Show I 4 EV EVANS ANS DESCRIBES UNUSUAL F FEAT PERFORMED BY BURNS T BY BILL DILLY BILLY EVANS VAS VA'S BOSTON Sept To 29 28 29 To To George Burns of ot the Boston Red Sox Box goes the credit Of ot pulling one of ot the most unusual feats In baseball an unassisted triple play It was waa I my mv good fortuno fortune to be bo the umpire In Inthe inthe Intha the game came rendering the that made the th play legal lega i Burns In making the Ule unassisted triple play agaInst nd Cle ISho ell that he possesses a leen Ireen I baseball Instinct ro To mya my a isac of thinking the triple play l a as ex- ex executed ex executed by Burns stands out n as one I of tho the most unu unusual of plays sInce he was Tra required to dash to second to complete tho the triple killing In making any great creat play luck usually usua figures and the triple play uth Burns hums as the leading beading character isas as no e exception to the tho rule With Lutzke on first Stephen Stephenson on onon on second no one out and Cleve Cleve- Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland land two runs behind the tho Indians decided to play for tor a tie score Brower at bat tried to sacrifice but twice fouled the tho th ball oft off making t to o 0 a and putting It up to him to hit lilt BROWER HITS lilTS BALL HARD RD Brower Is la a left handed batsman Ho pu Jil pull a ball hard and fast tast down tile the first t ba base e line It If the pitchers work Inside on him The teran v Jack Quinn workinG for as as pitchinG outside and low to under older Usually tho the first baseman bastman hugs I the tho foul line IIno with Brower Brewer up burns urn knowing that Quinn was pitching outside to Brower Broer Bro er was In about 10 teet feet In fair t tory 1 rl- rl i tory Had he h been beon playing ht his usual positIon he ho w is t t hae has hav e a come cease esen en close do to making the catch Brower somehow managed to putt pull the th ball on a a line between first and second It looked like asure asure a aur sure ur hit and the th runners runner were ware oft off with the th crack of ot the bat hums Durna with outstretched hand mana managed to make a a sensational catch of the tho liner about midway between first tand and second LUTZKE A AN AX EASY SY OUT Lutzko Lutzke a few steps ahead ot of Burn when hen the th ball bali was uses 1 as caught turned an anil made a for tint first Seeing that he was as certaIn to be retired sao Burn isai between I him and his objective e Lutzke fail feIl to the ground just as Burns Durn was about to touch hIM honing that ho he hoI delay the play enough to I Stephenson to get et back bacle to toI I second As Burns Durns 1 leached cached do donand down dossis nand and touched e he almost slipped to the ground Regaining Refraining his tride and ind glancing at Stephenson ho s ho isas racing back to second Burns figured that he had better than an even chance to retire the side aide sin un- unI I assisted l playing second for Boston had covered second to t tko le a throw from Burns Durns v isho ho hoss ho hoever ever elected to try for t the e triple killing Both ho he and slid for tor the bag Burns teaching It a trac fraction lon of a ahead ot of the cr er cr As A I waved out the tho name ot of o Burns was enrolled ls l's baseballs baseball's hall hail of fame It Is a rather r interesting tact fact that the tho eland Cleveland club has hils figured In Inthe inthe Inthe the three modern unassisted triple plas piau Neal Ball DaU when playing with Cle Cland against t Boston turned the trick Ball Dall was playing short caught a line drive touched sac sac- ond ec-ond ond and then got the tho man dashIng from rom tint first t to second Dill Bill ambs playing eec eec- sec Bec second ond end for tor eland Cleveland In the 1920 world orld series erle with Brooklyn staged Magell the play In e cUy the tb same ame manner No Nois comes cornea George Gcorge Burns former Cleveland pia cr now with Dos Dos- lbs Bos Boston ton Pulling the tIte trick against caln t his Iton old teammates Olt en |