Show AIM TO sigel SPEED U UP T BALL GAMES MORE national league umpires urging the players on for several years the Nat national tonal longue league had figures to show that games in that circuit were played fas faster ter than contests iu in the american league but it li Is doubtful if the complete statistics this season will show shot the older outfit to bo be snappier in the matter of doing their work and having it over ever with national Nat lonal longue umpires do farr barking nt at players to get them to hasten through their exercises than do the american league officials but there are certain things that tend to prolong national league games which are not tolerated in tho the american league A rational national league partisan might argue there la Is more hitting la in the parent circuit and hitting itt ling of j course slows up a garner game writes edward hums burns in the chicago tribune i taken by and large bo however wever it la Is not probable that this phase of the matter inetter to la greatly different in the two majors to one switching from the observe lion of a half season play la in one league to regular attendance of games in the other league the difference Is apparent one factor alone that la Is sald said to make a dK Terenca of ninny many minutes in a national and an american league game Is the practice in n the national league of throwing the ball around them the infield after each putout butout and frequently after a now new ball Is put la in the game in the american league this bit or of horseplay la Is not tolerated thero there are catchers who throw to the third baseman base ninn after a strikeout strike out but the third base bassenian ba senian ninn tosses it to the pitcher and the game came la Is resumed another big difference la Is found in the practice of national league batters who seek to annoy the pitchers by jumping out olit of the batters box repeatedly peat edly ostensibly to rub d dust not on ion their bats bata this Is not tolerated in the american league A batter la Is not allowed to step from the box except for legitimate reasons such ca to re k guy allush move a flying particle from the eye to permit a mato mate to touch up otter after a foul or some similar reason not intended to upset an anxious pitcher I 1 players la in both leagues league beseech pitchers who are in trouble to take their time and this delay la in ninny many instances seems beems justified guy bush leading pitcher of tho the chicago cubs says pays that it annoys hint to 0 o have the infield swarm about hini him la in nn an effort to slow him up but there are ninny many pitchers who are ara helped by this interference from their mates vat cat malone alone SI another cub star to Is of the type that hat breaks out la in A rash when hes in trouble and scarcely can wait waitto to get lits hla hands on the ball after each pitch |