| Show iiiT NO NEW RULES Baseball Men Do Not Favor Buffalo Changes WANT THINGS LEFT ALONE Conference of American League and National League Delegates Framed Rules Which Are Acceptable to Players of Neither Organization When Is a Foul Not a Foul Is a Question to Puzzle Umpires Old timers Favor Revival of Rules of Twenty Years Ago In these days when all Is topayturvy In the baseball world there Is no change from the time when the National league ran tho roost and rules were made only to bo broken An Instance of this was seen last week when Delegates from various va-rious leagues and associations got to golhor at Buffalo and framed rules which were Intended to be used in games allover all-over the country says the Philadelphia Picas No decided changes were mado In tho legislallon enacted although there was Eomo tinkering with the foulball rulo Jhst put In forco by the National league last year Tho rule calling a foul a Gtrlkc which was framed in order to hurrythe game and prevent the tactics tac-tics to which certain clever batsmen resorted re-sorted In their duels with the pitchers was tampered with This rule the American Amer-ican refused to abide by last season and the Buffalo conference merely made matters mat-ters worse than they Were before It was bad cnoiujh last year when a foul was a strike at the Phillies grounds and a foul was sometimes a strike and sometimes some-times a foul at the Athletics park This was confusing but the rule made at Buffalo which WQJJ of the halffoul half strike order would have sllll further complicated matters and mado things very tropical for the poor umpire The Puffalo rulo practical means that a foul ball which drops inside of first or third base or goes over the grandstand grand-stand is I a strike but that if the ball goes over on into the blccchers or drops on the ground back of either base It In a foul To male matters worse tho umpire um-pire was to decide nil close cases by an Imaginary line Perhaps there wouldnt be many a rumpus over this In a close game Ban Johnson the baseball president who can say I urn It without consulting consult-ing the other club owners has put his foot down on this rule Ho won t have any part of It In the American and It Is very probable that the National lcrie will decide to stick to Its own rulo when It meets again If it ever docs meet Thcro was also Borne tinkering as to the rule regarding the time a pitcher Is allowed to hold the ball This rule was also a new one in tho National last year but like many another one enacted by organization to curb certain players I it was violated with Impunity After the first month of last season the players simply camo to an understanding among themselves that they would give the pitcher a I chance to warm up In each Inning In-ning and tho wise men of the National who feared the law sat back and did nothing The rulo is a good ono If I enforced en-forced The rule compelling tho catcher to stand tinder the bat all the time Is another an-other National league Invention that met with the approval ot the convention at Buffalo There was n howl raised over this In certain quarters last spring It being claimed that it would cause moro Injuries among catchers The mortality records for tho year however did not Btrcngthcn the argument and It proved to be a good plan The American lived up to the rule although it never omcially adopted It Year after year the magnates have been tinkering with tho rules but the changes havo not always been beneficial Fortunately tho varJou Jdagucs have been wise enough to put old players like A J Roach Ned Ilanlon Jr Jim Hart Connie Mack and Chatley Comlskoy on the rules committees and these men have Icopt out many proposed Innovations that would have dono tho gamo moro harm than good Oldtimers declare that the rules that should be enforced are those that were used llftecn or twenty years ago Some good Innovations hae been made In recent re-cent years and in the main these were caused by players who became too clever for the rulomakcrs CYCLISTS WANT TO COME HERE Waiting to Hear Plans for Salt Palace Pal-ace Races Nat Butler known l us tho handicap I Icing in the cycling world of Boston Barney Olilllclci an old National circuit chaser whose home Is In Cleveland 0 and Frank Mayo of Boston noted for Ills tandem racing with William Saun dcrs have written to friends In this city that they are willing to como here for the ucasono racing nu soon as they can learn that the Salt Palace track will bo opened for meets as In the past three years Nat Butler is ono of the best handicap riders in the world and has followed tho National Racing circuit since 91 He made his best mark In 07 and i3 Butler writes that there arc several other oth-er riders who contemplate coming to the West for the scaaon BurnsRowan Fight Tonight A large party of ring enthusiasts will go to Ogden on a special this evening to take In tho twentyround boxing contest con-test between Jim Burns and Dummy Rowan Ro-wan Two hundred nporto arc expected to so on tho special together with all tho lighters and those who poso as light ers jrit Scluilor hao been engager to chaperon the parlv Jim llynn ami Jim Francis will box four rounds picllm Inaiy to tho main event Jack Clifford who defeated Condlc last week will appear ap-pear In a preliminary with an unknown RIDE TO FARMINGTON Wheelmen Find the Old Road RaceCourse Race-Course in Good Condition Several of the amateur riders rode to Farmlngton and back on tholr whcola yesterday und reported the road race llan of course in splendid condition Many tho rldors have commenced their training for tho annual Decoration Day road race which this year promises to have moro entries than over C S WIlkes said yesterday yes-terday that he would try to secure entries en-tries from all over tho Stale providing ho managed the raco All the riders who took part In the race last yean 110 said were willing to enter the raco again this year together with many new rIders J B Ilumo won first tlm prize last year and will try to make a better ride this year Echoes of the Big Fight Tho Senator McLaurlnSenator Tlllman battle was widely discussed among local sporting men yesterday and the other Senators wero severely criticized for Interfering In-terfering just at tho most Interesting point In the light Washington aint no place for a scrap anyhow said ono disgusted heavyweight heavy-weight I They oughta pulled It off in Frisco or some other decent pkico Them fellers In tho effete East novcr wants tosco to-sco no sport It was the prevailing opinion that Mc Lnurln showed the best form and in case a return match IB made lie will bo tho favorite In the belling Ills righthand punch was especially admired I and tho clever way In which ho blocked Tlllmans lead camo In for enthusiastic comment There arc many hero who would lIke to seo the South Carolina pugilists get together again and the manager of a local club may bo asked to put up a purse sufficient to attract them to Salt Lako Such a ontest would certainly draw a largo crowd and tho police would no doubt guarantee tho keep the fight frco of Interference As a preliminary a match between Chief Hilton and exbe tcctlvo Sheets has been suggested |
