Show ta t l lh l ha t l l I kiili all i i H lm ham H BILLY EVANS SOLVES BASEBALL PROBLEMS written especially for this paper bythe by the famous american league umpire A rather unusual yet simple play piny camo came up in n very Import important atit game last summer in oue one of the larger minor leagues the fact that it happened in the lie last linof of the ninth with men out and ilia score it tic Is what created of tho the trouble iloth both tennis teams scored ft a run in the lie first inning but in the following innings the pitchers were nvere the inns of tho the situation and not it run thren threatened toned tile pinto until tic the aft half of tin the ninth tito were retired in ill order lit in the he first half of tho ninth nud otter after two of the homo home team lind jino golio out on strikes tile rooters leance back tn lit their and began to prepare themselves for it 11 elege of X estril innings lii nItiKa ng as it did not seem os as though either team would mould lie ho ablo to score against tile tine line pitch ing of the taa 0 o box nun men the liard inan to face the uniting pitcher was tho the lebid oly off known to ile ho it hard fellow to pitch to because of if ills his size after getting the count three nad and two lie ho fouled olt off it 11 couple 0 of good ones luid and finally worked th the pitcher for it base on oil halla balls t of course tile tho play piny ivar for the runner to attempt to steal second on tho second hall pitched lie anade in alc UK lit break breah it if lie reached it in safely it 11 single would surely win the alie game ua its the runn runner erwa ana it 11 very ury fast ician the runner lunner got dnny with a pretty rood good lend making it evident to I 1 file lie catcher that lint lio lie would have to hurry lits ills throw which li lie did I 1 tito he thrina was aboe of the bog boe and it Is doubtful it if it would llave have got the he runner it nothing had happened hut but ns as luck would have it tho bull ball stunk struck the lie umpire who was squatted for tile play squarely on the lie top toll of the lie head ind and bounding olt OIT rolled into right ilela the runner dashed for third and then to tho the plate tito right fielder recovered tho the ball and made n nice throw to the plate lit but I 1 t f filled n ile I 1 to ret get tile lie ician tito thu crowd believing the game won surged on tha field then trouble started answer to problem T it almost necessary for tho to forfeit the gaine I 1 because 1 1 of the dIll culty in ill getting tho the tuna fans off on tile field on tile play 1 t itself tit the only thing the uni pire could do under the circumstances was to send back to urt tho the runner who had apparently the win vill wag run any time little the umpire Is struck by a ball thrown by the catcher or any other fielder to intercept a base ruif runner fier the latter must return to ills his base without liability to ho bo put out it was feces necessary sary of cour seIn in tills instance to go extra innings and the umpire who hall rel reil ered the only and decision proper wits was severely roasted it BO 0 o I 1 happened lit 1 however that the home team won avon la in tile fourteen th inning on n it 11 homerin home nira run drive so BO that hat in ilia joy over victory the um umpire af pf re cs as unnoticed copyright by tho the wheeler syndicate inc |