Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1923-08-01 | Page 9 | Puzzling Plays

J ITO THE PLAY Here Is I a new nw play pty the catcher With a 0 runner on tint first tir the batsman bateman hits to the third base base- baseman man base man mall who fumbles tumble the ball bail balland and seeing he h has no chance to tomako tomake tomake make mako a II play at second hurries throw to set get the man at first t The throw Li is bad and bounds off ot the first bas a glose gloe 1 The gc get sets In front of the ball so 80 o that ho he It Into the home teams team's team dugout Under the th rules rule a thrown ball that goes sots Into the tho dugout en- en cn everybody c to advance two sees The umpire thought the th oacher intentionally inter Inter- Interfered interfered interfered with the thrown ball bail purposely getting In the th way of It sq q that it might be bo throWIng off oft the players player who were backing up as well as the fielder making the tb J flay about such a lug TIlL LATION I Since the umpire thought the coacher Intentionally red with the th throw the th runners runner under j i the th rules were compelled to at the th base bae last touched by then them Instead of o permitting the runner on first t to go co to third and the bat bat- batler batter bat batter ter ler to second sinco tho the overthrow w went nt into the th dugout which ordinarily ordinarily I entitles entitle all alt runners runner to ad- ad advance adVance ad advance vance two bases base the tho runner ninner on first should be bo held at second and the batter at first The Th coacher for tor hi offence Is la L penalized Finalized b by being boint removed from the playing field I