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CALLING BALLS ? IN THE OLD DAYS BESS CITY WINS BATTER CALLED ^FOR HIGH OR LOW And if Pitcher Failed to Deliver What Was Asked for Three Times Batter Took Bane. By JOHN B. FOSTER ICwrDWl IMS b? Tt. Ad*anr*) i tmfciU mm 01 1?I5 mil b? im ftfu mm or U?e MlWul UIM. to toaan am . which wLU be fittUK b* U>? Foatar. fort ' expert oo u>e ox u ?iitla? 4 ? earlae o I artkl** about Uie Natiotiai 1 ? ? TW wtlciaa will deal tnu? tie ku HQ ?f "?? UMue ud IU fotMOera ?&J how U*r fcMPPNMtf to oraaAUa It; tie tm teas* <rf Um Iwm: Um IS pwtaal iilvatl vC Um leuut; UcLert: lu U w? (aaxMi* lUat camaa: IU e*ftr ci.aui 4Ad um deeal?t>OMU of Um rule*., Ia was an odd sort of a rule1 that they had by which the um- j ? pJre called balls In the old days. It read: "All ball* delivered to the bat which are sent in over the ' striker's ? there wasn't any term^ better ? head, or on the ground In front of the home base, or on the aide opposite to that which the batsman strikes from, or which hit the striker while he is stand in* in his proper position, or' jrfhich are sent within a foot of his dBerson, shall be considered unfair ^alln, and every such unfair ball oast be called in the order of Its delivery, after the first ball has been delivered, the fim ball to each striker alone to be excepted." If the pitcher repeatedly failed to deliver a fair ball to the strik er the umpire was notified to call one ball and If the pitcher persist ed in such action ? It will be noted that the rules made it appear that the pitcher might be a country cuss ? the umpire was instructed to call two and three tyills. If threw balls were called tht striker could g9 to first without being put out. No unfair ball was called on the first ball delivered. The reason for ! this was In the fact that the pitch- | er was supposed to have one Chance to get the range between home plate and the place from which he let the ball go. The fair balls were those which #ere delivered to the bat, "high" or- "low" as the batsman called tpr them, and which were not de Ihrered by an overhand throw or ftj a round arm throw as in crick et. If the ball was delivered by the pltoher to the striker and ac cidentb" hit the bat of the striker It was a dead foul. There are fouls in these days but most of th?m are lively. * "When the striker took his posi tion he was compelled to stand Astride the line of home base and ? ew foot away from the base. If i fca infringed upon tho conditions ' of the rule the umpire could call foul strike and If three foul trikes were called the striker' As out. The men. who stood at j the plate in those days with their bats over their shoulders, had to watch pretty carefully to see that tbpy were astride of the line of nokne plate. The practice of pounding home plate with the bat. which continues to this datf, was i largely the result of the striker In ' old times making sure that he wis properly lined up opposite the plate and that he would not be! timely to step over the imaginsry tide when he swung at the ball. I There were more rulings on foul , strikes than there was on unfair balls, to tell the truth, because ev ery umpire was determined that the atrlker should not gain any advantage over the pitcher who had to work hard with his under hand delivery against the big fel lows who lined up against him. Tha striker could call for eith er a high or a low ball. The form er was from the waist to the shoulder and the latter between the knea and the waist. Three strikes were out on the bound, as well as on the fly. No strike was called upon the first ball delivered unless the striker swung at the ball. Here was one of, the oddest of provisions In the strike rule: ? "No strike shall be| railed when the ball Is struck at : for the purpose of wilfully strik ing out." Imagine a player of these days Imagine a player of these dsys walking to tha bat to strike out IwUh malice aforethought. The am Iker was privileged to use his {M'n private bst exclusively, snd rae rules said thst no other plsyer should have the right to use such i s bst unless It wss by the permls- ! [mission of the owner of the bat. Ijn the old times bats were just as1 ? precious ss they are now. RENAULT OUTPOINTS KOPER OF ROANOKE I Omaha. Jan. 31 ? Jack Renault, |he Canadian heavyweight cham hlon, decisively outpointed Csp ain Hob Roper. Rosnoke. Virgin La, in a ten round bout here last fight. L w FINN WINS DESPITE [ HANDICAP OF CO^D ( New York. Jan. SI. ? Pasvo tfurml hsd little trouble In de listing four countrymen In a spe cial 1 1-8 rsee st Mornlngslde Ath letic Club gsmes Isst night but inn the slowent rare of his Am { Aries n Itrvsslon. The race was In five minutes and 19 S-S #*ronds, SO second* slower thsn . me record. Nurml wss handi capped with a cold. PROMISE 8POIIT8 Ql KSTIOX BOX If you have.some question to ask about baseball. football, boxing or any other amateur or professional sport ? If you want a rule Inter preted ? V If you want to know any thing about a play or player ? Write to John D. Kost? r. on Baseball; Lawrtnce Perry, on Amateur Sports, and Fair Play, on Boxing and other profes sional sports. All are special correspondents of Th^ Advanr* 814 World Building. New York. If you want a personal reply enclose a stamped, self ad dressed envelope. Otherwise your question will be answer* d in this column. Question ? In your opinion who was the harder puncher. John I.. Sullivan. Bob Fltzslmnions or Jack Dempsey? Answer ? As a personal opin ion. Pitzslmmons. Question ? What Interactional New Year Day games were played besides California-Penn ami Notre Dame-Stanford. Answer ? Hawaii University beat Colorado University at Hono lulu and West Va. Wesleyan be u Southern Methodist at Dallas. I Texas . Question ? 1 like boxing and ev ery night I box with friends. 1 have not good eyesight and want you. but you should go at once, my eyes In shape? Answer ? You should go at once to a doctor who knows about eyes, and oculist. He will hdp you, but you should g out once. Question ? Why do the teams go South to train and not wait for i the weather to become warm in the North? I Answer? They go South in ord er that they may begin to play as | well as possible on the first day of the season. If they waited to play until the weather became set tled In the north most of the games In the early part of the year would not be very attractive. Players get out of condition in the winter and musclts mum be warmed up again. BOSTON RED SOX MAY GET CHANCE If Tod I Develops liluss ;il First and Prothro Third Gives Team (lonfideure I-ee Full! May Nose (Int. By JOHN II. FOSTKR (('of* richt |:>2S b> The Aduivri New York. Jan. 31. ? The It ton Red Sox should stand up lo the weed rack this com fug season with any of their contemporaries ? provided Lee Kohl succeeds In making a fast first bas< man out of Todt. And Fohl has a chance of achieving that, for Todt Ih not bad by any means. A fast first baseman would ' speed the Red Sox in field up by ten to fifteen per cent. Wambs ganss on second base in 1 2 4 . while not hitting much, was cov ering as much ground as any sec ond baseman in the circuit, with the possible exception of Collins. Lee at shortstop never had a chance to show half what he can do last season, because of illness; and the third base corner Was : plugged ? not filled and tin plug kept dropping out all the time. This year Prothro, who started . with Washington In 1924 and was sent back to Memphis at his own request, will start with Ronton and atay right where he |s put un til Pohl manages to get some on" better. There is a little tale about l'ro thro that Is worth reciting. Last spring; down In Tampa where the Washlngtons w< re training, the team appeared to h a much better ball team than Griffith had taken to that part of the United States before. The players were full of snap and pep and there was much debate as to what had come over them. Almost everybody came to the conclusion , that It was partly because of the, optimistic and self. confident smile with which Walter Johnson went about his work and partly because Prothro at third bane ?U not let ting much get by him, and was smacking the ball when hits wi r" needed. Prothro certalnlv fed the WashlngtOns with more 6onfld< Di than they, had possessed in a long I time because when Rltiege could not play the Washington Infield had felt uneasy. I If he can produce the same sort | of mental uplift at Ronton It will ' make a difference In the American i League, for If Roston can win ten more games than In 1924 the | Reds may settle the supremacy of the league. GREB OUTPOINTS JIMMY DELANEY St Paul, Jan. 31 -Harry Oreb. , J world's middleweight champion, outpointed J|mmy Delaney, St. ? Paul light heavyweight. In 10 rounds last night. *H* APOTHTCAKT SHOP Phoa* 400 A and Drac SCOT* PHONE 114 Staadarrf Pharmacy they will send it Sunday School Teacher Lead Boys To Victory College (Quintet in Indiana Have Had Same Coach Sine? Days Before They Entered High School ? Whole State Ix Basketball Mad By LA WRENCH PERRY <Cct'Tr1|M IMS to T%* Ai'taf' Now lork. Jan. 31. ? Basket-; ball fivfc of (ho state of Indiana representing colleges not members of the Western conference are, now in the midst of their annual cleanup of Big Ten court teams. Indiana for years seemed to have the literary market cornered. | Now the lloosier commonwealth Is' gaining similar distinction In the sport of tap. bounce and pass. Thus far this season quintets of Indluna Colleges have succeeded, In defeating more than half the teams of the Western Conference.! Kach year since the war the carnage has grown greater so that now the race in the Indiana Conference has a more important i aspect from the standpoint of i championship rating than the Big Ten rare. Yet the standard of j basketball in the larger confer- i euro Is really high grade. Take thti team of Butler Col-' lege. Indianapolis, which won the. National A A. U., title at Kansa* i City last year. This winter the , Butler outfit went to Iowa City ! and defeated Iowa 2G-22; in spite ? of trains delayed by snow the, team reached Madison net night > an. I suampnl Dr. Mean well's Wis- , consin five 22-16. Jumping to' WUwaukee next , evening Pat Page** tossers turned hack Mar- ? ?incite, n team. famous for its cop-, per-rlveted gaurding. Three games in three nights! again."! two A-l conference teams1 and the Milwaukee Irish. Rather j an achievement was It not? Next J ? week Butler defeated UHnois at Indianapolis and next night losti its first game of the season toj Ohio State. Then, Wabash, in turn, nosed out llniltr and at last accounts* had l"*t hut one game, a one point thriller, to Wisconsin. In diana Stale Normal has beaten the powerful I'nlverslty of Indi-. una five and Frahklln College, de-1 feated hut once in three years has already beaten Purdue and Wis consin. a team that Is never weak. Notre Itame has beaten North-' western . Vanderbllt came up out; of the South and bowed to Butler,' Franklin. Wabash and Depauw. : Indiana has turned back Kentuc-I ky and Mecrer, as In 1921, has had no luck in the lloosier State. What is behind it all? In try ing to answer this, the Franklin College Five might be subjected to analyxis. The men who com prise this five today were all members of the s&me 8unday School class in Franklin as boys. Their teacher was Ernest Wag ner. Ah basket ball has long been I Hooslerdom's favorite Indoor 'sport ? It nnnuslly outshines the radio, the Klan. writing novels an I talking politics ? this Sunday .School class organized a little basketball team. Wagner helped | i hem, When the boys wtnt Into the high school he was still with them They won three Indiana high school championships in Bucces-J alon. an interscholastlc record In i the state. When they entered Franklin Bright Jewelry Co. Jewelers A. (i. Junior, Mgr. Main & Martin Sts. Kli/.iiliflh City, N. C. College Wagner was prevailed up on to stay with them as athletic director and basketball coach at the HapList College. And in three years college play they hare lost but one game. Primarily Indiana colleges seem to benefit from the annual ?supply of seasoned prep school ma teial. In no high schools in the country are there shown such clever change of pace from short parses to long passes, from set up shots to long range bull's eyes, or four and five man defense of cal iber so high. Preparatory school athletics In Indiana are controlled by the In diuna High School Athletic Asso ciation, an organization of high school principals, governed by a hoard of control elected annually by the principals at the State Teachers convention. It has Ju risdiction over all sports, but its strong suit is basketball. In March the tournament is held in which the 800 odd mem bers of the organization each en ter into ;hzflfiffxzAflff ? (|B ter a squad of eight varsity men In the state championship compe tition. The tourney is held at the state fair grounds at Indianapo lis and it attracts thousands of spectators who carry municipal and regional rivalry to the limit of vocal enthusiasm. It is 'esti mated that 20,000 will watch e?ch decisive, game of the tourna ment in March ? and there are 15 games In the final play offs. Since Thanksgiving every Fri day has been characterized by ap proximately 400 high school games throughout the stato and they are all preliminary to the A DOUBLE HEADER Chowan Hif:h School Defeated in Both Game* on Home Court Friday INigdit ami Home Town Boy* Hope Their Jinx I? Honied Elizabeth City defeated Chowan in both games of the double head or at the High School gym Friday night before the largest crowd of spectators seen at a basketball game here since the championship' games of 1923. The girls won 26 to 12 and the boys took their game to the tune of 12 to 10. The girl cagers gave a brilliant ??xhtbltlon of clean snappy basket ball. In the first part of th ? game the teams seemed evenly matched, and the scoring was about* even. But even before the first half was ended, the Elizabeth City cagers began to show super ior qualities, both in shooting and passing and when the whistle blew for the first half the score was 12 to 7. Determined to make good the advantage gained the local girls went back strong in the second half, gradually increasing the lead over the opponents until at the end of the game they had piled up a score that more than doubled that which was marked up for the visiting sextette. Featuring for Chowan was Grace Bunch, who was responsible for the entire 12 points made by the visitors. For the home team Belle Miller won special praise not only for the. four points scored from the field, but for the accuracy and deliberation with which she caged the ball from the foul line. Her record shows six goals out of 7 shots in the first half, and two out of five trials in the second half, making a total of 12 points scored during the game. The local guards as well as for wards came In for a hearty ap plause, since they wer? on the alert at every stage of the game,' ready to pass the ball out of the final championship tests. Indiana is basketball mad and therein is perhaps contained the answer to the proficiency of her college fives. 1 enemies territory. into t lio safoty zone of their own homo goal. 'Hi.* line-up: K. Illy INmIIIoh ( Iihuiui forward M. Sawyer J. Hunch forward M. Curtwrlght (j. Hunch forward It. Miller M. Hollowed Kuard I.. Outlaw l? I^ary guard .\1. Connery L. Perry KIM rd L. Stanton M. Ward Thi- individual points scored fori Elizabeth City: Miller 12; Cart wright 10; Sawyer 4. For Cho wan. liraii- Hunch 12. Substitutes: Chowan 8avngo for M. Ward; K. Ward for Hollo well; M. Ward for U'ary ; Furry for M. ? Ward. ltoy? llil Stride Tin* Elizabeth City bovs at last 'hit their stride by winning a 12 to 10 victory from ? lie fast Cho wan quintet. This victory will , mean much to the moral of the : local team upon entering the State I championship in February us they felt that in many respects tho Chowan line-up was stronger than several of the tennis that] have been winning from the KHz- , abeth City iinintet. : The outHtanding feature of the, game wit* generul good work of every man at his own po.sit.iou and the close score throughout the game. K. Hunch and C. Ward for .Clio- j wan. made two held Koala each. ' The guard work of Harris for the locals. thouKh not spectacular, l was steady and consistent "throughout the game. Sander* at : center played the best game of his career, while Jonc.s, Hallard and i Stanton received several rounds of applause for ih<- fight they put j into the game. 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