Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1916-06-23 | Page 3 | Would Taboo 'Trot' Steals

WOULD TABOO 'TROT' STEALS Move on Foot to Eliminate Unwarranted Unwar-ranted Purloining of Bases In One-Sided Games. There's a movement on foot for a new rulo that will cut down tho base-stealing base-stealing averages of athletes whoget a chance to bolster this percentage by trotting from sack to suck when they get on in the ninth inning and their team is hopelessly behind. For years It has been understood among ball players that catchers won't even try to get runners out under such circumstances. These pilfered sacks don't help to win tho gamo and they're a regular joke. j And yet a few such donated steals may enable the lucky player to lead tho league In base running, nosing out Bomo player who has had to work for every steal. The rulomakers have legislated out credit for a steal when the other half of an attempted double steal fails, and now they are figuring how to word a rule to cover this other coring evil. .