Show ODAY CHANGING CHANCING RULES NEW RE YORK Dec Dee 9 Suggestions which have thc effect effect of increasing sin s- s in jug ing batting will hardly receive much consideration from the moguls of the two tw big leagues at their meetings in in New York next week There appears to be a feeling that the batting question had best jest be let alone at this time Here are some of the suggestions that are arc offered Calling only one foul ball a strike limiting the number of called balls to three and increasing the number of t strikes to four while at the same time retaining the present rules Hank ODay the National league umpire umpire who is responsible for the foul strike rule is outspoken against any change If you make changes changes' that will makei make i more batting the owners o will simply get better pitchers The game has bas gone alon along for several seasons in a a prosperous prosper prosper- ous manner and I do not think a chan change e will be for the best |