The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 20, 1920, Page 6

questioner. ao HAGERNESS TO CREDIT ERRORS FANS’ FALLACY Play in Recent Game Illustrates Unjust Judgment of Player’s Work RULES ARE QUITE LIBERAL} ’ A fallacy h exists in the minds of many baseball fans who allow their feelings to overcome their judgment was exhibited in a game which Bismarck played re- cently, A baseman made a run for a foul fly and muffed it. An argument started among a few loyal and en- thusiastic fans as to whether the baseman should be credited with an error. The scorer was appealed to: “Certainly it wasn’t an error,” he replied, much to the disgust of the A baseman probably would have caught this ball seven out of teu times, but nevertheless it would have been wrong to credit the play in the error column. A fan who. goés to a big league game often will come away disgust- ed, declaring a dozen errors .were made. Next morning he will read the paper and find three‘or four credit- ed. The scorer must be wrong, he thinks. For several years the trend of scoring has been generally to favor the player er of Judgment Scorir largely a matter judgment—but the judgment of on? who is familiar with the game, and who also knows the rules, Frequent- ly baseball writers who score league games every day will disagree upon a play, Which this same fan would immediately label an error. In more than one world series a play has not been announced by varjous expert baseball writers until the official scorer has given his version. Rules Quoted It is difficult for one sitting in fae grandstand, who has not follow baseball steadily and has not playe himself to judge the speed of a bali or the effort expended by a ball player. The trend of the official rules in every instance is to. favor the player—to credit a hit rather} than aw error and not to credit an’ error if there is a reasonable ques- | tion as to the play. The rule books tell us “an error shall be given for each misplay | which prolongs the time at bat of the batsman, or prolongs the life® ot a base-runner, or allows a base-run- H ner to make one or more bases wher perfect play would have insured his | being put out.” The book also says a hit shall be credited “when a fair hit ball is par’ tially or wholly stopped by @ fielder in motion, but such player cannot recover himself in time to field. the ball to first before the striker reaches that base, or to force j out another base-runner.” A fair hit ball is merely a ball, which is not foul, according to the rule-book defi- nition. Should the first rule be followed literally most games would be filled with errors; should the latter be fol- lowed literally nearly every ball would be hit. Scoring Practice The scoring practice of experi- enced league baseball scorers is to give an error when the fielder shoutd complete the play perfectly with nor- mal effort, and to give a hit when it would require more than average ef- fort to put the man out. In the last analysis it becomes a matter of judgment, taking into consideration the condition ‘of the grounds, the “hop” the ball takes, the speed with which it travels and other elements which enter into the play. It is quite easy to chalk up errors; it is quite another matter to give an error when one, is due and a hit when a hit is due’ in the event a ball is not per- fectly handled. ITS REAL MEANING ; ND.HOW TO ; ATTAIN tT quest. - CUMBERLAND CHEMICAL ©. + Se Derry locks Nashville Tenn i COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPHS — COLUMBIA RECORDS ON EASY TERMS IF DESIRED \ COWAN’S DRUG STORE CAR WASHING CORWIN MGTGR Ca. off nit by a pitched ball, is | News of Sport oes a sce .EVENTS AND GOSSIP FOR THE FANS (7 ALL BASEBALLDOM MOURNS THE CLEVELAND-—One of the last “ple tures of Ray apman, Cleveland shortstop, sho g him talking with Mrs. Chapman just before a game. Mrs. Chapman missed very few of the Indians’ home games. “Chappie” was popular with players and fans everywhere. His death, due to. being a blow to, the baseball world. The loss of 4} delightful friend is also mourned by many men and women prominent in/ Cleveland social circles. Mrs. Chap: man, Cleveland society woman, is 2} daughter of M. B. Daly, millionaire | president of the. East Ohio Gas Co. U.S. SPRINTER NEARS RECORD. IN RACE TODAY Allen Woodring Takes 200-Me-! ter Dash—Joie Ray Falls Before Englishmen Antwerp, Aug. 20.—Allen Woodring, Meadowbrook club, Philadelphia, won the 200 meter dash at the Olympic games today in 22 seconds. {he rec- ord is 21 3/5 seconds made by A. Hahn, of the United States, at St. Louis in 1904. | English’ runners dethroned the American star half-miler, Joie W. Ray. of the Ilinois A. C., in the 1,500-meters race yesterday. It was the second most sensational foot race of the sev- enth Olympiad, being jugt a little short of the thrills of the running of the 800-meters race on Tuesday. All the track and field competitions | today were held in the rain. England scored two firsts, a second and aj sixth place for a point score total of! 16. just one less than Americans, who won one first, two thirds and one fifth for 17 points. Sweden was third in the scoring with one second, one fourth and one fifth place for 10 Points. The big upset of the day came in the running by A. G. Hill and P. J. Baker, both Englishmen, of Ray. off; his feet in fofir minutes, 1 4/5 seconds | on a slow,. rain-soaked track. This| time was only six seconds more than | the world’s record. Ray, who finished in eighth place, was censured after the race by some of the athletic authorities for his tactics against the classy field. They! maintained- that instead of trying toj set the pace from the start Ray| should have reserved his energy for a fast sprint near the end. i} P. J. Ryan, of Loughlin Lyceum, | New York. won the hammer throw. Lind, of Sweden, was second. and B, Bennett. of Chicago A. C.. third. M. J. McGrath, New York, A. C., was placed. fifth ‘by reason of his throw in the qualifying round. He was suf- fering from a bad knee and did not; compete today. The total scores in evetns—track and field—at the finish of terday’s program in the Olympic Stadium follow: United States’ 118 points: Finlans | 4; England 40; Sweden 36; France} 13; South Africa 7; Italy 7; Canada 732 orway 3; New Zealand 3; Esth- enia 3; Czecho- Slovakia’ 3; Holland 2; | Belgium 1. WINDSOR JOCKEY CLUB TO AWARD $100,000 PURSE Windsor, Ont. A Aug. 20.—Purses to- taling $100,000 will be awarded win- ning horsemen at the second summer {meeting of the Windsor Joc club the athletic) i !are on the program. j will be made by j Lake Champlain, LOSS OF i antaek CHAPMAN which starts here tomorrow. This is a larger amount than usually is pro- vided at any track according to horse men, with the exception of thos? meetings where exceptional features The racing. will continue for one week. ‘ne. principal ‘events will be the Windsor Jockey club handicap with a purse of $10,000 and the George Hendrie handicap with $7,500. There are five stake races on the program with total added money amounting to $32,000, A new fixture this year is the Delle Meade Plate, named after the Blue Grass stock farm. The winner of this event will receive a silver plate and a‘purse of $5,000. iFANS:EAGER FOR DICKINSON FRAYS Fans who want want to see -all_ the baseball they "¢an_ this “season will not miss the Saturday and Sunday games -with Dickinson at capitol ball park, But ene more game: may. be played on the local lot. aiter these two games, though nego- tiations are under way which may change the present aspect oi the schedule. It is probable that a benefit game, to be played here Sunday, August 28, will be the last game of thes Bismarck Ath} . Either Mandan or. an all-star west-of-the-river team may be the local club’s oppe- nent, Saturday’s game will be called at 4:80 p.m. and Sunday’s game at 3 p.m Charley Boardman . will. pitch: one’ of these games for Dickin- son, probably on Sunday. CARPENTIER TO FIGHT LEVINSKY & New York, Aug. 20.—The Inter national Sporting club today an. nounced the signing of a contract ‘tor! | ‘ BASEBALL | a. 15-round decision bout between Georges Carpentier, European cham- | pion, ‘and Battling Levinsky, world’s light heavyweight champion, to be/ held at Ebbets field, Brooklyn, Octo- | ber 12. |SWEDES COMING TO FIX ORIGIN OF HUMAN RACE! New York, Aug. 20.—An endeavor ;| to trace the geological history of rth America k 12,000 years party of Swedish scientists who are to arrive here Thursday. The party. will go first to and after making‘ surveys and studies with a view to; discovering evidences of the origin of| man on the continent, as well as evo- lutions in plant and animal life, will go into Canada and the Northwest. aron Gerard de Geer of the Uni- versity of Stockholm, formerly pres- ident of the International Geological Congress, and president: of the Geo- technical Commission of the Swedish Railways heads the expedition. Bar- on. Ge Geer’s investigations are ex- pected to fix the date of the first ap-' pearance of man in the Hudson, Con- necticut and St. Lawrence River va!- leys. Glacier evidences will largely be relied upon. The study of the Hudson and Connecticut regions wilt be made after the party returns from the Northwest. A reception commit tee of American geologists, headed by. Prof. James F..Kemp, of Colum- bia, will meet the visitors. The in- vestigations are expected to prove valuable to railroads by detailed ex- amination of stratification of clay soils. The tour was.arranged by the American-Scandinavian Foundation, of 25 West Forty-fifth street. The United States, Public Health Service estimates there is one rat to each person in the country. H ma IY The Grand Canyon of the Colo- rado is 217 miles long and from 9 to 13 miles wide, Breslow, Jos. = - - - Fin Note-how edsily it gets that bad spot on the under-lip! Now ‘science has found the _way to have a joy shave. . 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Cincinnati... .. .. 62 574 Brooklyn... 63 is 563 New York. 60 50 545 Pittsburgh. 56 53514 Chicago.. . 56 59. .487 St. Louis... 60.459 Bostop.. .. 4.57 452 Philadelphia, 66 406 ‘ AMERICAN LEAGUE Won ‘Lost'’ Pct. < 3 ‘Cleveland... .. .. 72 9 42 | Chicago... 72. 43 | New York. 73° 45 | St. Louis... 55 55 Boston... 52. 60 Washington. 48. 61 Detroit. .. - 43 70 373 Philadelphia. 36 76 321 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Brewers Take Series Milwaukee, Aug. 20.— Milwaukee made a clean sweep ofthe series: by taking yesterday’s game 8.to 4. Okrie, who. was knocked out of. the box early innings. Miller was wild but kept the visitors’ -hits well; scattered. Milwaukee announced the’ purchase of. Outfielder Clarence Mueller from Forth: Work of the Texas League. « Score: R. HE. Toledo ..010 000: 012—4 11 3 Milwaukee 123 000 02*—8 14 1 Batteries: le, Nelson and Wood- all; Miller and Gaston. Senators Win. - Kansas City, Aug. 20.—Columbus made.a clean sweep of the series with Kansas City by winning, 7 to 1. Score: R. HE: Columbus.. .. ..122 200 000-7 10 0 Kansas City .. ..000 000 001-1 5.2 Wednesday. was batted hard in the! Batteries: Sherman and Kelley; Ames, Songer and Brock. NATIONAL LEAGUE Reds Hold Lead Cincinnati, Aug. 20—The Reds strengthened their hold on first place! in the National league race -by beat- | ing Brooklyf, their nearest rival. in; an exciting 13-inning game yesterday, ! 3 to.2. Ruether and Grimes pitched shutout ball for 11 innings., In the, eighth Brooklyn scored two. runs! when Miller doubled, was safe at third on Reutker’s slow handling of Grimes’ bunt “and scored on John- ston’s single to center. which also scored Grimes who had stolen sec-! ond. With two out in the last half} of the inning, the Reds tied the! score on a single by See, who. batted! for Ruether, a double by Grob, and| a-passed ball by Elliott. Grimes was: exhausted by the heat and was re- lieved by Cadore after 10 innings Scor H.E. Brooklyn. 000 000.020 000 oe 13° 24 Cincinnati 000 .000 020 000 1—3 11 0 _ Batteries: Grimes. Cadore and El- liott; Ruether, Sallee, Ring and Wingo. Pirates Lose Game Pittsburgh, Aug. 20.— Philadelphia defeated Pittsburgh in a 12-inning game, 5 to 2, twelfth inning with a three-bagger and | scored on Hamilton’s wild pitch. A pass, a single and a double followed Which. aided by Haeffner’s wild throw, scored two more runs. Score: R. HE. | Pittsburgh.. 000 000 002 000—2 7 1 Philadelphia 000 000 020 0083—5 8 I Batteries: Meadows, Enzman and Wheat,’ Tragesser;. Carlson, Hamil- ton and. Haeffner. @ AMERICAN LEAGUE Ruth’s Forty-Third: “New York, Aug. .20.— Cleveland made it two out-of three by defeating New York, 3 to 2. The game was slow despite the fact that it was a pitching duell between Galdwell and Shawkey. Babe Ruth made his forty-third home run of the season in the fourth, hitting the ball over the right field fence. Score: R..H.E. Williams led off the| Cleveland... .. ..200 001 000—3 7 1 New York .. ..000 101 000—2 5 1 Batteries: Caldwell and O'Neill; Shawkey and Ruel. Leonard Beats Boston Boston, Aug. 20.—Leonard held Boston to three hits and Detroit won the, final game of the series, 4 to 0. Detroit hit Bush hard but two double plays help materially to keep down the score: Score: R. H.E. Detroit -. +000 101 101—4 13 1 Boston .. - 000 000 000—0 3 1 Batteries: Leonard and Stanage; J. Bush and Schang. Persons in Burma object to build- ings of more than one story, as they can not endure the thought of any- body’s. feet being over their. heads. Better Than Pills For Liver Iils. Get a 25° Box Nene hey ene ree Te mmmecsmonnennn ta heh eh in lt “GOODRICH TIRES 20%/ Discount for cash on Goodrich Tires and Tubes, Buy your tires now and save money. Fabric tires guaranteed for 6,000 miles and Cord tires 8,000 miles. iba lack Automiative co 215 Broadway: eT | ane De f