| Show v f IA Y CHANGE CACE RULES ULES DURING 1923 SEASON J Meetings and wow wow Pow of Rules Com Corn Committee Committee Coming Next i BT UI- T GEORGE DWICK CIL I Copyright 1923 by Tho Standard Standard- rd ExamIner NEW DW YORK Feb Fob Schedule 3 2 meetings for tor the Ule th major leagues league are ln j ten days away At these thes meetings It has been customary to hold the th ses- ses of the r nits tIcs committee but as asno asno no one so far has asked rules rule changes the presumption Is that the tb game cam was good enough enouch for tor 1922 and good for tor 1923 Possibly It Is as IlS well welt Games In I the rules frequently change chanc are arnot not as a ir as 81 those In which their freedom from change chanc Is lone IonS lived although It Is noticeable that the thi I American Is more mor uneasy nfl un- under un under der dee rules than tho the yo young ng Englishman The owner ot of some Bome of the th ball clubs e hae bao been asked If it they would like to see the rules amended but If It they nero nere re not hot non nos no committal they thy were downright opposed to It their at- at s has ha been called to the ls ad nd ls- ls ability of permitting the two eastern fields to start lIh th a tree fre r area and no p of ground rules and this hM has also given civen them the tho thought that I it may be best after all aU to begin ev- ev ev In ll 1923 without change chance In Inthe Inthe the rules PITCHING There will 1 be no tooling fooling with the pitching regulations ons The Th little move move- movement movement ment mont quietly 8 started to g get t resin soapstone and i t few tElY other POl ponders ders Into baseball 1 not get st much than it U haa hIlS gone cone Two Tuso r a men quIte prominent In were vere In fa 01 of oC it and each had an axe to grm grind moment that resin and soapstone get a place agaIn In base base- baseball baseball ball hail emer emery powder and a few other In will III follow and m in time the pitcher will be Le back n 1 here lit lie was three years ago aco when Jle he h made mad the th I ball the tra traveling riling cling agent for tor a chem chem- cheni I itts shop It Is I l that forbid forbid- l I camesI den dope dop ope nas as used In IT 11 the games I played last i ear car In spite of the fact that pIa ers are arc posing 1 ii vais tl a lais s as Es and that th the tho no uni- uni piro pires are constantly on the vatch eatch atch It is h isI i I I almost certain that resin got Into tile the game came I and aud that soapstone played placed a 1 I slight part In some sonic of the I I There is no necessity ot of allowing allowing- I the number of balls bails or strikes to de- de de decrease crease or increase batting batting- It if th the tor tolt to- to I lt It t 1 number of Is iere ere fewer tha r now flow It would surel he lie no less Ices than I thie and If It the minimum got cot down downto downto downto to three there fiore would be he fewer hits perhaps but hut the thea th e would be more I runners on bases sent theio e I I no steal e expel pel of their own on If It the penalty were removed remo I hitting bitting the tho l batter with nithi a 0 pitched ball Iou ou woul would ha hate lia e a 11 host ot of I Ing the batters back from the plate until tl o game cam will ill res I the Coney Island amusement in which IOU OU get a 0 cIgar clear it If you bean a bian blan bian with a baseball ZONING RULE nULl PL PI ND The coning argument to for lle hO hone runs or possible came camo s 's near being beins a reality as any TIll rule chance rul-chance change It i Isn't nt necessary to pass D a ne flOi rule to bring brini that change about II if desired by only one league It han Is h han Isan an open question whether it is not no possible for tor home bome clubs club to ta zone rules It if they wish l to do so ant and manufacture home runs to SUIt uit their personal convenience con but the of oC All nil the clubs ot of the th league nouli hll e to be obtained to put it t Just a a chance exists that the mat ter matter of paying high bonuses to college players for tor or signing their names to contracts will comeI come conic I up Oft Off lum hand It seems as os It tt that is a R matter i 00 Pi It belongs belons to the th Individual club It If owners become of oC o baseball outfits hate Halo I b be- be come come euch uch poor business men they hauen l L are willing to 11 py y 50 00 to OJ hau yV nn en n untrIed sign hl hi his name to a contract the tho matter of o fact part ot or the world orld will win quickly thin think of at tho old adage Adago of a fool Cool and his money hanney yi ln are ar soon parted As a matter 1 ot of 0 fact tt this practice e has 38 gro gronn n to be poSitively absurd and Is simply another reason reMon hy hy the tariff to ban ball of at down games goes up d Curtailment ot of trills frills could knock off half a million the frills aro not likely t to easily but M t b be WI 1 as long as ther there Is I something left ft tOt for Id-en Id 6 1 0 0 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