Show HERE ARE so SOME n VERY SURPRISING BASEBALL CATCHES c The play In New York In which Bresnahan Bresnahan Bres- Bres nahan caught the third strike In hI his skin guards and the umpire decided It a catch and put out reminds me of ot a play pIa that was made In the SOs in St. St Louis Louis' In a game between the St. St Louis Browns Brawns and the Louls s. s There was way a a. man on first base and the theman theman theman man to ta bat hit lilt tho the ball to the left field JImmie Carroll with the St. St Louis team playing left field muffed the tho ball and It went In his shirt pocket Jimmie scrambled scrambled scram cram bled and pulled and yelled to try to get the ball out while the two base runners scrambled around the bases base with the crowd yelling and hooting over the play In spite of all JimmIes JimmIe's work ho couldn't get Set the ball ban out until the man on an first made home and the batter went to third bas base Take Tako a b basket along alons next time the tho crowd yelled to ta Jimmie You can get set It out of a basket easier than you ou can out of ot your our pocket It was a hard proposition proposition prop prop- to ta decide but the umpire called it a muff and alia allowed wed the Iho runs The St. St Louis team made a tremendous kick over the tho play and almost almast broke up the game It wasn't long Ions after arter that thai that the they stopped topped putting pockets In shirts Thero There was a a. peculiar decision made In Buffalo Duffalo In a game between the Chicago team and the Buffaloes In 1883 The rule then was that you could trap a II fly lly ball that ball that Is the fielder could throw It on tho the ground Instead of af catching It It and nobody could run as long as the I ball all la lay In tn the trop trap There was a man on second and a man manon manan manon on an first base when a batter batler hit the ball to George Gore In center field George slapped the tho ball down on the ground andall and andall all the runners ran thinking It II was a muff George Gearge picked the ball up and threw it lo to second and second secand threw It Itta to ta first which put all aU three out The crowd didn't know about the trap ball and of course the decision made a great commotion In the grand stand tand and bleachers bleach bleach- ers It was all George Gores Gore's smartness In making tho the pia play and the Chicago team saw through It at once but the Buffaloes were caught on It The crowd hooted at the umpire so eo hard and called him trim all kinds of names BO so that the only thing he could do was wag to walk up tip to ta the plate and wipe the dirt off at the home plate Then he took off oft his hat and danced a jl Jig on the plate The play raised so sa much commotion In Buffalo that It was brought braught up tip before the secretary of af the lea league e and the trap ball rule was abandoned This was the old championship team team team- and there was no smarter In the business |