Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-03-16 | Page 27 | Rules in Need of Alteration

lilsiit if etn Various Changes DiScu,; but Have Failed, ,0 Be Adopted, By I- E. SANBOEH (Chicago Tribune)" Like cvorytliinK else i tll industrial and financial siomtl baseball is prepari, J ; ganglion and a readjU(t ;' form to conditions that will p. injr the next six or twelve at-- Championship seasons have i" ened by two weeks in the m.v0! ' salaries have been, in ,; duced proportionately to tho'tr' tivo service, and in other wavo owners have shown a rcalU,.'' fact the business of buscball'c subjected to tho same rulej 0I. that coverii other venture. 1'' reconstruction period. So far no attention has ken the reconstruction of baseball, ' The same apathy that In, ,., ' years toward possible iii,rov.'.' the pame in which fortunes has been apparent in the Ati-of Ati-of tho club owners this y,,lr have considered various ska" .'.imo from a business stauj'. have given no thought to u','' provenieuts in the game .So far as I have observe.! i been no provision for a imii'. oi' thc rules committees of iae t jor leagues for the fmri,u,(, ermj amendments to the eo.iep eras i tho sport out of vrhi.-h hundreds of Americans mat "IK- Changes Are Considered, Two amendments to the fliM; which have been under etc., for several seasons have fail 1 tion not because of anyo'i--. them, but because of the !a..; attitude of the major h-ao, control the playing rculatM..1 amendments have to do with t tion of the 'foul flyout and it,-sion it,-sion of tho score to even W case of rain or other cause for; a game before the rejuljii.. ber of rounds. Stalling for rain or for time i: to make train connections ha, 1 of the worst evils the uinrc-!.-to contend with. 1'uw ba-tii. have not seen this situation. X j team ahead by a soore, or ui: j the stat of the sixth or sevt-ats and a bank of black clouds it j completion of the Rnme unctrta; Then, in the first hslf of lit: I seventh, the visiting team s ! couple or three runs and takes : Immediately the home team is:-J is:-J every known means of i game, hopiDe the storm will v j time to prevent the completion ! innings, thereby causiuj tte s revert to the last even rcuccii ing them on undeserved vittry. With one eye on the sky and ti on the game, each borne playc ; easy chances to retire the n-! n-! they are at bat, and if not, th ; of the home team go throng i ! of false motions to delay tie c: J of the inning. The an f(M has to run back to the bcndi!?. j other stick, then when half f!j ; plate remembers he wants to ! with the manager about rti: then he consumes more time rc: hands in the dirt, and, in tats ; the umpire is powerless to , : these palpable delays. Could Be Wiped Out. AH that could be wiped rules were changed so that - would not revert to the l- . innings in case the visiting if- 1 enough runs to tie or jta ; an unfinished inning. If"';. , tho rules that in such eae , would be declared a dratf - -could not be completed, tttK no incentive for stalling j- would be boiior for tne ho- . do its best to score enougt , last half of the round to k- i if possible. , ,-. .. The men who onpoe the- - the out on a foul fly h ' -., argument that it would to J ;..; -a few spectacular pk" H;; catchers and first or when thev are able to P , the grandstand and ca,. ... foul flies. .,mtn. If that is a good wgw-'j, ,.' the catcher, first and ,., the opportunity to ma.e. ;. plavs on grounders or t ., fouls? When a ts ; . - on the ground the o st , called strike. But if be , air he is liable to be ; . , liability depends a lot od- he is playinp on. (:, ; batsman being retired or a about twice M great ,,.. grounds in ,iew greater area between t he - foul lines. The P.tbb far from the ho;:: fly which goes hp! ... catcher to get under : This gives the batsmen . fou! g-otuid is rcstnrt tage over those . u :, , laud first and third ha-t limit after toul