Show 1 FOXY JOHN I KLEM TO COACH ON RULES National Le League gue to rc S New Regulations COy Coy- ering Pitchers I By Jack Velock International l News New Sporting Edito N NEW YORK March j JoH Arnold Heydler made a fox move when he sent Umpire m Klem Kiem on tour o of the Nations Nation league training camps to the pitchers regarding the new new r rule l Heydler Is a former umpire He lie kne the alphabet of players and their waby wa was by heart In fact he can say it ft bad ward And he foresaw that pitchers were given gl the lowest downs regarding what will be expect of or them when the season opens they the I would be plenty or ot trouble for the tin n pIres iS So Bill Liem was sent to t thoroughly saturated in the Nation Nation- leagues league's official interpretations ofine rules rifles against freak deliveries and the Nationals National's 1920 campaign gets und way alibis on the part of or the hurlers v be quite out of order The National league intends to live t to the new rules from the start Th J will be no infractions not if it I and his competent staff of help it and the pitcher who attempts I get Iet around the letter of the law the going hard The alone wi I live on through the coming season Aft Art that baseball will be rid of oC all alt the frea In the art of ot pitching unless Iome f the sly slingers invent new and carna camol tricks and that will be bi to do under the new code which do not permit of a pitcher soiling lolling thc bal either by rubbing it in his glove orl o his uniform It has hM been pointed out b by some bas bas' ball critics that the pitchers will attempt to substitute the bei bes ball for the intentional pass pais Aft as a's the National league is concerned the th will not get bot away with it There will be bo no bean ball In our league eague said President Heydle If the pitchers entertain the idea th thany any such such thing will be tolerated the th the had best rid get of It Our start the season with instructions cove ing a number numb r of possible emergencies this kind and the National league aw wi 1 back up their actions to the limit M It may sometimes be difficult for to a umpire to determine whether a pitch is trying to give a batsman a basel balls bans or whether his inaccuracy in pitch ing is due to poor control But any any a pitcher aims alms the ball at the batema several times there will be no about what he lie is trying to do liar Ia sure that a fine and an pension would soon eradicate any sue suc practice S ta Klems Klem's tour of ot the camps calls for tm visit to every National league Continued on oage 3 3 91 I FOXY JOHN I j Continued from page 2 2 haunt with the exception of Pasadena Cal Ca where the Cubs hold forth nut Klein Klem will wUl have a chin test with the Cub pitchers in Chicago prior to th the opening I of the season There Is much speculation among base base- ball ban fans throughout the country regarding regarding regard regard- ing what effect the new pitching regard regard-I rules will have have- on batting Many baseball critics are inclined to believe that the abolition of ot the freaks will wUl result in increased In Increased In- In creased hitting and it is our belief that It will help the batsmen Whether the ruling out of the freaks freals themselves or orthe orthe the knowledge on the part of oC the batter that he is facing a with a bagful of tricks will 1 weigh neigh more heavily in fanor fa- fa nor of increased hitting Is 19 a question But the fact remains that the batsman who I has confidence in himself is the one who gets the most hits and the passing of ot the freaks should lend end him confidence I Hank ODay himself a n. veteran pitcher and umpire points out that although the I magnates magnates- have been making snaking rules and adopting legislation for years with a view I to handicapping the pitchers the art of flinging was wall never more perfect than it It today Hank believes the abolition of ot the freaks will only tend to make the pitchers pitcher's work worl harder and In the end force them to pitch better baseball In spite of ot the many things that have been done to handicap the pitchers said ald ODay recently they still have the ed edge e eon on the batter and the they will always alwa's have it The more you tr try to hold them down the tho better they will pitch |