Show A BILLY EVANS SOLVES BASEBALL PROBLEMS written especially for this paper by the famous american league umpire niles and n recruit farst baseman figured in a funny play at t washington several yeura deurs ago niles nt at tile the time little baj wn it n nie member of tile boston tell sox ile ho lias hits since drifted out of tile ilg big league the first ba bassenian senian wits at big fellow ne 81 cured ly by the boston club for a tryout try out front froin ono one of tile coast league teams I 1 seriously doubt if it a ilk llod play piny will ever happen haipt n again in uny ony league the big league lit in particular cular with bloston tit at tit alio hut bill the recruit ilist base man ml lid reached first because of it a dropped lly fly ball nik t alie he next batter lilt it a long ly fly to right dold doc essler riK right held field for washing ton As niles tore madly for first laye base lie ho made hindu till ill ills his igind that gessler would not tic bf able to inake ill aliu cabull ire decided that the lilt ought to lie be good for airee il 1 ep and poI possibly bly for a home run tim use tise runner wits was not so sure that gessler dossier would not lint malit tile the catch so nu ne played it safe standing midway lu I 1 imen drat tind and second if to avalt developments illes iello was evad certain eliat the ball would not tic be en caught tight pa passed used allo lie base ru runner elitier between first and second riot not even knowing that lie hill had lone done so for lie he always run with ids his hend head high in the air Ge ti eyler sIer lid did not make inake the catch cutuli and us its niles slid across the lilt plate te thy the man originally WI anally on oil first reached second ani wits was play playing second for and to complicate things alt all tile the more ile informed the recruit that lie was waa out tilt the recruit believing lihn him walked orf olt lite hie bag whereupon getting the ball tried to 1 touch him out lie ile failed and after much running tit up mid and down tho ali recruit managed to slide buck back into first without being toti touched elied later italo while standing on the ling bag lio lie was touched by bob ono oni R was out ut lit file time thile what would illel Ill tl you havi have ruled on oil tile two plays had you lieen been lit in charge of the game gaine answer to problem 3 when niles passel passed lite lie runner between first tind second it lie L ans 4 S instantly out all that it lie did after lie ho passed the other gunner wits iia of no purpose imagine how lie ho felt when lien instead of getting cr alt I 1 for it home run lie learned that lie hr was vaa out the recruit who ho hud had reached anti alien stepped off bello ving lit lio wits vias out alid then lien S finding such wits not the ease and not bring being able to regain second got safely back to first before being touched was via out when han ton elivd the fact t lilt lie avas striding on oil the bag when touched tou clied did not protect luin him once having lulng touched second that baite his station first hase no longer offering ailin tiny protection copyright by the wheeler syndicate inc i |