Show 11 1 1 I 1 1 BILLY EVANS SOLVES BASEBALL PROBLEMS I 1 5 0 written especially for This paper by the famous american league umpire clarry niles and a recruit first baseman figured in it funny play S at washington several years ugo ago niles at the time was n member of 0 a the boston red sox box iio ho has since drifted out of the 4 w big longue league the first baseman was a big fellow secured a 0 I 1 by tho the boston club for a tryout try out from one of P 8 1 1 I 1 the coast league tennis teams I 1 gerlous seriously ly doubt if a like 1 I I 1 11 I 1 play piny will ever happen again in any league the big N league in particular I 1 a with boston at the bat the recruit first baseman W had readied reached first because of a dropped fly ball I 1 I 1 niles the next batter lilt hit a long fly to right field 0 doe doc dossier clessler was playing right field for washington 11 I 1 As niles tore madly for first base he made up a jas ills nan mind a that gessler would not be able to ma Ina kethe 0 e catch ile he decided that the lilt ought to be good for 4 1 ahree bases and possibly for it a home run 1 0 e the base runner was not so sure that gessler 0 would not make inake the catch so he played placed it sate safe standing midway between e I 1 0 first and mccon second ld to awalt await developments niles who was deau dead 0 0 certain t that hat the ball would not be caught passed the h base runner between first and second not even knowing that he haldone had done so for a lie he always ran with hla his head high in the air N i gessler did not make the catch and as niles slid across the plate the man originally on first reached second jim Delelia delehanty nty was playing second tor for washington and to complicate I 1 things all the corb more he 11 informed the recruit that lie he was out the recruit believing him 1 walked 0 off I 1 the bag whereupon Del delehanty chanty getting the bull ball tried to 1 touch him out lie ile failed and after much running up and down the a 4 recruit managed to slide back into first without being touched later 9 while stan standing dind on the bag lie he was touched by bob one 08 was out put at the time what would you have ruled anthe on the two plays had thad you been la in charge of the game its as 0 answer to problem 0 when niles passed the runner between first and second he was on W instantly out all that lie he did after he passed the other runner was a a 0 of no purpose imagine how he felt when 1 instead bof of getting credit 0 1 for a home run he learned that ho was waa out the reer recruit alt who had 4 reached second and then stepped off believing he was out a and ad then finding such was not the alie case and not boang able to regain second a got safely back to first before being touched was out when touched a aa the fact that he was standing on the bag when touched did not protect him once having touched second fl that barie bane became his station firse base no longer off offering pring him any protection copyright by the wheeler syndicate inc d 6 A ann |