| Show speaking of sports its two strikes and out at the old ball game by ROBERT mcshane STEPHEN EPLER former high soo school teacher who introduced six man football to nebraska in 1934 has abbreviated abb revia t ed another alme game this 1 t time the illustrious tr ious mr epler h has kicked off three basenau base bail play ers from the regular nine and hs has introduced six man baseball lie H saw it demonstrated recently recently Y and ana was more than satisfied wi with th what he saw those who the saw the admitted y adaily readily that it 10 looked ked game like ise a lot l of full un but 1 were a little atle ti cent in their praise spectators said very plainly that 18 it exa exactly base baseball that tha t bother epler who nore more z or less agreed with them he introduced the game to please the play ers not the fans his abridged game he says is designed to give each player more action the spectators can take care of themselves for one thing the game re ie quire the space ordinarily used by a regulation nine its ideal for restricted TWO outfielders A 0 0 PITCHERS BOX 3 7 G I 1 12 I 1 HOME PLATE strict ed areas youngsters who adequate playground facilities will find it much easier to play this new brand of baseball and for that reason many more youngsters will become interested in playing the game edlers new playing field has also eliminated one base first second and home bases are located in a triangle SO 90 feet apart the pitchers box is exactly the same distance from home borne plate as in the regular game one outfielder is eliminated due to the fact that with only three bases the foul line area in the outfield is lessened considerably the two foul lines start from home plate at an angle of 60 degrees instead of the usual 90 de gree angle the two players have little trouble in covering that limited area A pitcher a catcher and a man at first and second complete the team batting battin rules changed chan ed CY la 17 radical radic al changes have been made in batting rules each batter is allowed only two strikes and four outs retire a side this was done in order to give each player more action with only half a dozen batters and four outs each inning every player gets about twice as many trips to the plate as in the usual game epler has inaugurated another radical change fouls count only as half strike because the batter hits into a much narrower area it is his thought that the narrower fair air hit area together with one less strike eventually will make for ietter better regulation baseball players sharpening their batting eye and improving their accuracy with only two strikes players cant afford t to take many chances the game is also designed for softball teams the only chandez change is in base lengths 60 feet for softball so tb I 1 instead of the usual 90 feet epler also suggests that players rotate positions after every putout butout that mandatory but was suggested in order that each player might get his turn at catching pitching and other favorite positions same old garne game six man baseball anything new n deiv kids have been playing it for years its really the same old makeshift game played in in back yards and vacant lots glorified with a set of official rules what epler intended with so many un der manned teams it is far better to have them guided by definite regulations should his new baseball game ga m e six man football prove as popular as epler will have every reason to be proud his goodal io football oDal game is s five years old this tall fallo and is showing healthy consistent growth a about 2 2503 high schools are playing the game this year which is e equal to tw twice ice the total number of college football squads edlers ideas are sound and constructive been to 0 introduce aim has his tive ivri be played traduce sports which can schools unable to promote smaller by whether due to big bg teams six man finances or man nn power cower been have conferences gri and it is not at all unlikely for that ba ceball will fail in une and the same methods adopt baseball coaches will doub interest with watch the new game in schools of high A large share have not backed communities small of them in many baseball teams unable to work been i the pas t have le the new of h a out mu interest revive a d ying game in w high may school baseball |
