Show I 1 0 BILLY EVANS SOLVES BASEBALL PROBLEMS written especially dorthis for this paper bythe by the famous american league umpire q 0 the national league kasnot was not iiii without hout ltd its unusual play lost season W 0 billy klem was in charge of the game which was played in philadelphia 10 0 delp hla the alie play wasi was such an extraordinary one I 1 0 y that it gismot Is not very apt to come up again it came ft up last summer however and would have created much more argument than it did had not bill klem klein 0 used diplomacy in reaching his decision decillo n late in the game with the score rather close the visiting team managed to fill the bases with two men out the cliche pliche was a bit wild and the batter evidently had been dinst instructed ru eted to look them over ile he finally worked the mhd pitcher until the count stood three balls and two strikes playing proper baseball all three runners started to 4 advance just as soon as the pitcher started to e deliver what would prove to be the decisive pitch chepitch the pitch was very high and wide making the 0 fourth ball lust just as soon as the runner on third knew it was a ball he ha slowed dup up and merely walked toward the plate ru in the meantime tho man inan who was originally on second rushed to third and happened bappe ned to overrun the base several feet quick as a flash the tha cil ditcher teher snapped the ball to third getting the runner be before foro he could return to tho the 91 9 bag and retiring the side 0 the question then arose as to whether or not tho run counted 0 billy y klem killed any chance tor for an argument by deciding that tho tha runner runne rhad had crossed the plate before the third man had been retired e the philadelphia team of course contended that the out was made 0 before the runner crossed cros seii the plate it if such had been the case and you were the umpire what would you have done answer to problem the run counts this play piny was discussed at the same meeting of umpires that took tp the play it was unanimously agreed that no matter where the runner was at them the time of the third out lie he 0 was entitled to score it was contended that with the bases full and the batter receiving a base on balls tal al runners must advance which would send the man from third home ind find score the tally the base 0 on n balls gave e the man from second no right to overrun third base but his third ou out t even though it wits was made before the run e was over th the plate had no bearing on the score that run rua was forced over pure pure W and simple 0 e copyright by the wheeler syndicate cate inc |