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Show KNOTTY POINT AMUSES Very Serious Situation to Au& tralian Baseball Fans. Clipping From Sydney Paper Published Pub-lished for Benefit of American Bugs Somebody Pulled an Awful Bone Play. Doubtless this will be amusing to-fans to-fans in America, but it seems to be a very serious situation to the fans of Australia. It is what a correspondent correspond-ent from Sydney, Australia, terms a V "knotty point" and he asks what tha decision would be In "the American game." He furnishes a clipping from a Sydney newspaper in order that the problem may be clearly understood just as It appeared in the Sydney paper, pa-per, for the benefit of American fans, says Sporting News. Whatever the) meeting of umpires decides, the decision deci-sion of fans in this country will he that Sellars pulled an awful bono when he left bis base just because somebody some-body cried "foul." But who would have believed the Australians were up to such tricks perhaps it was a stray American in the game that did It. But to the "knotty point." Here it Is as outlined in the Sydney clipping: "A mild sensation was caused at the Richmond-Hawthorn (Victoria game, arising out of the decision of the umpire (Mr. W. Bowes) in giving; Sellars (Hawthorn) out. It appears that the Hawthorn batsman hit tho ball into the left field a runner scoring. scor-ing. Sellars crossed first base. "While he was midway between first and second base one of the fieldsmen called 'foul,' whereupon Sellars immediately im-mediately returned home to the batter's bat-ter's box. "The ball was returned to the pitcher, pitch-er, and Mackay (captain of Richmond), Rich-mond), running to first base, appealed to the umpire. , "Though the Hawthorn batter dissented dis-sented with the decision, he had no option op-tion but to retire. Howeve., lie asked :: 'How was I given out?' and there tin trouble starts, for the umpire expressed ex-pressed a certain amount of ditlidonee, as he was unable to particuhi- 'ze the rule, remarking: 'You are c.c; but at the moment I cannot point ojt the rule to you.' "Sellars, in support of bin arguments, argu-ments, states that the call sf 'txiV was unfair, inasmuch as the Kill gss not outside the recognized terrftov .- ; that he was not advised by tlij ur:i,)ire or his conches as to whether ihe tll was 'foul' or not, and that It ea.-jjot bo shown under what rule he w-j given out. "There is, however, a diveiriity of opinion on this matter, nnd (I? views advanced by Sellars are by n. .neans shared by the general body (:? players, play-ers, who are of the opinion Hint tho Hawthorn player was enrroelly given out. In view of the dissatisfaction expressed the question will he fully debated at the next meeting of tho LTmpircs' association." |