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Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE. TUESDAY MORNING, If FEBRUARY 10, 1920. By BUD FISHER (Copyright. 1920. by H. 0. Tinier. Xrido Mark Reg. U. 8. Pat Off.) MUTT AND JEFF The Little Fellow Has the Knack of Leading Up to a Great Climax H ; MOIST DELIVERY ; BE TOLERATED 'PRESENT YEAR ONLY f i i 9 ' i c Each Club Will Be Allowed Two Spitball Twirler and No More; All Other Forms of Freak Pitching Unconditionally Abolished; Few New Changes Made in Playing Rules; Suc) cessor to Garry Herrmann May I Be Announced Today. I county organisation Is hound to speed It is expected that up considerably. Provo. Spanish Fork. Lehl, American Fork and Pay son will enter teams. Some fans are urging that Bingham and Eureka be admitted into the proposed league and that it be called the Central Utah association. were served with legal papers to appear In court and show why they should not be en)olned from playing JtaJl next sea- son against the Cubs. Murphv filed suit against the Chicago rluh. asking for fill 22 he claims la due for rent of the West bide park, which has stood Idle slnrc the Cub were purchased by Charles Weeghtnsn and his associates in the spring of 1916. snd moved to the North bide. President Hevdler, of the league, made no statement regarding the case. BASEBALL 0Nflsy BILLY .tiieHU of will probof Lehl's baseball ably be the salvation hope. l.ast summer thousands of pleas- INSIDE NINETEEN RULES ARE AMENDED AND ADDED f ftterte Btiag a SrU A beat Flays and FUyers ure seekers used the lakeside hrautv spot as a Mecca. Wlih a baseball team cavorting in good stjle there, the financial problem so far as the locals is concerned is solved. Post 19 will trv to secure a lease on tho paik, if the owners will enlarge the baseball field and build a fence around It. The soldier oi sanitation believes Its scheme a good one since the resort was a huh of attraction lor halt Lake baseball teams last evr, but thev were unable to play here because of the need of improvements A of local taseball talent survey shows a goodly array of stars available this vear. The roster upon which the post is working for its material in lud the following men: Catchers Kay Goa tea. Arthur Dutch' habey; first base Harold Goodwin, Ad Cap Hernhart; second base, I eon Tajlor, Clarence Holm-steathird base. Jack Knight. Marion Hmuhi; shortstops; Art Peterson, Albert AS outfielders. ebb; Tommy CoRedge. Frank Barnes. Elo.vd Anderson, George Tate. Jack Sited; pitchers Ted Thrasher, Alvin Jackson, Billy Harp, Norm Holm-steaand Jack Street Several of these placers have been in fast company recently. Hernhart and bteed plaved In the Union association. Taylor and Peterson plaved in the Southern Idaho circuit: Thrasher waa once in the Western league, and Billv Harp was with a Chicago team last season. The college pitcher whose services are bHng negotiated for rounds off the candidates for the team. ng Legionnaires Up Material; Utah State League Probable. Busy-Roundi- Numerous rules In is to be regretted that every fan threshed out to- IT cannot at some time be the umpire at the annual meetings of the rules A In a ball game of some importance. committee of the National and American leagues. Chief among the rules were game In which there would be keen riv Intime Hating tj the home run. the alrv and the outcome of great Importance tentional pass, the balk, the dead hall.'' edu IElfl. Feb. 9 Pursuant to a deterand legislation regarding the freak de- to bot.i teams would be the best-tliveries of plteheig." cate tho fan in the mstcrien and troubles mination evinced by Lthl post. No. 19, of In all. nineteen rules were amended of the arbitrator. It would also be a tho American cgion, at t lie time of its i and one added. otganixation. to put this town on the The addition to the rules deals with good thing If every umpire would occaof vore. the chapit sionally attend an inipoitant game an a athletic nidp an in da the which Intentional declares pass, i The experience would prove ter ia now ia.ving plans which will give t be illegal for the catcher to step from a spectator. as a Izohi the firwt leal h sc ha! I club it has his box to aid the pitcher In pitching especially beneficial if the umpire, I Johnson, the Chicago, New York wide of the batsman. This rule as spectator, should pull strongly for one of had in inane vears. The scheme calls CRUSINBERRY opposing the clubs to win, and see the chances of for tho (ooperatioti of all the busiueae and Boston leaders, held a session, or at amended and adopted by the rules comBy his favorites killed time after time ber men of the ctt.v, ail of lmr employers and were togethei in the otflee of Presimutes savs: A xaa predicted least CHICAGO, Feb. her entire population. dent of the. While box, at the It shall be illegal for the catcher to iaiise of some adverse deciHon. in .advance of (he baseball gathering bout ItContlskev, never appreciated the position of the The legionnaires will trv to put out as Side park, indications are that leave his natural position immediately which opened here today, the spitball and each faction has Its plans toady for the and directly back of the plate for the fan until a few years ago. when I took creditable a platoon of bait toesers ns in toa as the battle series world seems sure to'take place spectator. represents the poat in basketball this games 11 freak dellverlea of aiding the pitcher to intenhate been abollahed morrowwhich season. The hoop squad, they aver, has Decision after decision came up. suffiwhen the league merle at the purpose tionally give a base on balls to the bats- cient from the national pastime; but In the Congress hotel In fnrtnal to first make Boston fans tear their won considerable renown for the chaper. session. man If the catcher shall move out of That this city can produce a excellent to cause case of the apltball. It will be permitted next moment the and the position prior to the time the ball leaves hair, consensus of opinthe pitcher's hand all runners who may Chicago rooters to rave like madmen. aionbaseball team, is the indications for the season of 3920. All other tricks Todays Program. look entbelv different from a posihete, and present point to PrenMent Johnson will rail the meeting be on bases shall be entitled to advance Plays of pitching are wiped out at once and the of success the the a in at tion distance the of enterprise. grandstand twvse." to order at noon. the same hour one to plans, the from ?(H) feet. to One after According run home the fifty play rule The ras flrt time a player laIs guilty of breaking President covering lleMjler will rail for formal sponsor for the club, and will that when a paer knocks the ball Into another camein up that looked one way will stand to automatically the new rule he tneeline of the National league in anothestablish a precedent here the grandstand, while the guarantee for ten day. The second offense er room at the panie hotel. It looks as the stands or the crowds on afair ground, from a seat a go. It will round home run umpire ruled just the opposite. Many of by making the thing if the National leaguers may have a he shall be given credit for up carries a heavy fine ae well as suspen- quick immediately a dozen or more diamond and all runners these plays would have figured promisession, as thev have little to do If he ooruplelcs theofcircuit In from star this and offer Inbeen run in had vicinity, the the It that him. magnates except adopt the schedule for the coin- shall score ahead they getting passing this nently sion, making cljsr ducements to get them to sign up for rule, the committee argued it wouJd in- decided differently. propose to wipe the thing out of the game ing season. The American leaguers ac- crease A season. the MADRID on were realized things representative committee taking place the number of home runs a season with no exceptions. complished praetii allv nothing at their will set to work soon to aecure positions December meeting betauac of internal and also work to the batter's advantage. the hall field with which tho people In hereabouts The rule was made at the formal meetno have IS for who DISMAL athletes FAILURE the stands were not familiar. From mv rule as amended says: In paH years practically ing of the rules committees of the two row, and have much to do besides at- TheProvided If a batsman In the last experience as an umpire, I knew some positions here. that a givbeen has and such of bcttlement the already tempting squableagues major of Lehis had players have tiled to half of the final Inning of any game, hits little things that could not be discerned all $ en a vote of approval by tpe afternoon. ble Saturday. Feb. 7. An attempt hamlets to plav base- toMADRID. spoi the deciding more Owners Ruppert snd Huston, of the a h curve run over the fence or into the from the grandstand were stage a pugilistic bout here last night The National league men declared themball. I In umKnew' on factor the the the bases at the between Frank Crosier, who was defeated rulings. selves in fat or of the new rule at their New York club, and iresjrlent Frazee, of Hand, all runners the Boston club, arrived estcrday morn- time, as well as the batsman, shall he pires must he right and the spectator by Jack Johnson in IMS, and a fighter December meeting. Attendance Is Assured. earned Namaeff ended in a dismal failOther changes in the placing rules ing with a squad of war scribes from entitled to score, and. In such event, the wrong, from the attitude assumed by the Lehl, once the home of good hall teams, ure. tier's made, the only one of Importance Gotham and immediately made It known final score of the game, shall be the total plavrrs. After each game T journevod downThe crowd, which filled the hall, treated home run to a they were here to fight to a finish. The number of runs made. has not had a real baseball club for beisg the allowinghe of a tha In explaining this rule. President Heyd-Ic- r town with the umpires and was enball out of Johnson faction had nothing to say reseveral cars, It Is stated. An investiga- the fighters much as they would have hits batter any time on said: the was National looked made of the had that plavs lightened tion shows that poor support by the treated bull fighters and became so exleague theriot on fair ground. This garding the battle. The vote seems to be On a fans, poor field management, and par- cited that instead of one fight, three dozen If the score should be nothing to noth- doubtful to me as a spectator. so that a batter wouldn't be deprived of i to ) on that side, just as it was In In the final half of the ninth inning certain play, in which the runner ap- tiality shown players, have been responsie drive in case he came up December. ing fights were proceeding in the hall at the his in the last of the ninth inning or in the Ruppert announced he would move that and the bases were all occupied, and the peared to he an esy out, the fielder had ble for the decease of the baseball bug same time. The scheduled fight had to g On in Lehl. be called off. game, with tlie meeting tomorrow be open to news- batsman knocked a ball into the stand, failed to touch him with the ball last half of an The referee gave the decision to Crosier. In addition, the coming of the Pacific one or more men on the bases, snd only paper men who might hear everything all runners would score and the final another play, when It seemed as if the base runner had been successful in steal- Coast league to Salt Ijike has lured a onerrun needed to win, and bits the ball that is said. President Ft a zee has agreed core would be 4 to 0. W hen U s The amendment with the ing a base. It developed he would have goodly portion of the fans to Bonneville j to second ruch a motion. dealing over the fence. put IMMERSION RECORD been had he not overgild the base end park. With & Previously, he would be given only a to a vote, it is almost certain to losev balk reads: came in from by the same 0 to 3 vote, and the warriors Any motion to pitch while standing in been touched out before he could recover team placing' a good brand of ball, the single If the winning Itruncame BROKEN BY ITALIAN secfrom will do their battling behind closed doors. his position without having the ball In the bag. third, or a double if support of local stxirt detfoteas is bound the election of chairman of his possession; or regardless of whether On a third plav, where It seemed as if to return, say those Who are backing ond? or a triple if it came from first, Regarding or third. Un- the national commission to succeed liarrv be makes any motion to pitch or not if the batter was an eaav out at first, the the scheme. BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 8. Enrique piovlding he ran to second the pitcher takes a legal position off the theow had pulled the first baseman Just The legion members are In the market an Italian swimmer, tirolce the der the new rule, his run and all he Herrmann, only Informal talk took place rubber In hall the without score. his of In no one count man everv wlU a in to todav. case in the and services for the seemed class drlvtes some little stand diamond world's Immersion record, when lie swain possession, off the bag. high out as the moat likely winner. Every or if he takes a pitching position off the factor that was not noticed hv the spec, star, preferably a mound artist, who will the River Plate, crossing from Colorna. Newcomers Hard Hit. magnate talked guardedly of the alfair. rubber and feints to deliver the ball to tators proved to be the deciding point in take the reigns of the local club during j on the Uruguayan coast, from which point t he The eld turn Is likelv to follow the joint the bat. It shall be called a balk. " are he started Saturday, to within five the decision. coming season. Negotiations allow to the Regarding provision Several additions sre also added to this the umpires have no meeting ot the two mafor leagues, which rule pending for the services of a Dtah meters of Buenos Aires, Unfortunately tha to for use that one delivery which of declared the held that ball be pitchers is to tomorrow, at which time Ttraboschi was taken aboard a way of explaining these things to the college pitcher to direct the 19:0 season. only recognised apltball candidates will be put foilh and dis- shall be declared a dead ball and no fans. tocal (ans are clam- - boat in an exhausted condition at 3 50motor If there was some way In which of the local outfit this of past years will have the can be made until the runner or runa good , cussed. for play to pitchersand could he athlete to wise after he had been in the water oring the what put afternoon, spectator each club is limited to two ners reach the base or bases they are enhere the ear around to direct 24 hours and 2 minutes. The distance t remain less abuse would reallv be happened, namee It. of use The the men, who may titled to. athletic affairs among the young, men about thirty-tw- o to the umpire. miles but the awimmci two must be declared to the league presi- Likely Candidates Discussed. Jn dealing witli the dead ball, the code handed of the cl tv and build up a prestige. was forced to breast strong currents. Tha committees which have leen look- was amended to read: dent ten day'snewbefore the opening of the to present indications, there According season. No 1. Antipodes to Be Represented. A dead ball is a ball delivered to pitchers coming up this ing into the matter of selecting a man, will be a revival of the old Utah county l. 3 ear frill be allowed to throw the got together last night. Ruppert and the hat by the pitcher, not struck at by Feb. 9 Australia is to league this summer. CLUBS FOR MKLBOl'RNK. The organization The figure that the Navln form the American league pair, the batsman, that touches anv part of be represented st the Olympic pones in used to present a fair brand" of ball. e THREE-EY- E epithet pitchers will be able to and Veeck and Raker the National league It is officially annext summer. of revival a LEAGUE With tmsebal) Antwerp general spirit develop a new delivery in a year's time. pair. fcSeveratl names are known to have (Continued on Following Page.) nounced today. evident throughout the city the l.tah It required the entire day and a part been chosen to be formally presented at CHICAGO. Feb. 9. The Thrce-E- e to the joint meeting. of the evening for the league was expanded from a Every major league club, with the excomplete their business, as a dozen or c,jb to an as roprnted In eight club organization today. Cedar more minor changes were made after ception of Brooklyn, : Their session the hotel lobby todav, and president Rapids, Iowa, and Rock Island. Ill, were considerable discussion. tft two new cities given franchises. and Manager Robinson, was the only formal one of the dqy exof the The league also decided to play a sehc cept the meeting of the American league Dodgers, will arrive tomorrow morning. of 140 games, with the scaaon openbeThe only big league manager who will board of directors whlrh took place ing on April 29. hind locked doors In President Johnson's not he present for the gathering la John A. R. Tearney was offlee. Nothing regarding the meeting McGraw, of the Giants, lie remained in president w a announced except they had approved Cuba to look after the lace track affaire, secretary and treasurer for a term of fhe while President titoneham came up for of the changes in the rules. jears. The board is composed of Navln, of the meeting. Charles E. Murphy, former owner of Detroit; Mack, of Philadelphia; 1 Griffith, of Washington, and Ball, of St. .011 Is, all the Chicago Cuba, save the Xationa' of them, as well as Dunn, of Cleveland, league magnates a bit of a surpns. A being on President Johnson's aids in the deputy appeared at the Congress hotel, American league squabble. The three and as the magnates began arriving they CHICAGO. Feb the t)aeha!i dav ?. . code were 1 JAMES . 1 BOUT AT 1 four-bas- extra-lnnln- Tlra-bosoh- l. i spit-hai- l, priv-ileg- s, kilo-no- -- j EIGHT spit-bal- fule-make- rs old-tim- rule-make- rs Kb-be- ts BRINGING UP FATHER I Play at Saratoga Springs. The evident popularity Saratoga FOnjLEHl POST Springs as a summer resort EVANS By GEORGE McMANUS i d Idaho Fans Assured of Fast Match; Basketball Is Discontinued. $pU! to The rrtbtine PRESTON. Idaho, Feb 9 TTaHsee matchmaker for the Preston g porting club, has arranged a good wrestling maUh for tomorrow night. Leslie Da' is. will the- - coining local, middleweight, wrestle Ihmi bemslrl, champion middleweight of Rumania, at the Stephens hall. These men are evenly matched In weight and build, and promise to give tho fans a go for their money. In fact, fans mav always fool that when Davis goes ou the mat with anybody they will get a first class xhow. providing the other man ; good enough. The Hub further guaiantecs that the "how wilt be honest that la, that the heat man, in a finisn match, will win. Tho club is anxious to put on wreatling and boxing matches of merit. Those who can riHI'er the goods and matches enould get m touch with Allred. Basketball at the and also the Athletic club, has b?en discontinued for the present on account of the influenza which Is prevulent here. Tho flret game of the High School league series should have been plaved lust Friday night with South Cache, but part of the Sotitu Cache team, as well as one member of the academy team, were ill. and, consequent! , the game was postponed Indefinitely. Manager Kimball of the Preston baseball club a8 that the outlook for a good team during the coming eurnmer is bright. The fans, the club and the officials are determined to put a winning organization lit the field If it can be done. Pieaton has a number of local players of merit TIk.c, with the allowed support from outside, ought to make a fast team. All-re- -- de.-dr- TOOK WRONG COURSE IN 10,000-METE- RACE R CHRISTIANIA, Feb. Robert McLean of Chicago, who lost the world's hampionship yesterday to Oscar Mathtescn of Christiania, stated today that Ids mistake in taking the wrong course In the race was caused bv an ofticial giving an Incorrect McLean and his signal at Hie curve manager say that moving pictures of the events will prove wheie the fault lies Supporters of Mcl-caclaim that I,! sprint after ids momentary stoppage at the outset of the long race, when he real-- , ized he was on the wrong course, him. McLean plans to to stoikhnlm. where lie will tty to go lower some of the world's records. 9. lO.flnO-mot- n ACCIDENT IS FATAL TO YOUNG JOCKEY ' i RLE A VS, Feb. 9. Jack bnlllvan ! years o'd. and Jockey his mount. O More, were killed In a spill roundRory ing the last turn in (he third race at the fair grounds here today. Alula, finishing first, was held responsible for the accident hikI wat, disqualified. Flying Witch, with Jockey Coltllletl up, also fell, but both escaped injury, Sullivan was a New Orleans boy. . HICKZY-FKEEMA- N CLOTHING ...and in Boston fact : Boston surely likes "just enoughTurkigh. At the Tourainc, the Copley Plaza, the Parker House and Youngs, out at Harvard and at many other good places, Fatima is the leading seller. the auto show Is ths talk of tha town this week and youll find tho men attending the show a crowd. pretty well-dresse- d probably many of them are wearing Cutler FATIMA A Clothes. Cutler supplies a lot of men with their apparel especially men in the automobile business. d Sensible Cigarette CUTLEB BROTHEES COMPANY THIRTY SIX S ! 1 1 MAIN STREET ! 2 J if'Jtsemm f ; t r M t r 20 for 25 cents Ian esanwis Seams. II 9. ill |
