over the first version however, the Rangers ran around and touched all the Burritts in sight, with the result that two of them proved to be stray base runners and the side was re- tired. Several of the Oriole regulars | failed to put in an appearance and | the team played with three men in | "civies." Abe Aronson himself took | a post at second base and made | only two errors. Mottola, Robin catcher, is out of | the game with an injured thumb, which was knocked out of joint last |week. Roy moved down from the | first base to take his place and | made seven passed balls ii, the early Innings but then accustomed himself | to the new position and filled it ac- |ceptably.
 Francie Sheehan, for whom it was Thought it would be necessary to play benefit game following an in- |iury to his arm short time ago. hhowed the boys that besides being fn umpire of merit and an arbiter Who needs no coaching from anyone, much less Bill Clancy, he is well and | ble to turn the knobs on the gas meters by enchanted stab of a fy ball in the kensington-L Lenox |same yesterday.
 Francie got going after a drive fnd hitting the sand in right field ft the baseball park. started to tumble. The ball was on his right flde and as he was going down with he ball just passing him. he turned is left hand, the glove one, around backwards and speared the ball.
 Another drive went out there later Pn and Francie stumbled this time
 nd didn't get it. Because of this latch. plans for the benefit game have been called off.
 Umpire Jimmy Maher got into hot fater on two plays that happen my once in an age yesterday. The Yltcher was winding up when he fnocked off his hat The umpire uled it mo pitch" and thero was q eneral howl.
 Without being at the game and eelns the occurrence, we have upon equest, investigated the rules and nd In Rule 32 of the rules of the anne that 1t would seem that in yes- frday's occurrence. if the ball was 1rown to the catcher, it shouId ave been called ball. If 1t was | ct delivered, then 1t was simply 'othins, unless the umpire wished to $ ail a ball for delaying the game.
 Rule 39 reads: 'An unfairly de- vered ball is ball delivered to inc by the pitcher while standing in
 position and facing the batsman lat does not pass over any portion
 the nome base between the bats d ans shoulder and knees, or that fuches the ground before passing pme base. unless struck at by the atsman; or with the bases unoc- ipied any ball delivered by the
 tcher while no foot is in contact { ith the pitchers plate, unless | ruck at by the batsman. For every I 1fairly delivered ball, the umpire c