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SPALDING'S OFFICIAL BASE BALL GUIDE FIFTY-THIRD YEAR 1929 7

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OFFICIAL BASE BALL RULES. With Explanatory Notes and "Knotty Problems" in convenient detachable pocket size.

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Presidential years, which are those in which a national election is held to select a Chief Executive of the United States, always have been dreaded in Base Ball. Even the fascinations of championships have been forgotten in the intricacies of politics. The season of 1928 was looked forward to with hesitancy, yet it proved to be the best presidential year in the history of the national game. A fact of that kind is worth a multiplicity of doubts. The National League had another capital race for the championship. In the final days of the season, when the heat of summer had been passed, the struggle for the pennant narrowed to a duel between New York and St. Louis, and the latter club won. St. Louis had to be possessed of persistence and courage, and demonstrated both against the clubs of its own league, only to meet the New York Americans in the world series and fall in four games in succession, as Pittsburgh had fallen the year before. The deterrent factor in the American League race resulted from the extra- ordinary early success of the New York club, which threatened to run away with the pennant. When it was challenged, the Athletics had to make all of the fight, so there was no general concern in the chances of any other than of those two clubs. Everybody knew that one of them must win and that six clubs in the league did not have any hope of winning. PRESIDENT HEYDLER'S SUGGESTION. At the annual winter meeting of the National League, held in New York City, President John A. Heydler suggested to the owners who were present the advisability of having a player, to be named before a game began, act as batter for the pitcher, throughout. He called attention-to the fact that how- ever novel the proposal might seem to be, it would only be carrying a little

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21-Largest crowd ever to witness a ball game in Chicago saw home team defeat Pittsburgh NL, 3-2. 26-Cincinnati NL won from St. Louis, 4-5, 17 innings; Lucas pitching all the game for Cincinnati. 27-Uhle won his fourth game in succession, against Chicago AL, and Cleveland went back to first place. 28-Crowder was batted for five runs in eighth and St Louis NL lost to Chicago. MAY 1-Hodapp, Cleveland AL third baseman, scored all four runs against St. Louis by his batting and won game from St. Louis. 8 Rice, Detroit AL, batted home seven runs against Chicago. 2-Cissell, Chicago AL, failed to hit safely for first time in fifteen games. 4 Leo J. Bondy elected treasurer New York NL to succeed Judge Francis X. McQuade. < Uhle, Cleveland AL, lost his first game in five starts and Gray, St. Louis AL, won his fifth in six starts. < Boston AL sent Tarbert to Hollywood, Pacific Coast League. 3--Boston NL won its first Western game from Pittsburgh. 4-St. Louis AL used five pitchers against Washington and then lost. .> Montreal, again a member of the International League, dedicated its new base ball stadium. > Wilson, outfielder, transferred from Cleveland AL to St. Louis AL. 5-Collins, Toronto, International League, former Yankee pitcher, held Newark to two hits. 4 Aldridge, pitcher, agreed on terms with New York NL. X Speaker batted a home run with Cobb on base and wen for Philadelphia AL. Hodapp made two home runs for Cleveland and won from Boston AL. > Root, Chicago NL, struck out eight Philadelphia batters. 6-Billings, Detroit, held the Boston AL to two hits. < The eight clubs of the New York-Pennsylvania League had a .500 mark. 7-Frisch won in the ninth for St. Louis NL from Brooklyn, 6-5. > American Legion arranged for'175,000 boys to play base ball. > Chicago NL won all series with Philadelphia. 8-Nine runs scored by St. Louis NL in eighth inning against Philadelphia. 9-Jersey City made ten runs in first inning against Montreal and won, 12-9. 10-Harper, right fielder New York NL, transferred to St. Louis for O'Farrell, catcher. > Detroit AL won from Washington in tenth on Gehringer's triple and Fother- gil's double. 11-Wilson, catcher, Philadelphia NL, traisiterred to St. Louis. Davis, catcher; Peel, outfielder, and Hurst, first base, sent to Philadelphia NL; Decatur, pitcher, and Kelley, first base, to Rochester. 12-Five former Giants-Maguire, Webb, Wilson, Malone and Gonzales-playing with Chicago NL, defeated Giants in first game at Chicago. 13-Cincinnati took first place in National League race after defeating Philadelphia. > Cleveland defeated Philadelphia AL, latter making one hit against Uhle. 14--John J. McGraw, manager New York NL, was knocked down by a taxicab as he was leaving Chicago NL grounds. 4> Foxx batted a home run in tenth, winning for Philadelphia AL from Cleveland. 15-Ruth made his tenth and eleventh home runs against Detroit AL in New York. * Waivers asked on Sisler by Washington. 16-Hurst, Philadelphia NL, won from Cincinnati by batting home run with two on base. 17-Boston AL took fourth place. Sixth successive victory for Boston, seventh suc- cessive defeat for Detroit and longest winning streak for Boston in years. 18-Urban Shocker, pitcher, New York AL, reinstated by Commissioner Landis. 19--Chicago won its thirteenth successive victory and took first place in National League race. <> Philadelphia NL made but two hits against Hill, Pittsburgh. <& Chicago AL made but two hits against Grove, Philadelphia. 20-Cleveland AL won series from Washington. i Boston NL defeated Chicago, ^ stopping latter's long run of victories. 21-Bottomley and Wilson, St. Louis NL, each batted two home runs in game against Chicago. 22-Cincinnati regained first place in National League by defeating Pittsburgh. 23-Cleveland made a triple play against Chicago when Clancy flied to Jamieson, who tossed Mann out at the plate and Schalk was caught off second. < Resignation of Jack Slattery, manager Boston NL, was accepted and Rogers Hornsby appointed as his successor. > St. Louis AL won after nine defeats. . Enrnie Nevers, St. Louis AL, also famous as a foot ball player at Stanford University, transferred to the Mission team of San Francisco in Pacific Coast League. 25-Chicago NL won first victory of season in Pittsburgh in five starts. 26-New York AL won a double-header from Philadelphia, a costly setback for latter. 27-Philadelphia NL lost a double-header to New York, > Boston NL obtained George Sisler from Washington AL to play first base.

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SPALDING'S OFFICIAL BASE BALL GUIDE. 15 14-Hafey won for St. Louis NL from Boston with a home run. 4> Paul Shannon, Boston Post; Harry Neily, Chicago American; Ed Bang, Cleveland News; Harry G. Salsinger, Detroit News; Williaim B. Hanna, New York Herald-Tribune; James 0. Isaminger, Philadelphia Inquirer; Ed Wray, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and Denman Thompson, Washington Star, were named a committee to select the most valuable player in the American League in 1928. 15-MacFayden, Boston AL, pitched to Chicago AL without a hit until the beginning of the eighth. 4> Genewich transferred to New York NL by Boston for Spohrer, V. Barnes, Clarkson and Cantwell. 16-Against Earnshaw, Rommel and Bush, Philadelphia AL, Morgan made four hits in four times at bat for Cleveland, three being doubles. <4> Philadelphia NL won a three-game series with Cincinnati. 17-Vance, Brooklyn NL, struck out fifteen Chicago players and held the team to three hits. <> St. Louis NL defeated Cincinnati, giving the Cardinals a firm lead of three games in the National League. <> Ruth made his twenty-fifth home run of the season against St. Louis AL. <> Detroit AL made but three hits against Jones, Washington. 18-Boston NL made but one hit against Malone, Chicago, in second game of double- header. 21-St. Louis AL won both games of a double-header from Detroit. 4> Johnson, St. Louis NL, held Chicago to three hits. 22-Bottomley, St. Louis NL, lost his sixteenth home run of the season because of an untimely storm. <> Boston NL transferred Urban, catcher; Cooney, shortstop, and Wetz, pitcher, to Buffalo International League for Hollingsworth, pitcher. 23-Brooklyn NL won a double-header from Boston. 4> Philadelphia AL won a double- header from Washington. <> Joe Sewell batted in all of Cleveland's runs against St. Louis, three, with two home runs. <> Boston AL won a double-header from New York. <> President Heydler presented the trophy given annually by the National League for the "most valuable player to his club" in the National League in 1927 to Paul Waner of the Pittsburgh team. 24-Alexander, St. Louis NL, won his third game from Cincinnati within eight days. 4> Malachi Kittridge, former catcher for Chicago NL under Anson, died at Gary, Ind. He was reported dead one year previous. 25-Washington AL won a double-header from Philadelphia. <> New York NL won a double-header from Philadelphia. <> Morgan, Cleveland, AL, batted a home run that won in the tenth from St. Louis. 26-Brooklyn NL won a double-header from Boston. <> Bettencourt, St. Louis AL, batted a home run with the bases filled and won from Cleveland, making the sixth successive victory for pitcher Crowder and the eighteenth victory of twenty-seven games played on the St. Louis ground. <> Barnes, Washington AL, batted two home runs and drove in all the runs for his team against Philadelphia, score 4-1. <8> Adkins, Chicago AL, held Detroit to three hits. 27-Boston AL won a double-header from Washington. 28-Cissell tripled in ninth and won for Chicago AL from Cleveland. <> Frisch, St. Louis NL, tied score with Pittsburgh in seventh by a home run and Hafey won for St. Louis by another in the same inning. 29--New York AL played its best game of the season in Philadelphia, losing, 6-4, to Ehmke. <> Paul Waner, Pittsburgh NL, batted a home run in ninth with bases full, defeating St. Louis, Mitchell pitching. <4> San Francisco won first half of Pacific Coast League race. 30-Bruce Caldwell, who had been Yale foot ball star, struck out in his first time at bat as a member of the Cleveland AL club. <> New York AL won double-header from Boston. <> Toledo, American Association, engaged Aaron Ward, formerly of Chicago AL. <> Roush, New York NL, went home ill, the Giants giving him a leave of absence. <> Wilson, Chicago NL, batted two home runs assisting to defeat Cincinnati, and making him high man in the National League with a total of sixteen to date. <4> New York NL won double-header from Boston. JULY 1-New York AL won double-header from Philadelphia; Lazzeri, New York, made seven hits out of eight times at bat. <> Buckeye, pitcher for Cleveland AL, received unconditional release. <> Boston AL won double-header from Washington. 2-Boston NL won double-header from Philadelphia; both contests went into extra innings. 48> Chicago AL won double-header from St. Louis. 3-New York AL tied Washington in ninth and won in eleventh. 4> Philadelphia NL won double-header from Boston. 4> Chicago NL made five home runs at St. Louis. 4-Detroit AL won the morning game, Cleveland the afternoon; St. Louis AL won the morning game, Chicago the afternoon; Philadelphia AL won both games from

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A4 Herman Bell, pitcher, recalled by St. Louis NL from Rochester. 4> New York AL secured Zachary, pitcher, from Washington by waiver because of Pennock's ailing arm. <> St. Louis AL released Sturdy, first baseman, to Mil- waukee, American Association. 4 Brooklyn lost double-header to Cincinnati, pushing latter up in pennant race. X a Grove, Philadelphia AL, struck out eight Cleveland batters. it Ash, pitching for Cincinnati NL, won his first major league game, defeating Brooklyn. 24- St. Louis AL won double-header from NeW York. <8> Chicago NL won double- header from Boston and took third place. <4 St. Louis NL won in first inning from Philadelphia when Orsatti batted a home run, the only score of the game. )> Baltimore took the lead in International League race. la Grimes, Pittsburgh NL, won his twenty-second game. 25-Dallas, Texas League, sold Homer Blankenship, pitcher, formerly with Chicago AL, to Pittsburgh NL. 4> Alexander. St. Louis NL, held Philadelphia to three hits in ten innings. 4) Wilson, Chicago NL, made his twenty-ninth and thirtieth home runs against Boston, at Chicago. 4) Waterloo won Mississippi Valley Championship. 26-Brooklyn NL defeated New York in tenth, when Bissonette batted a home run. 4)i St. Louis NL won, increasing the lead to three and one-half games over New York. 4> Manager Huggins announced that Lazzeri, second baseman, would be retired temporarily from New York AL because of ailing shoulder. 27-New York AL won double-header from Detroit and increased lead in race to four games. 4 St. Louis NL defeated Chicago and increased lead to four games. <e> St. Louis AL won double-header from Boston. < Meadows, Pittsburgh NL pitcher, voluntarily retired. <4 Zachary pitched his first game for New York AL and won from Detroit. 28--Philadelphia AL won double-header from Chicago, gaining two full games on New York. 4 Boston NL won double-header from New York. 4< Pittsburgh NL won double- header from Philadelphia and tied with Cincinnati for fourth place. 4 New York AL obtained Wells, left-hand pitcher, formerly with Detroit, from Birmingham, Southern Association. 4) St. Louis NL gained two full games in pennant race by defeating Chicago; Orsatti's three singles and a double in four times at bat contributing. <4 Detroit AL made six runs against Cleveland in third inning. o4 Reading took first place in the Ihternational League race. 29--Philadelpia AL defeated Chicago, cutting lead of New York to two games. 4> Boston NL won its third successive game from New York. 4& Pittsburgh NL was shut out in seven innings and game stopped to permit Philadelphia to catch a train. 4 Chicago NL secured Tincup, pitcher, from Louisville, American Asso- ciation. <~ Collins, pitcher, Toronto, formerly with New York AL, won double- header with Reading, permitting but one hit in the first game and only two in seven innings of the second game, three altogether in sixteen successive innings of pitching. 4) Rochester took lead in the International League race. 30-Washington defeated New York and Boston defeated Philadelphia, American League race remaining the same. 4< Boston NL announced that Hornsby had been engaged as manager for six years. 4> Bell, Boston NL, batted two-bagger with bases full against Philadelphia. 4) St. Louis NL signed Pezdirtz, third baseman, from the Southwestern Iowa base ball tournament, and Canton, pitcher. 4) Buffalo took lead in International League race. 31-Philadelphia AL won from Boston and gained a half game on New York in pennant race. 4> New York NL lost its eighth successive game, being defeated

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SPALDING'S OFFICIAL BASE BALL GUIDE 25 '*' ' - - J LBAO F HALLM NATIONAL LEAGUE. Rogers Hornsby again won the batting championship of the National League and that entitles him to priority in distribution of honors for the season. Paul Waner, who won it in 1927, gave Hornsby a great battle after Waner had started to find himself. In the early part of the season Waner was not up to the mark that he established the year before. Hornsby did not have a team with which to make any great Base Ball history and with all his good batting he fell behind in sending runs home, simply because the players of the Boston team were not clever enough to get on the bases ahead of him. Therefore much of the fine work of Hornsby .went to waste. Hornsby had a percentage of .387. which was seven points more than Waner made in 1927 when he became champion. James Bottomley, first baseman -for' the St. Louis team, which won the championship, led the league in making three-base hits, a lost art, or nearly so, on account of the area of the modern Base Ball ground. Bottom- ley batted in the most runs of any player in the league, and in the minds of many that is only second in leading the league as a batter. In addition to winning both of those honors Bottomley tied with Wilson of Chicago in making home runs. Wilson seems to find it out of the question to earn the home run record by himself, as in 1927 he was tied bv Fred Williams, the veteran batter of the Philadelphia National League club. The name of Paul Waner was not left out of those who led in the National League in 1928, as he made the most two-base hits and the most runs of any player. Nor could the other Waner, who looks so much like Paul that at a distance he might be taken for his twin, be kept from earning an honor, as he batted more single base hits than any other player in the league. Fred Lindstrom of the New York club made the most hits of any player and was the leading third baseman, the finest distinction that has befallen Lindstrom since he began to play major league Base Ball, although an honor that it had been expected he would earn because of his skill. The best sacrifice hitter was Traynor of Pittsburgh, who earned that honor in the previous year, and the best base stealer was Cuyler of Chicago, who showed speed that had not been expected of him and who would have played much- better Base Ball in 1928 if he had not been out of sorts temporarily because of an accident before the season began. The leading first baseman was Grimm of the Chicago club, but by a fraction so small that it is almost invisible. Because Terry of the New York club won by an even decimal he is as good as Grimm and the honor is divided between them. There is also a tie between Frank Frisch of St. Louis and Fred Maguire of Chicago for the honor of being the leading second baseman. It is another difference of decimals that is too minute to permit it to enter into the honor of awarding a title and the honor is divided between them. The leading shortstop is Horace H. Ford of Cincinnati and it has already been told that Lindstrom of the Giants is the leading third baseman. That rounds out a very creditable infield with good substitutes. The leading outfielder on the records is Raymond Bressler of Brooklyn, who can make up for some lack of fielding-yet he made a very creditable record-by good work with the bat. For the batteries the select ones of 1928 are Charles Hartnett of Chicago as catcher and Dazzy Vance of Brooklyn and Larry Benton of the Giants as pitchers. Vance is the best pitcher on the earned run basis and Benton on the basis of victories and defeats.

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It came true that the team first in the race on the Fourth of July would be first in the fight for the pennant, but the St. Louis club, first on the Fourth of July and afterward pennant winner, never could sleep knowing that it had won until the day before the season ended. Twice it took a lead that seemed to give it such a well fortified position that it could not fail to finish first with something to spare, and both times it relaxed, or, if it is not the best reasoning to say it relaxed, other teams certainly gave it royal battle and at the last minute there began to arise some apprehen- sions that St. Louis by a malign dispensation of fate might lose after all. The team, however, had enough remaining to come through, and it did. Cincinnati dropped in the fight after the Fourth of July to such a depth that it was no longer to be considered a first division contender. The Cin- cinnatis were badly smitten in one way and another. Pittsburgh began the race in poor plight and continued in poor plight until the players rallied out of it. Cincinnati .began wonderfully well after the showing the team made in 1927 and its success inspired Cincinnati fans to dream. When the blight of injury hit Cincinnati the team lacked the material to fight it out away from the local garden and the Reds went from good to worse instead of in the opposite direction. As Cincinnati became enfeebled the New York team assumed the place of the Western players and undertook the role of runners-up. Had the Giants been steadier, had they been possessed of a high class outfield, had they been less uncertain on the infield, they might have won the pennant in 1928. Exactly that in which they lacked the St. Louis team seemed best to possess when the emergency arose, making it essential that St. Louis should have reserve strength. That is one of the reasons why the Cardinals always gave a certain conviction of confidence to their supporters. The stick-to-itiveness was there in an emergency, for though St. Louis might lose, it fought itself back to a place where again it had to be pulled down. The season had one embarrassment common alike to all of the teams that were of the first division. None of them hesitated to offer. the excuse of injured players and all of them had reason. Even the champions were afflicted, for they never regained the services of Thevenow and they lost Roettger, a hard hitting outfielder whom they badly needed. The Giants suffered, the Cincinnatis suffered, so did Pittsburgh and so did Chicago. Hence each of these leading clubs had its excuse, but one excuse was no better than the excuse of another. For once the injury incident had handi. capped each of them by such an impartial chastisement that it became an unusual historical fact. When a pennant race finishes as closely as that of 1928 finished the reviewer cannot compliment the manager of the team that won the race without complimenting all other managers who led the teams that were in the fight against the champions. There is no year of recent history in the National League of which this is more true. William B. McKechnie, manager of the St. Louis team, directed well and with wisdom. Had he not done so his team would not have won. He was criticised for lacking aggressiveness, yet managers with aggressiveness did; not win the pennant, and as McKechnie's team did win, such credit goes to -him as; he deserves by the success that he worked out. He surely handled his pitchers as well as other managers

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CINCINNATI. COMPARATIVE THREE-YEAR SUMMARY. Year. Finished. Won. Lost. PC. Manager. 1928 Fifth ................. 78 74 .513 John C. Hendricks 1927 Fifth ................. 75 78 .490 John C. Hendricks 1926 Second ............... 87 67 .565 John C. Hendricks For a few weeks in the earlier part of the season the Base Ball enthusiasts of Cincinnati were sure that their team was about to win a pennant for the second time in National League history. After the failure of the Reds the year before the reaction was great with such a good start. No unusual suc- cess had been predicted for the team in 1928 by those who looked it over but casually, yet there was a change of spirit in evidence as early as in the spring training, and when the season actually began Cincinnati was playing much better Base Ball than it had played in 1927. It started off by fielding as a club with more perfect and more speedy action than the fielding of the teams that it was called upon to meet. Lucas developed into a winning pitcher, a help of no little value. When he was injured the Cincinnatis began to have their troubles. His injury was fol- lowed by injury to other players and little by little the team that had been leading the league and that had built some air castles for the future by expecting to be at least in the first division, saw hopes shattered- because :team strength was gradually decreasing by the loss of valuable men. Until the season had been advanced through the Fourth of July the Cincinnatis -were comfortably in the first division, but from that time until the end of the race they fell back little by little. They were too good for Brooklyn,

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BROOKLYN. COMPARATIVE THREE-YEAR SUMMARY. Year. Finished. Won. Lost. PC. Manager. 1928 Sixth ................. 77 76 .503 Wilbert Robinson 1927 Sixth ................. 65 88 .425 Wilbert Robinson 1926 Sixth ................. 71 82 .464 Wilbert Robinson Had it not been for the good pitchers that Brooklyn had on the roster of the team the nine would not have done as well in 1928 as it did. It was better than in either of the two years preceding. Of all the teams of the National League this was one in which the pitching strength preserved the balance of strength. If the manager had been deprived of the service of Vance, or McWeeny, Brooklyn would have had trouble to do better than Boston. The remainder of the team, except the pitchers, was too uncertain for the success of a major league team. By making the best fight that such a combination as Brooklyn possessed could make, the team finally won one more game than it lost. The players were really happy over that result, because they had been compelled to go through an uphill struggle from the start of the season. It is well to have some ambition in Base Ball, even if it is nothing more than to win more games by the narrowest possible margin than are lost. The Brooklyns were weak on the infield. They never had a substantial infield. All kinds of combinations were entered into, but there were only two fixtures. Bissonette continued at first base, a much more substantial first baseman than Brooklyn had the year before, and Bancroft, who had

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about the series. Houston, Texas League champion, made a game uphill fight and won the Dixie Series from Birmingham of the Southern Association. There were not as many post-season series as in 1927. The Indianapolis team, as it finished, was a powerful minor organization. In the Mid-West the minor leagues seemed to have a more severe struggle to keep going than on the seaboard. There were reasons for that which had nothing to do with Base Ball. Politics was active and amusements were affected by its activity. Some of the minor leagues lost money. That is not uncommon and there is no positive cure for anything of that kind and never likely to be one. The successes of Base Ball depends upon the success of many teams and if the teams do not win, owners and backers are not apt to profit. There were championship teams in 1928 that lost money-at least their owners said they did. This is not the fault of Base Ball. It is the fault either of poor administration or reckless expenditure. Minor League Base Ball is not different from any other business, or sport, so far as its balance is concerned. If the expenses are greater than the business warrants, there will be a deficit, and there can be no artificial provisions introduced into the regulations of the game which shall give any owner an assured profit. The surplus, if there is any, is to be derived at the gate and if all the receipts of the gate are expended, and also some additional cash, it is perfectly obvious to anyone what the fate of the owner is apt to be. Losses fastening them- selves upon championship teams seem to be the result of over-confidence more than because of any fundamental fault of Base Ball. One of the minor leagues that operated with fair success in 1928 was the Nebraska State League. Its plan of organization is different from that of any minor league in Base Ball and it is a plan that is commended to other leagues of Class D. The theory of its method is centralization. One man is placed in charge of the business of the league, yet each club in the league has its individual controlling power in its own city. When the league first made attempt to be enrolled as a member of the National Association its petition was rejected on the ground that the cor- poration, as outlined, suggested a syndicate or trust. There is nothing of the trust or syndicate in it. No club in the league is forbidden to operate its playing affairs exactly as it wishes to do so, but each club of the league has its financial affairs handled by the president. If there were a saner system of organization for Class D than there has been in the past, with the old method of bitter individual rivalry prevailing in business as well as on the field, it would greatly help the extension of the game of Base Ball into those territories where they like the sport but where funds for the support of the smaller clubs are hard to obtain, and where the successful club dominates all others even to the point where the weaker organizations must pass out of business. The Mississippi Valley League was organized on a sound and practical basis to prove that a Class D league could be handled in the right way, and the league has been the joy of President Sexton since organized. There are good points about the Mississippi Valley League-very good-and there are some points about the Nebraska State League that are very good, and between the two any company of men seeking to organize a new minor league should look for information.

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Mitchell, Green. 34 18 58 58 .938 MWNeill, Aug-Spar. 40 754 1 2 .984 Heving, Ash ........23 6 54 41 .938 Smythe, Ash....3711862 6 .980 Williamson, Char .. 12 1 27 2 1 .933 Evans, Spar ......45 8872 4 .979 Shaney, Ash .......42 9 59 5 4 .932 Baylin, Ash ........25 11 35 1 4 .979 McClung, Aug ..... 40 5 56 5 5 .924 Loger, Col a ..... 20 3 34 1 2 .974 Gribble, Aug .......27 7 39 4 1 .920 M.Rainey, Au-Kn-Gr 27 232 1 .. .971 Buvid, Spar ........39 5 51 5 4 .918 Withrow, Spar-...C1h 8 95 izatri 17a-G 13 1 I53...4 eWithrow, Spar-Char 17 2311 1.971 Brown, Char .......30 7 60 6 1 .918 Bates, Knox ........30 7 23 1 2 .968 Johnson, Knox 1 ... 3 . 11 1 . .917 Cebula, Col ........ 45 5 52 2 4 .966 Cy Moore, Mac .....40 4 50 5 3 .915 J. Walker, Knox .. 29 4 24 1 3 .966 Rouprich, Spar .....20 2 29 31 .912 Ormand, Green .....33 3 24 1 2 .964 Poetz, Char ........20 2 28 3 2 .909 Scott, Sparee-.. 35.. 6 735 3 2 .963 Shoaf, Char ........12 2 8 1 .. .909 0. Wicker, Green .. 25 3 22 1 2 .962 Yeager, Knox ..... 10 3 17 2 1 .909 Moose, Ash-Col .....24 1' 23 1 2 .960 Mahaffey, Col ......57 8 61 71 .908 Niehaus, Mac . .45 2 44 2 1 .958 Rauch, Mac ........48 11 68 8 .. .908 Spencer, Col ........26 6 40 2 1 .958 Chilton, Green. 16 1 16 2 ...895 Lowthian, Mac .... 21 6 392 2 2 .957 5. Hunter, Knox ... 30 2 45 7 3 .870 Danforth, Mac ... 15 1 21 1 .. .957 Hodge, Spar-Gr-Col. 23 4 21 5 2 .857 Formby, Spar ......14 318 1 1 .955 Fitzpatrick, Spar-Gr 13 1 15 3 .. .842 Triple Play-M. Mitchell, 1. CATCHERS. CLU ATCHERS. D P DP Name and Club. G. P0. A.E.P.B. PC. Name and Club. G. P0. A. E. P. B. PC. Mackey, Char.... . 14 57 15 .. 2 3 1000 W. White, Aug .. 20 63 13 2 4 3 .974 Kennedy, Ash..... 59 249 30 2 6 3 .993 H. Johnson, Green. 82 334 64 12 5 2 .971 Gibson, Aug-Spar . 65 226 48 3 5 3 .989 Chas. Moore, Mac.. 49 172 30 6 3 8 .971 Witry, Char ....... 14 52 18 I .. 1 .986 Lopez, Mac ........104 472 102 18 14 6 .970 Luebbe, Ash ...... 97 373 81 7 7 9 .985 Scholls, Char ...... 24 85 13 3 .. 3 .970 Mayer, Green-Spar. 82 287 75 7 3 5 .981 K. Clark, Aug .... 78 245 67 10 12 3 .969 O'Malley, Col..... 66 224 52 6 2 4 .979 Walsh, Char ...... 67 274 61 13 5 11 .9683 Street, Knox ...... 55 131 28 4 .3 5 .975 McCrea, Knox .... 97 322 73 16 10 7 .961 Knox, Spar ........ 23 65 12 22 2 .975 Corley, Knox ...... 12 45 9 3 1 1 .947 Forrest, Col ....... 96 349 69 11 4 10 .974 Semmes, Spar . 60 193 33 14 1 8 .942 Luckey, Spar ...... 37 117 30 4 5 5 .974 W. Hunter, Char.. 31 92 14 9 .. 3 .922 Triple Plays-O'Malley, H. Johnson and K. Clark, I each. CLUB BATTING. Club G. AB. R. OR. H. TB. 2B. 3B. HR.SH. SB. BB.HB. SO. LB. PC. 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Boyd, Fort Wayne .... 20 4 28 2 .941 Roberts, Brie ........... 22 4 .26 1 .968 Matthews, Erie . 22 6 22 2 .933 ^Ryba, ayton ........ 39 13 42 2 .965 Wysong, Erie-Canton. 18 5 34 4 .927 Gray, Fort Wayne .............. 20 4 19 .1 .968 Miller, Springfield ... 19 5 19 2 .923 Swartz, Spg-Oan ...... 19 4 40 2.966 Pratt, Springfield .... 23 7 15 2 .917 Knelsch, Springfield ..... 38 17 68 4 .956 Clough, Dayton . . 9 2 28 3 .909 englishman, Spg ................ 37 10 53 3 .966 Trader, Akron . 28 6 50 7 .903 Gudat, Dayton .......... 28 7 50 2.964 Stokes, Brie .828 32 47 .841 Ketcham, Akron . 21 2 39 3 .964 CLUB FIELDING. Club. G. P. A. E. PC. Club. G. P. A. E. PC. Erie ......... 136 3650 1389 192 .963 Sprinfield .... 133 3536 1560 254 .953 Dayton ........135 3512 1677 221 .959 Akron .......... 132 3532 1729 286 .948 Fort Wayne ......... 134 3639 1685 244 .956 Canton ........ 134 3624 1656 290 .947 PITCHERS' RECORDS. *- - Rated according to lowest number of earned runs per nine inning game. 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Schelberg, Dayton ............... 6 6 1 .857 58 220 44 20 12 23 23 2.00 McCoil, Akron ................. 26 19 9 .655 239 943 244 94 71 37 81 2.73 Miller, Springfield ............. 14 6 6 .500 128 509 151 80 50 50 40 3.14 Grimm, Akron ................. 32 19 14 .575 285 978 289 151 101 75 108 3.16 Huitnphrey, Akron .............. 6 4 5 .444 56 212 51 33 19 32 21 3.17 Hunt, Fort Wayne.............. 7 2 3 .400 60 243 60 34 23 34 22 3.29 Stokes, Erie .................19 13 7 .65 179 658 159 8169 56 68 3.45 Felgert, Canton-Erie ........... 10 6 4 .600 91 362 105 50 356 25 39 3.50 Reis, Brie ................... 6 4 1 .800 63 180 51 88 21 21 20 3.50 Benson, Akron ................ 14 4 10 .2686 136 472 136 74 50 42 39 3.67 Gray, Fort Wayne ............... 11 8 2 .800 104 391 102 52 43 53 29 3.58 Kneisch, Springfield ................. 29 15 10 .600 267 1041 309 167 1 84 1lf8 3.70 Stamey, Canton ................ 7 2 4 .333 49 222 62 23 219 12 17 3.80 Gudat, Danyton ................. 22 16 6 .727 203 823 219 102 85 40 86 3.86 Fishbaugh, Canton ............. 18 10 9 .526 162 648 11 92 71 7 526 3.94 Ketcham, Akron ............... 12 6 9 .400 109 476 152 81 48 36 37 4.00 Matuzak, Erie ................. 9 3 .500 61 190 62 27 2D 19 13 4.00 Gockel, Brie ................. 25 19 8 .704 326 917 144113 100 44 66 4.00 L. Miller, Canton ................. 23 7 13 .350 20 778 225 121 96 41 40 4.13 Pratt, Springfield .............. 1 8 5 .615 10- 476 138 66 1 51 40 4.18 Trader, Akron ................. 20 6 12 .333 178 748 27 125 83 41 43 4.16 WhItehouse, Erie .................6 1 .750 64 218 60 33 26 22 12 4.17 Wheeler, Canton ................. 6 2 5 .286 54 2156 64 32 26 2 19 4.17 Pipkin, Fort Wayne ............ 24 18 10 .643 215 848 295 113 101 48 66 4.21 Boyd, Fort Wayne ..............13 7 10 .411 121 440 135 63 56 38 22 4.23 Lucas, Fort Wayne-Springfield. . 8 13 10 .564 205 809 201 127 99 109 112 4.31 Englishman, Springfield ......8. 2 13 14 .482 212 851 239 130 106 81 83 4.61 Fish, Canton ................... 6 2 8 .400 66 214 66 41 28 10 8 4.67 Wright, Dayton ................ 8 5 4 .556 79 327 92 51 43 20 29 4.67 Clough, Dayton ................ 20 12 10 .545 185 750 172 109 94 96 130 4.70 Coggin, Erie .................... . 15 9 6 .600 140 495 1 84 72 24 38 '4.80 Marks, Canton-Fort Wayne .... 5 4 3 .571 46 177 51 30 29 19 10 5.00 Kohlenberg, Fort Wayne ...... 26 1 13 .652 232 947 289 145 118 70 80 5.01 Gantz, Canton-Erie ............. 21 5 12 .294 193 761 211 1= 106 96 76 5.06 Paulsen, Dayton ................ 14 8 6 .571 136 537 161 92 72 40 45 5.14 Wepfer, Springfield ........ .... 14 7 9 .438 123 500 156 86 74 35 43 5.29 Roberts, brie .................. 13 10 4 .714 117 446 133 75 69 65 31 5.31 Matthews, Erie ................ 12 4 6 .400 109 450 142 80 64 23 Z7 5.33 Ryba, Dayton .................. 22 13 13 .500 200 876 237 145 18 80 71 5.36 Swartz, Springfield-Canton 2.... 12 4 5 .444 113 466 105 62 67 39 22 5.58 Bogart, Dayton ................ 10 6 6 .455 89 380 117 71 56 8 31 5.60 Mels, Canton ................... 17 6 14 .300 158 649 198118 99 47 4 5.66 flhinn, Canton .................. 7 4 6 .444 63 256 76 64 45 21 9 6.48 Lusk, Springfleld .............. 9 4 .383 82 3568 96 75 60 43 26 6.86 Wysong, Erie-Canton .......... 11 3 14 .214 103 450 128 90 77 66 69 7.70

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MISSISSIPPI VALLEY LEAGUE The championship ofthe Mississippi Valley League was won by Waterloo, Iowa, in a fairly good season for the pet minor organization of President Sexton of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Leagues. The leading batter of the league was Koenecke of Moline, who finished the season with a percentage of .389. He was transferred to the Indianapolis club. Andrews of Marshalltown, who batted in two less than 100 games, had a percentage of .402 and surely is entitled to recognition for making a mark as high as that in 98 games. Klumpp of Burlington was third, with .387 in 116 games. Dubuque led in batting and Waterloo, the championship team, was third. The best pitcher in the league was J. Grant of Waterloo, who won 21 games and lost 5. Bradford of Waterloo won 16 games and lost 6. All the Waterloo staff were successful collectively. Rock Island and Moline tied for the lead in team fielding and Waterloo was again third in that depart- ment of the game. Koenecke batted the most home runs, 22, leading G. Moore of Ottawa by one. The season was not as good for the second division teams as it might have been. When Cedar Rapids finished there was a deficit and Ottumwa and Marshalltown were not overprosperous, yet the league is so well handled that its promoters go forward from season to season with confidence in the future. The league is committed to the rookie rule and the success of that rule is influencing other leagues which may find its best points adapted to them.

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BLUE RIDGE LEAGUE Hanover, in Maryland, won the championship of the Blue Ridge League in the play-off. The team meeting Hanover was Chambersburg, and the latter won one game of the five that were played. 'The leading batter of the six-club circuit was Hammen, first basemen of Hanover, with a percentage of .355. The leading pitcher was Blake of Chambersburg, who won 17 games and lost five. Blake was given his record because he played in 15 or more games. Howser of the same team was practically as good, with a record of 11 victories and 3 defeats. The season might have been better, but this league has made a reputation for good Base Ball and capital handling that has made it possible to weather more than one storm that threatened it in the past. It was reported after the season ended that the New York American League club would purchase the Chambersburg franchise and operate that club as a feeder and training ground for the Yankees. The quality of Base Ball played in the league is so good that major managers are not loathe to send their surplus players to the circuit for further improvement. BLUE RIDGE LEAGUE AVERAGES, 1928. Compiled by Frank Colley, Hagerstown, Md. CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS IN PREVIOUS YEARS. 1920--Hagerstown ......583 1923-Martinsburg ......701 Hagerstwn ... .745 19221-Frederick ....... .604 1924-Martinsburg ......608 1926 Frederick 610 1922-Martinsburg ..... .586 1925--Hagerstown ..... 611 I Cambersburg*. .640 *Won play-off. 1 Martinsburg . .680

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SPALDING'S OFFICIAL BASE BALL GUIDE. 333 MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS, 1928 JAMES L. BOTTOMLEY, NATIONAL LEAGUE NATION0^^AL LEAGUE. Ja mes L. Bostvattombley of the St. Louis National League club was selected as the most valuable player to his team of those who competed in 192& He played first base for St. Louis and led the league in runs batted in and more than held his own in other ways. His principal rival was Fred Lindstrom of New York, who received 70 votes to 76 cast for Bottomley. Burton Whitman, Boston Herald, chairman; Nick Flatley, Boston Ameri- can; Tom Meany, Brooklyn Times; Jack Ryder, Cincinnati Enquirer; Irving Vaughan, Chicago Tribune; Bozeman Bulger, New York Evening World; Stephen 0. Grauley, Philadelphia Inq Bulallinger , Pitts- burgh Post, and James M. Gould, St. Louis Star, comprised the committee which made the award. The vote was as follows: James L. Bottomley, St. L., first base.76 Rogers Hornsby, Boston, second base. 10 Fred C. Lindstrom, N. Y., third base.70 Charles L. Hartnett, Chicago, catcher. 6 Burleigh A. Grimes, Pitts., pitcher... 53 Paul Waner, Pittsburgh, outfielder.... Lawrence J. Benton, N. Y., pitcher...37 Lance Richbourg, Boston, outfielder... 5 Hugh Critz, Cincinnati, second base.. .37 Taylor Douthit, St. Louis, outfielder.. 5 Harold J. Traynor, Pitts., third base..8 Del Bissonette, Brooklyn, first base... 328 Lewis R. Wilson, Chicago, outfielder ..21 D'Arcy Flowers, Brooklyn, second base 3 J. Francis Hogan, New York, catcher.17 James H. Wilson, St. Louis, catcher... 8 Travis L. Jackson, N. Y., shortstop... 16 A rthur Whitney, Phila., third base... 3 Walter J. Maranville, St. L., shortstop.14 Horace H. Ford, Cincinnati, shortstop. 2 Arthur C. Vance, Brooklyn, pitcher..13 Lafayette F. Thompson, Philadelphia, Charles J. Hafey, St. Louis, outfielder 11 second base 1 The ten players selected for honorable mention were: Frank F. Frisch, second baseman, St. Louis; George H. Sisler, first baseman, Boston; J. Riggs Stephenson, outfielder, Chicago; Clifton E. Heathcote, outfielder, Chicago; David J. Bancroft, shortstop, Brooklyn; Jesse L. Haines, pitcher, St. Louis; Andrew J. Reese, second baseman, New York; Fred C. Maguire, second baseman, Chicago; W. Curtiss Walker, outfielder, Cincinnati; James D. Welsh, outfielder, New York; Jesse L. Petty, pitcher, Brooklyn; Andrew A. High, third baseman, St. Louis; Grover C. Alexander, pitcher, St. Louis; William H. Sherdel, pitcher, St. Louis. GORDON S. COCHRANE, AMERICAN LEAGUE. Gordon S. Cochrane of the Philadelphia club was voted the most valuable player to his team during the season of 1928 by the committee specially named by the American League. Henry Manush of the St. Louis American League club gave Cochrane a very close battle. Cochrane received 53 votes and Manush 51. The competition was a little more scattered than usual. The commission making the award in 1928 was composed of Paul Shan- non, Boston Post; Harry Neily, Chicago American; Ed Bang, Cleveland News; H. G. Salsinger, Detroit News; W. B. Hanna, New York Herald- Tribune; James Isaminger, Philadelphia Inquirer; J. Ed Wray, St. Louis Post-Dispatch; Denman Thompson, Washington Star, The vote follows: Gordon Cochrane, Phila., catcher ..... 53 Ira Flagstead, Boston, outfield ....... 5 Henry Manush, St. Louis, outfield... 51 Edward Morris, Boston, .pitcher...... 4 Joseph Judge, Washington, infield.... 27 Harry Heilmann, Detroit, outfield.... 4 Anthony Lazzeri, New York, infield.. 27 Carl Lind, Cleveland, infield......... 4 William Kamm, Chicago, infield ..... 15 William Cissell, Chicago, infield ..... 4 Leon Goslin, Washington, outfield .... 13 Alphonse Thomas, Chicago, pitcher... 4 Earl Combs, New York, outfield ...... 13 Owen Carroll, Detroit, pitcher ....... 3 Charles Gehringer, Detroit, infield... 12 Harry Rice, Detroit, outfield........ 8 Charles Myer, Boston, infield ........ 11 Lew Fonseca, Cleveland, utility...... 2 Waite Hoyt, New York, pitcher. 8 Ted Lyons, Chicago, pitcher......... 2 James Foxx, Philadelphia, utility.... 7 Urban Hodapp, Cleveland, Infield..... 2 Joe Sewell, Cleveland, Infield........ 6 Alex Metzler, Chicago, outfield....... 1 Luke Sewell, Cleveland, catcher.... 6 William Regan, Boston, infield....... 1

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336 SPALDING'S OFFICIAL BASE BALL GUIDE. Mn ftlemoriam TOM BURNS. On November 16, 1928, Tom Burns, famous as one of the hardest hitting right fielders that Brooklyn ever had, died in that city. He played in Baltimore before he went to Brooklyn and was with the latter club in 1890 and from then on for a period of years. CHARLES CORGAN. Charles Corgan,, a Brooklyn infielder, died at Wagoner, Okla., June 13, 1928. After reporting for practice he became ill and was compelled to go to a hospital. He had played foot ball while a student at the University of Arkansas and had been given honorable mention by the late Walter Camp in the latter's annual All-America selection. JOHN DUNN. John Dunn, owner of tne Baltimore Base Ball club of the International League, died suddenly on Monday, October 22, astride the horse that he was riding at Towson, Md., where field trials were being held. An intense lover of dogs, he became excited over a beautiful point by a dog of his kennel and succumbed almost immediately to a heart attack. John Dunn was one of the most conspicuous figures of Base Ball and a leader in the International League. He had never overcome his dislike to the draft and fought it bitterly from the time that he became an owner. His club won seven successive pennants in the International League, beginning in 1915. Mr. Dunn gave many players a start in Base Ball, including Babe Ruth. He sold Ruth to the Boston American League club for $14,000. He sold Grove, a left-hand pitcher, to the Philadelphia Athletics for $100,000. Other players brought out by Dunn were Frank Baker, Joe Boley, Max Bishop, Fritz Maisel, Bob Shawkey, Ben Egan, Jack Bentley, John Ogden and George Earnshaw. Dunn was born at Meadville, Pa., October 6, 1874. He started as a pitcher, beginning his professional career at Binghamton, N. Y., in 1895. He played with Toronto, Brooklyn, Baltimore and the New York National League team on the infield. Occasionally he pitched for a major league club. He was a clever infielder, his best success being at third base. He is survived by his widow, his only son having died several years ago, the saddest blow that the father ever received, as he had expected that one day John Dunn Jr. would carry on in Base Ball where he would leave off. HORACE FOGEL. Horace Fogel died in Philadelphia after a long illness, November 15, 1928. Fogel had been a Base Ball writer and manager and president of the Philadelphia National League club and also manager of the Indianapolis and New York National League teams for a short period with each. He was not a success as a manager and became involved in a quarrel with other National League members when president of the Philadelphia National League club which resulted in his being barred from attendance at National League meetings. For many years Fogel was sports editor of the Philadelphia Public Ledger when Base Ball, foot ball, boxing and horse racing were leading sports. He was famous for his column on Base Ball.

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SPALDING'S OFFICIAL BASE BALL GUIDE. 337 T. P. HAWKS T. P. Hawks played with the Troy team of 1879 when Troy was a member of the National League. He was a second baseman. He died at Danvers, Mass., February 3, 1929, aged 76. In his earlier days he played with the Lynn Oaks and also with Manchester, N. H. FRED A. HAYNER. One of the saddest deaths of the early year of 1929 was that of Fred A. Hayner, a writer of sports on the Chicago Daily News. He was burned to death in a fire that destroyed his home while he was trying to adjust a stove. The former writer was well known for his contributions to Base Ball, also foot ball, and was considered to be an authority on those games. EDDIE KILLIAN. In the early days of the American League Eddie Killian was one of its most famous left-hand pitchers. He was with Detroit at that time. He died in Detroit July 18, 1928, after a long illness. His best Ditching was in 1907, 1908 and 1909, when he helped Hugh Jennings win a pennant. He had also played with Cleveland. HENRY J. KILLILEA. Henry J. Klllilea, one of the founders of the American League and owner of the Milwaukee Base Ball Club of the American Association, died at Mil- waukee, Wis., January 23, 1929. Mr. Killilea, who was sixty-two years old, with his brother Matt, Connie Mack, Charles Comiskey and Ban Johnson founded the American League at a meeting in the Killllea home at Milwaukee. In 1903 he became presi- dent of the Boston Red Sox when that club was tottering financially and won the pennant, but for nearly a quarter of a century thereafter he took no active part in the game. He re-entered Base Ball by buying the Milwaukee club. At the University of Michigan Mr. Killilea was a star Base Ball and foot ball player. Detroit made him an offer to play ball but he declined. Mr. Killilea never lost interest in his alma mater. Before taking up law at the University of Michigan Mr. Killilea was graduated from the Oshkosh State Teachers' College and was a teacher at Oakwood, Wis. He was born on a farm in Wisconsin in 1867. Miss Florence Killilea, a daughter, was elected to succeed her father as president of the Milwaukee club. PAUL LA GRAVE. Paul A. LaGrave for many years was the business manager of the Fort Worth, Texas, club of the Texas League. He was one of the best and most efficient leaders of Base Ball in Texas, although a young man. He died January 21, 1929, at El Paso, Texas, where he had gone to try to bring back his health which had broken down in the summer of 1928. JOSEPH J. LANNIN. Joseph J. Lannin, who died on May 15, 1928, was the owner of the Boston American League club from 1914 to 1916, inclusive. During his ownership the club won the world series in two seasons. He sold the club to H. H. Frazee. When he was president of the Boston club he bought the release of George Herman Ruth from the Baltimore club for $14,000 He held othe r Base Ball stock, but of lesser importance. Mr. Lannin retired from Base Ball because he found the excitement of it too great a strain upon him physically, the heart ailment with which he was troubled eventually being the cause of his death.

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The ball, however, must be held by the fielder after he has touched the runner. If the runner deliberately knocks the ball out of the fielder's hands to avoid being put out, he must be declared out. Note that the rule states explicitly tha the ball cannot be juggled by the fielder. Section 10 means that the runner is out if he cannot get back to the be that he originally occupied, after a foul or fly catch is made, and the ball ^. thrown to the base ahead of him. For instance, a runner is on second base. The L ball is batted so hard and so close to the foul line that the runner is sure it is 7 a safe hit. He starts to run and when he arrives at third base finds that the hit was caught. Then the ball is thrown to second before he can return and is held on the base. That retires the runner. A similar condition prevails at first Runners may and third bases. If the runner slides into a base or jumps into it and unloosens *tart from base it from its fastening, he is safe if he is not forced out or if he has not been touched. instant ball He is not compelled to follow the base. The base-runner shall have the right touches fielder's to advance the moment a fly ball touches the hands of the fielder. Whether or touches fielder's not the ball is caught or muffed, he can try for the next base subject to the rules hands. regarding advancing on bases. Batsman the Section 11 embraces the much misunderstood "force" rule. No runner can be only player who forced on the base paths except the batsman becomes a base-runner. For in- can start a stance, with runners on, say, all of the bases, the runner on third suddenly can start a decides to steal home and the runner on second moves up to third base and "force play." touches it. The runner who had been on third, however, decides that he can not make home safely, and returns to third base. He is legally entitled to do so, while the runner who had come up from second will have to hurry back to that base the best way he can. Many amateurs think that the moment the runner on second touches third base, the runner who was on third becomes "forced" to go to the plate, but he is not. This applies in like manner to runners on first and second, respectively. The runner is always entitled to return to the base he held originally-always with the possibility of being put out by being touched with the ball until that time when the batsman forces all runners immediately preceding him by becoming a base-runner. If there were three runners on bases when that happened, all of them necessarily would have to start. The runner on third base would try to get home, the runner on second would try to get to third, and the runner on first would try to get to second, while the batter would try to beat the ball to first. His play at bat forced everybody, but until the batter starts a force play there is no force play in Base Ball. Very many of the "knotty problems" submitted to the editor of the GUIDE each year bear upon misconstruction of what constitutes a "force." In the event of an infield fly, the umpire is expected to announce "infield fly" or "outfield fly," for no other purpose than to kill the "force." When he says, "batter out," it is an infield fly and the runners may hold their bases in safety. Advancing after After a long fly to the outfield is caught-fair or foul fly-the base-runners fly hit is caught. have the privilege of trying to advance a base, at their own risk, On a long foul fly to the outfield, with a runner on third and a long throw to the home plate in prospect, it is not always good policy for a fielder to try for the foul. A fast runner may beat the throw-in. Ball games have been lost by outfielders not taking careful note of such conditions. Batter entitled - The runner is out if he ishit while on fair territory by a batted ball. The ball to first when is dead. That should not be forgotten. The bp.tter takes his base, however. ' batted ball hits If the runner, in trying for a three-base hit, should fail to touch either first base-runner. or second base, he is out if the attention of the umpire is called to the play, and Latter out. if the umpire saw the omission. In like manner, if the runner in returning to bases-the ball being in play-fail to touch the bases in regular order, if he is Umpire's attention called upon to do so because of the play that is being made, he is out, if the must be called to attention of the umpire is called to his transgression, and if the umpire saw omission to touch his failure to do so. If the pitcher has delivered the ball to the batter before the bases. claim is made, the runner may not be called out. It should be noted that the attention of the umpire must be called to the act of a runner having omitted to touch a base. The umpire is a referee, not a policeman; and questions of fact are submitted to him for decision in his judicial capacity. Calling "Play" Calling "Play"' or "Time" is exactly as calling fair or foul, so far as returning or "Time." and touching a base is concerned.

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SPALDING'S OFFICIAL BASE BALL GUIDE. 49 Index to Rules TO LAY OFF THE FIELD. Sec. Rule. T he ground ............................................ .... .. 1 D iam ond or infield ......................................... .. 2 Catcher's lines . ........................................ 3 Foul lines....................... .......................... .. 4 Players' lines .............................................. .. 5 C oachers' lines .............................................. .. 6 Three-foot line . ............................................ 7 Batsm an's lines . .......................................... . 8 Pitcher's plate . ........................... ................. . 9 Slope of infield from pitcher's plate ........................... 2 9 T he bases ................................................. 2 10 M aterial of ............................................. . . 12 The home base-shape and size of ............................ 1 10 M aterial of ............................................. .. 11 Marking the lines-material of ............................... .. 13 T he ball .. ................................................ 14 W eight, size and make ................................... 1 14 Number to be delivered to umpire; when replaced.......... 2 14 Return of those batted or thrown out of ground ............. 2 14 Alternate-when to be placed in play ...................... 3 1 4 Penalty for intentional discoloring ......................... 4 14 Furnished by home c lu b ..................................5-6 14 The bat- material and size of ................................ .. 15 THE PLAYERS AND THEIR POSITIONS. Number of players in the game. ............................ 16 Players' positions . .......................................... 17 The pitcher's position ....................................... . 9, 30 Must not mingle with spectators ............................. 18 Uniforms and shoes ......................................... .. 19 Size and weight of gloves .................................... 20 Players' benches ............................................ 1 21 Umpire to send players to benches ............................ 2 21 THE REGULATION GAME. Time of commencing games; number of innings; termination..... 22 Termination of a game before completion of fifth inning ......... . 27 First game of a double-header regularly scheduled game ......... .. 23 Extra-innings game .............................4 22 Drawn game ................................................. 24 Called game ............ . ......................... 25 Forfeited game . . 26 Failure of a club to appear............................... 1 26 Refusal of a club to continue play ......................... 2 26 Failure of a club to resume play ........................... 3 26 Resorting to dilatory tactics ............................. 4 26 Wilfully violating rules ................................... 5 26 Disobeying order to remove player ......................... 6 26 Less than nine players ...... ............................. 7 26 Resumption afterrain .................................... 8 26 Second game to begin fifteen minutes after completion of first. 9 26 Umpire to make written report of forfeiture ................. 10 26 When groundkeeper is under umpire's control ............... 29 If field be not cleared in fifteen minutes ..................... 77 N o gam e . ................................................. 27 Substitutes ................................................ 1 28 May take place of player at any time ...................... 2 28 Base-runner-consent of opposing captain necessary......... 3 28 Notifying umpire of substituted player, umpire tonotify spectators. 4 28 Choice of innings-fitness of field for play ..................... .. 29

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KNOTTY PROBLEMS BY JOHN B. FOSTER. If there is anything concerning a play in a Base Ball game, a decision by an umpire or a dispute between captains that you do not understand and would like to have explained, write to "Knotty Prob- lems." Address Mr. John B. Foster, 45 Rose Street, New York City. Enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope and ask as many questions as you wish. If you are a young player and desire advice as to your arm, about throwing, pitching, batting or how to correct some Base Ball fault, send for information. Perhaps help can be given to you. Each year a few of the thousands of questions that are ad- dressed to "Knotty Problems" are published in SPALDING'S OFFICIAL BASE BALL GUIDE for the information of the fans. The more representative of these inquiries, compiled from those received during the last five or six years and which con- cern standard plays that puzzle players and spectators, make up the contents of "KNOTTY PROBLEMS," a book issued by the American Sports Publishing Company, 45 Rose Street, New York City, and which may be had by mailing 35 cents to the publishers. "Knotty Problems" is recognized as a semi-official authority. All umpires carry it with them, and that which began as a help to Base Ball players is now one of the standard books of the national game, second only to the rules book in importance. Its contents embrace information about all kinds of unusual plays that come up in scoring, base-running, batting, fielding and umpiring, with the original query asking for explanation and the reply. It is an epitome of more than 200,000 questions that have been sent to "Knotty Problems" since the idea originated. Within the years embraced between the present and the first date of publication of "Knotty Problems" more Base Ball questions have been answered by it than by any other medium in the world. The correspondence involved since this recognized source of information was inaugurated would fill two or three of mother's largest cedar chests. Not only have rulings been given on plays that perplexed beginners, and some old-timers, too. but many league championship disputes have been settled and vexing differences between umpires and league officials have been cleared up. "Knotty Problems," as one reader put it, "has become indispensable. It is essentially explanatory, and -if you are a Base Ball fan it is inter- eating, as it gives you just the right tip as to what to do when you are playing and an argument starts among the boys." Queries have come to "Knotty Problems" from every state in the Union, Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii, the Philippines, China, Japan, Holland, Italy, Great Britain, Australia, Central Amer- ica, Brazil and Union of South Africa. The book is a globe-trotter, imparting information everywhere.

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SPALDING'S OFFICIAL BASE BALL GUIDE. 55 Two balls are on the field. Batsman hits foul back of catcher too far for him to recover the ball. Umpire puts new ball in play. Batsman hits the second ball to right field for a base hit. The ball is thrown in to first baseman, who holds it. The ball that was found is also thrown into the diamond and recovered by the pitcher, who holds that ball. Runner on first base steps off and is touched by the first baseman. The umpire after some thinking, calls him out. Was he out and were there two balls in play?-R. C. Bailie, Harkland, Wis. There cannot be two balls in play during a game at any time. The first baseman was given the ball that had been batted to right field, but even though this ball seemed to be in play it was put out of play the moment that the other ball came back on the diamond. The umpire should have protected the runner. Stepping out of the box. Runner is on third base, two are out and the batter has two strikes. Runner attempts to steal home on a pitch. Catcher steps toward the third base side of home plate and in front of the plate and catches the ball, which would n( doubt have been a strike. Batter having instructions not to strike at the ball, and to avoid making a strike, took a step backwards, to avoid the collision between the runner and the catcher. Batter was declared out for stepping out of the box while the ball was in motion. I contend that the catcher got the ball before the batter could have struck at it, that the run should have scored, a called ball should have been declared and the batter be entitled to another strike.-Joseph E. Tell, Maracaibo, Venezuela. The batter never is out for stepping out of the box unless he bats the ball as he does so. In the rules, that is called illegal batting of the ball, and always retires the batsman. In this case the umpire should have called a ball or strike, the batter should have continued to bat and the run should have scored. Putting in another batter. Can a batter be taken out of the game after he has taken his position in the batter's box and balls and strikes have been called by the umpire? "A" contends that he can be taken out and "B" says that when a batter has once faced the pitcher he must finish his term at bat.-J. C. Newton, Jackson, Ga. The batsman may be taken out at any time and another player complete his term at bat. If there are three called balls and two strikes on the batsman a substitute may take his place with only one pitch left. Batter goes toward his bench. Runner is on second and another on third. One is out. Catcher drops the third strike. Batter starts to first base, then stops and walks toward his team mates. They yell to him and he runs to first. The catcher makes a poor throw and a run scores. Was I right in calling the runner "safe" at first?- George F. Hesse, Savage School, Westbury, L. I., N. Y. If the runner did not run out of line in the last 45 feet between home plate and first base he was safe. The run scored. Some players seem to get this rule confused with that which has to do with a runner on first base. Batter hits pitched ball that hits ground. Runners on first and second bases. Pitcher throws curve ball to the batter. The ball strikes the ground before passing home plate. Batter starts to strike at the ball but checks himself before completing hil swing. The ball bounds up hitting his bat and then rolls into foul territory. Bach runner advances a base. It was ruled a dead ball. Was that right?-Merrill L. Dawson, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio. If the catcher did not touch the ball prior to the time that the batsman accidentally hit it, it was a pitch and it must go as such. Therefore, as the ball rolled into foul ground it was a foul hit.

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68 LSPALDING'S OFVICIAL BASE BALL GUIDE. When the pitcher may feint to throw. If the pitcher's feet are both back of, in front of, or to one side of ,the plate, may he pretend to throw to first base or to the batter without making a balk?--F. Harris, Leavitt. If the pitcher is not on his plate he may pretend to throw toward first base. even if a runner is on base. If the pitcher pretends to throw to the batter and there is a runner on any base, it is a balk. The distinction between balk and no balk rests solely on whether a runner is on any base. Preliminary stretch by pitcher. When the pitcher stretches his arms at full length after assuming a legal position on a rubber and then brings his hands back again to his chest before delivering the ball is that considered to be part of his wind-up? If the pitcher then steps and throws to a base to catch a runner is it a balk?-Henry W. Greve, Brooklyn, N. Y. When the pitching rule was changed in 1920 the umpires were very strict about all preliminary motions. At that time it is probable that the stretching of arms described by you would have been called part of the wind-up and if it had been thus decided it would have been a balk. More recently it has been the custom to grant wider latitude, because the strictest interpretation of the rules made it difficult for a pitcher to get the best grip on the ball. In the last two or three years umpires have permitted pitchers to put the ball In front of them, then drop it down at arm's length, put it in front f them again and serve it to the batter. The ball is in plain sight *f the umpire all of the time and his judgment will tell him whether there is any intent to balk. PROBLEMS OF UMPIRING. Umpire-in-chief was wrong. In the last half of the eighth inning, Team A was at bat with two out, runner on second and two strikes and three balls on the batter. Batter hit the next pitched ball to the third baseman. He threw to first and the feld umpire called the runner to first out, thus retiring the side. The man on second went to third base and trotted home. When the runner from second got home the umpire-in-chief called him "safe," reversing the decision of the field umpire that the man on first was "out." Did the umpire-in-chief have that authority?-Anthone Hochwar, Bridgeport, Ohio. The umpire-in-chief was absolutely wrong. The rules of Base Ball state explicitly that he is never to reverse a field umpire in a decision belonging to the latter. Umpire rules on a glove. If a fielder is using a glove which does not conform to the rules or a batsman is using a bat that is not in conformity with the rules, can the umpire take action without the opposite team asking for a ruling?-H. H Hays, Bellaire, Ohio. The umpire may rule a glove or bat out of the game at any time if he is satisfied that either of them is not legal. Coacher did not interfere. In the city league of our municipality the ball was thrown wide to third base in a game. The runner scored before the third baseman recovered the ball. Coacher on third was the next batter. He ran up the basline to take his place at bat. The umpire called the runner out on the strength of the coacher's action. The game was protested. Was the protest valid?- W. F. Matthews, Eldorado, Ark. The umpire was wrong, as the coacher did not interfere in any way with the play. This is covered by Section 19, Rule 56, Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide.

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SPALDING'b (01fFICIAL BASE BALL GUIDE. nW Ball rolls out of bounds. Runners are on first and second bases. No one is out. Batter hits a high fly and the fielders fail to touch the ball. Umpire calls batter out immedi- ately. The ball, however, strikes a small pebble and rolls out of bounds into foul territory between home base and first base, where it settles. The umpire still persisted in ruling the batter out. Was he right?-R. G. Rapp, Ames, Iowa. The umpire should have reversed the decision. If the ball was not touched by the fielder and rolled outside of the fair line between home plate and first base and settled there, it was a foul ball. The balls were mixed. Pitcher had started his delivery. Just then a foul ball was thrown on the field from over the fence. The pitcher failed to see the ball and com- pleted his delivery to the batsman. The latter batted the ball toward second base. The batted ball hit the ball that was thrown in and nobody knew "which was which." The batted ball might have been easily fielded had it not struck the thrown ball. As it was neither ball could be fielded in time to get the runner. Everybody was puzzled. What in your opinion would be the correct thing to do?-Roland B. Phelps, Rosalia, Wash. The only thing to do is to exercise common sense. The thrown ball came on the field unexpectedly. It was dead. If the ball in play struck the dead ball, the umpire had go alternative except to call them both dead. There must never be two balls on the playing field. Game ended in forfeit. Two are out and first and second bases occupied. Catcher dropped the third strike. Batter turned and walked several steps towerd the beach. Catcher picked up the ball to throw the batter out, but seeing him walk away he threw the ball to the pitcher. Umpire called batter out. As the latter reached the players' bench the coach told him to run to first base. Thereupon he did so, the coach asserted the player was not out. The umpire held to his decision and the team refused to finish the game. Was the umpire right?-Leslie W. Irwin, Hendersonville, N. C. The batter was not out, but the team forfeiting the game by refusing to continue play lost all its rights. Asking time of the Umpire. Is there any man, except the captain of the team, who may ask the umpire to call time? Does any man of the opposin team have the right to inspect the scorebook to see if the players are batting in their regular order?-W. Shipley, Lancaster, Pa. Any umpire probably would not respect a plea for time except that the captain asked it. There is no fault to be found if he did ask it. The information of the scorebook should be accessible to everybody. Runner may turn either way. Batter hit to deep short and made first safely. Umpire called him out after the first baseman had touched him, on the ground that the runner had turned toward the left after passing first base. From evidence before our beard of directors, it appears certain that the runner actually turned toward second with the idea of making that base in case of an overthrow or other error. Was the umpire right in his decision?-A. R. Gaines, Fort Kame- bmaeba, Hawaii. This is a decision based solely on the judgment of the umpire and whatever his opinion may have been should prevail. Ball rolls into fair ground. Batsman hits the ball to foul ground near the line and very close to fist base, but the ball twists and rolls into fair ground before it reaches ist baEe Umpire rules fair ball, but I declare it to be foul. What is the crreet deeision?--J. 0. Morales, San Diego, Cuba. Read Rule 14-Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide. It is F^

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W19 SPALDING'S OFFICIAL BASE BALL GUIDE. Missed the interference. In the ninth inning two are out and one strike on the batter. He swings his bat trying for the second strike but claims interference by the catcher. I told the batter I did not see any interference and asked him to resume his position in the batter's box. I even asked him the third time. Then I told the pitcher to deliver the ball. He did so and as it was a strike I called the batter out. Did I do right?-L. A. Thomas, Morise, Montana. Your decision was correct. The batter had been warned often enough. Runner may slide to first. When a batter hits the ball and runs from home to first base, may he slide to first base or must he remain in an upright position? I have looked over the rules again and again, but I can find nothing on sliding to first base.-M. F. Billington, Summerton, Arizona. A runner may always slide to first base. In some way an impres- sion has been created that the runner may not slide into first base. There is no more reason that he. may not slide to that base than there is that he may not slide to second base or third base or home* Runner fails to touch second. During the time of the local team at bat, with a runner on second base, the next batter hit a fair ball over the left field fence. In circling the bases the batter failed to touch second. The second baseman of the team in the field and the field umpire noticed this. The second baseman called for another ball from the umpire-in-chief and after receiving it touched the base. The field umpire ruled the batter out. Was the ruling correct or would it be only possible to put out the player with the ball that was hit over the fence?-C. 0. Wetherell, San Antonio, Texas. The umpire was correct. The ball that was put back by the umpire-in-chief was the ball in play. Watching the signals. The boys of my team discovered the signals of the pitcher and catcher of the opposing team. When my boys were at bat some of them would watch the catcher and give the batter the signal, so that he might know the kind of ball that was coming. The opposing team became very angry and asked the umpire to have it prevented. Would the umpire have power to do so?---C. C. Payne, Grand Cane, La. There is nothing in the rules of Base Ball to prevent the players of the team at bat from getting the signs of the other team when- ever they can. Umpire slow in making decision. Runners are on first base and second base with none out. Batter hits an easy pop fly just back of first base. Ball strikes so close to the foul line that the umpire-in-chief believes it foul and does not call "infield fly" until just before the ball gets within reach of the first baseman. Then, seeing the ball is going to strike inside the line, he calls "infield fly." Neither the field umpire nor the runner on first base hears him. First baseman muffs the ball. Runner on first, thinking he is forced by not hearing decision of infield fly, starts for second base. First baseman fields the ball and throws to second base ahead of the runner. Field umpire declares him out on forced play. Umpire-in-chief declares the batter out on infield fly. Please give me the proper decision.-D. E. Stone, Rocky Mount, Va. Hesitation on the part of the umpire-in-chief made it hard for everybody. After the umpire-in-chief pronounced "infield fly" the batter was out and that decision stands. As the first baseman muffed the ball, the runner could leave first at his own risk. To be put out he had to be touched by the ball in the hands of the second baseman or shortstop. He was not forced out. The reason that he was not forced out is that the batter never reached first base. J !*

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SPALDING'S OFFICIAL BASE BALL GUIDE. 61 PROBLEMS OF SCORING. Not an error. Runner is on first base. Batter hits a fly ball to center field. The center- fielder muffs the ball but recovers it in time to throw out the runner going from first to second. The batter of course is safe at first. Is the center- fielder credited with an error?-Ed Walsh, Fall River, Mass. The center-fielder is given an assist. There is no error, because neither base nor distance is gained by the play. An error only. If the catcher drops the third strike is he charged with both a passed ball and an error provided the runner gets to first base?-Conrad Ohlson, Rochester, N. Y. He is not charged with a passed ball. Dropping the third strike now constitutes a fielding error and a man cannot be charged with two mistakes on one chance. Credited with a sacrifice. On a caught fly ball, by which a runner advances to second base or third base, is the batter given credit for a sacrifice, a sacrifice fly, or an "at bat"? -Alderson Keene, Owensboro, Ky. The batter is credited with a sacrifice. Scorers in some localities seem to think that an "at bat" is to be charged in connection with a sacrifice fly. This is not so. This was a sacrifice. No one is out and a runner is on first base. Batter bunts the ball, which is fielded by the pitcher. The latter looks toward first base, then toward second, and back to first, apparently confused. He does not throw the ball to either base and both runners are safe. The pitcher could easily have retired the runner going to first, or possibly the one going to second, had he thrown the ball. The scorers covering the game awarded the batter a sacrifice on the play. Was this correct, or should the pitcher be given an error for his failure to attempt to retire either runner?-E. E. McCarty, Garfield, Utah. This should be scored as a sacrifice hit. The batter must be given credit for an attempt to advance the runner. The failure of the pitcher was due to slow thinking and no scorer charges up slow thinking because, if he did, it would permit the scorer to play the game in his own mind almost irrespective of what might be done on the field. Sacrifice hit for the batter. Runner is on first base with no one out. Batter attempts a sacrifice bunt and hits in front of the pitcher. The latter fields the ball and has plenty of time to get the runner at second base. He throws there, but the throw is wide and pulls the second baseman off the bag, both runners being safe. What is it?-H. J. Altizer, Roanoke, Va. A sacrifice hit must be given to the batter, because he made a palpable attempt to advance the runner. If an extra base is gained by a runner, an error must be charged to the pitcher. Crediting the pitchber. McBride is pitching for Pensacola. Score is 3 to 1 against him. He is taken out in the eighth inning for a pinch hitter, with one runner on the bases. Pensacola ties the score and wins the game in that inning. Moore pitches for Pensacola in the ninth inning. Who is the winning piteher?_ Arthur Johnson, Pensacola, Fla. Give McBride credit for. the game. He is entitled to it. This is an instance in which the scorer must use his best judgment.

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