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Show jf-vvv. :::o::o::::::o:::c":X I S ONE-BASE HITS $ !:! . g J (By JACK fijIPSON.) j;j Interference on the Base Lines. Base runners must always run behind be-hind Inflelders fielding batted balis on the base lines. If the runner collides with the fielder accidentally or intea-tlonully, intea-tlonully, he Is out for interference and all runners must return to the bases they Just left and no banes can be run other than those forced to do so by the batter becoming a base runner. run-ner. If an inflclder knocks a batted ball down and In pursuing it the base runner run-ner collides with the Infielder, the base runner hasn't Interfered and no penalty is given. In short, the base runner must avoid an infielder In making mak-ing a play at all times. On the other hand, a baseman cannot can-not interfere with a base runner while the latter Is running around the bases. The penalty for such sn Interference Is that one extra base Is awarded the runner Interfered with. Also a baseman base-man cannot block a base runner off a base unless he has the ball lu his possession pos-session and waiting for the runner. A catcher commits a balk and an Interference In-terference If he pushes the batter out of his box to receive a legal pitch on which a base runner Is stealing home. The batter Is awarded first base on account of the interference and the base runner on third Is allowed to score on the catcher's balk. |
