Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1918-08-30 | Page 3 | Player is Tagged out When Can't Find Plate

? PLAYER IS TAGGED OUT ? WHEN CAN'T FIND PLATE, j? 5 Did you ever hear of a ball A 5j player being put out because he j S could not find his way to the S Jj home plate? Well, It happened jf 5 recently in a game on the White & c lot in the Navy Interbureau jf league. Snyder, one of the out- tf fielders of the Marine team, ji plays with glasses all the time, j? t and he cannot see much without j? 6 them. In a game early this week if S he drove a liner far to the out- j? j field. He had rounded third base jf S in making the circuit, and about j g half way home slipped and fell, g S His glasses dropped off, and rf j when he got up he could not find jj jj the somewhat dust-covered home S g plate. While he was groping jf p around in an attempt to locate i Y his destination the ball was re- a 5 layed home and he was tagged J i out H