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Balk, Hardest “Play” for Fans, Is Explained by Expert Monty By Monty. DESPITE the frequency of its appearance in the box score, the balk is one of the un solved mysteries to the average fan. It is about as mystifying as the mumbled confab between ref eree and boxers just before the * opening gong in, all well regulated bory.s. Spectators are not the only ones in dreadful darkness as to what constitutes a balk, and why. Um pires, players and rule makers themselves are more or less at sea regarding its exact limitations and demarcations, whatever they are If a pitcher has no “motion" or wind-up, he can hardly hope to suc ceed in “big league time.” The , movements of his delivery’ are sup posed to keep the base runner guessing, and at the same time must still be within the limits im posed on balking. Unless a pitcher can violate the spirit of the balk rules -without transgressing the common inter pretatlon of their wording, he has a lot to learn. Let any team fig ure out a pitcher’s "motion” so that its players can guess with any de gree of certainty when he is going to pitch and when he Intends to throw to a base, and the men on that team will steal bases with comparative irppunity. Balk Is a Mystery, Sidestepping all the delicate points and shades of points on which good authorities differ, there is a great deal of prevalent mys tery' regarding the balk which can be dispelled. To begin with, there ■re nine kinds of balks. Probably you thought a balk was simply a bluff to pitch or to throw to a base without going through with It. ■ , Sometimes a bluff to throw to a base is a balk and sometimes it is not; sometimes a bluff to pitch is a balk and Sometimes it is not. Some times to throw to a base is a balk, and sometimes a ball pitched squarely over the plate without any pause in the motion is both a balk and a ball for the batsman. A balk is not a balk unless there is a base runner, but some balks are called balks if the bases are empty. Here are the nine ways of ' making a balk: Nine Ways To Make Balk. 1. The pitcher starts to de liver the ball to the batsman or to throw to first base when there is a runner on first base, and does not complete the pitch or throw unhesitatingly. 2. If the pitcher throws the ball to any base occupied by a runner and does not step di rectly toward that base making the throw. , 3. If the pitcher delivers the ball to the batsman while either foot is back of his slab. ♦ . If he ritches the ball with out facing tin batsman. . I THE BASEBALL CARD SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Games Today. Nashville m Atlanta at Ponce DeLeon Gaine called at 2:15 o’clock Montgomery in Birmingham. Mobile in New Orleans Memphis in Chattanooga. Standing of the Cluba. W. L. P.C w l P.C. R ham. 82 49 .825 N'ville 52 67 .481 Mobile 75 55 57" C'nooga. 59 68 465 N. Ur 68 60 .531 Mont. ho 72 455 M’mphis 64 68 .485 Atlanta. 49 80 .380 Yesterday’s Results. Nashville 1, Atlanta 0. ' 'hattanooga 3, Memphis 0. Birmingham 6. Montgomery 0 I Mobile-New Orleans; off day. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Games Today. Cleveland in Chicago. St. Louis in Detroit. Washington in Boston. Standing of the Clubs. W. I- P C w L. P.C Boston 92 37 .713 Detroit 59 72 .451 ’ Phila. 78 52 .600 C’land. 56 73 .434 Wash. 78 54 .591 N. York 44 83 .357 Chicago. 64 64 .500 S. Louis 45 S 3 .352 Yesterday s Results. Cleveland 5. Chicago 2 St. Louis 4. Detroit 2. Boston 1. Washington 0. « Philadelphia 4. New York 2. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Games Today. ■< Boston in Brooklyn New York in Philadelphia. Chicago in Cincinnati. Pittsburg in St. Louis. Standing of the Clubs. W. L. PC. I W. L. P C N York 89 38 .701 Phila. . 62 66 484 Chicago. 81 46 .638 S. Louis 55 75 430 P’burg. 75 53 .586 Br’klyn. .48 78 381 C nati. . 63 67 .485 I Boston 38 70 .297 Yesterday’s Results. Brooklyn 2, Boston 1. New York 3. Philadelphia 0 ifirsi game) New York 9. Philadelphia 8 (second »ame >. t chi' ago 6. Cim-mna 1: 5 Pittsburg 8, St. Louis 0. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Games Today. Columbus in Louisville. Toledo in Indianapolis. Milwaukee in Minneapolis Kansas City in St. Paul. \ Standing of the Clubs. ’< \V L. P.C. I W L. PC. k Mapll s 97 54 642 ‘ M w'kee 72 77 .484 1 "bus. . 93 58 .616 1 S. Paul . 67 86 .438 |«dp J ■ 89 I.'Ville 58 ■ I 185 K City 74 74 .500 I I’apolfs. .53 99 .349 Yesterday's Results. Kansas <'lly 5. Minneapolis 1 St t’aul 6. Milwaukee 5. Louisville 6, Indianapolis I Columbus 3. Toledo 0 * SCHOOL BOOKS. MIL ' LER’S BOOK STORE, 39 1 MARIETTA STREET. 5. If he pitches the ball without keeping one foot on the slab. 6. If the pitcher holds the hall so long that, in the umpire's opinion, he is doing it to de lay the game. 7. If the pitcte-u gets into position to pitch without hav ing the ball in his possession. 8. If the pitcher makes any of the motions habitually used in pitching to the batsman and does not go through with the delivery to the plate. 9. If the catcher steps out side the lines of his position preparatory to receiving a pitched ball. When a balk is decided for any of these causes, every base runner advances one base without liabil ity to be put out, because the de claring of a balk automatically puts the ball out of play. If there are runners on third and first bases, for instance, and a balk is made toward first, both runners advance one base. It is easy to remember that every base runner is entitled to one base on every balk, but the batsman does not go to first. The umpire is supposed to de clare a balk without being appeal ed to, but he seldom has that chance, for 1,000,000 claims of balks are made by the coachers for every balk declared. The pitcher can not make a balk unless he is on the slab. A bluff throw to first base- is not a balk unless first base is occupied. A bluff throw to second or third base never is a balk, but if the pitcher stands in his position and makes a throw to any occupied base with out stepping toward the base, it is a balk. Three Are Obsolete. The fourth, sixth and eighth ways of making balks practically are dead letters. The pitcher is not required to face the batsman all the time he is going through his motions. No one recalls when a pitcher was penalized for delay ing the game by holding the ball while on the slab, and every good pitcher makes some of the motions habitual to his delivery every time he makes a throw to a base. The third way of making a balk is for the pitcher to start with one foot behind the plate and take two steps in his delivery. In the detection of this kind of balk, Clark Griffith is a world's cham pion but he seldom gets them called. The first, second, seventh, eighth and ninth ways of balking do not affect the batsman. When the bases are all empty and the pitcher makes a balk of the third, fourth, fifth or sixth kinds, the umpire calls a ball. For instance, if the pitcher takes two steps or fails to keep one foot on the slab, it is a ball, no matter it it is otherwise a perfect strike. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Games Today. Toronto in Montreal. Rochester in Buffalo. f Baltimore* in Providence. Jersey City in Newark. Standing of the Clubs. W. L. P.C I \v 1. P.C. Toronto .83 56 .597 Buffalo 82 71 168 Roch 80 58 588 I M’treal. 6Ji 74 .460 B’niorp 69 67 507 .1 City 62 “6 449 N wark. 62 66 .507 1 P'dence. 58 79 . r.’4 Yesterday s Results. Providence 11. Baltimore 1 Toronto 10, Buffalo 7. Rochester 9. Montreal 4 Other clubs not scheduled DAZZLE PATCH. 2 YEARS OLD. BREAKS RECORD HAMLINE. MINN.. Sept. 7. Dazzle Patch, son of Dan Patch, lowered his own world’s record for a two-year-old. half-mile pace, here yesterday, going the distance in :58 1-2, one second bet ter than the time he made last week. Dazzle Patch was paced bj a runner. Correct Proverb Solutions Picture No. 63 Picture No. 64 H!T Ml • t' . - . 5 I & W' ! <T I i ! He that can read and meditate will not find He will see davlight through his evenings long, or life tedi«'“' a little hole THJS ATLANTA GEORGIAN AM) NEWS. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7. 1912 The Big Race | Here is the up-to-the-minute dope on how the “Big Five” batters of the American league are hitting: „P L * YER - AB - H. Ave. COBB 482 198 .412 SPEAKER 502 200 .398 JACKSON 482 176 .365 P°*rU l !! iS 451 152 -339 LAJOIE 350 112 .320 All of the "Big Five” practically stood still yesterday. All of 'em secured but one lone hit. Cobb was up three times, Speaker twice, Jackeon four times, Col lins thrice, and Lajoie four times. TESREAU HURLS NO-HIT GAME AGAINST PHILLIES . PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 7.—New York again won both games of a dou ble-header here yesterday, giving them five victories out of six contests in three days in this city. Tesreau pitched in grand style and after the game was given credit by the official scorer for a no-hit victory, although previously one hit had been recorded against him. , The disputed play came in the first inning. Paskert hit a fly near the plate for which Merkle and Wilson ran Each flelder got under the ball. Then fear ing a collision, they permitted the ball to drop to the ground. After the game the official scorer re versed his decision on the plav and decided to cross out the hit for Paskert and give Merkele an error, as the lat ter said he had totuished the ball when he saw that Wilson would hot run into him. mayerTetsoffto bad START WITH QUAKERS PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 7—Erskine Mayer, the former Atlanta hurler. made his debut as a Quaker yesterdav and did not prove a howling success It was in the second game of the double-header with the Giants. The Phillies were ahead, b to 3, when Mayer went in. Before he was derrickert the Giants had scored three more runs. Mayer having walked two men, hit another, while four hits had been garnered off his delivery. All this took place in two innings. TODAY’S PINK TEA AT PONCEY STARTS EARLY The game this afternoon will be called at , the unusual hour of 2:15 o'clock This is made necessary be cause the Vols must play according to schedule in Memphis on Sunday. CROSS IS WINNER OVER MALONEY IN 10 ROUNDS PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 7.—Leach Cross, the New York lightweight, out pointed Teddy Maloney, of Philadelphia in six rounds at the Olympic Athletic club last night. Neither scored a knock down. WORLD’S SERIES START OCT. 8. ST. LOUIS, Sept. 7.—The series for the world's baseball championship will begin October 8, according to Presi dent B. B. Johnson, of the American league, in a. letter to a local paper. The American league pennant winner will not engage in a post-season series with a picked team of the league, says Pres ident Johnson. 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The first practice opened with an unusually large num ber of men on hand, and the number has increased daily. The work has been fairly hard, but the warm weather workouts put the "cold weather bottom” to the whole squad, and Coach Heisman is making the whole bunch sit up and take no tice. So far there has been just a bit of kicking, passing, falling on the ball and going down under punts, but next week tackling and signal practice will begin. Just a few minutes for review . Loeb, of last year's varsity, weighing 160. and a good fighter from start to finish, will play center. Leuhrmann. weighing 160, captain and four-year man, will play a guard. Means. 175 pounds, last year's var sity. will play the other guard. Means is a powerful man. and should break things up in great shape this year Elmer Will Come Back. Elmer, weight 190. who played var sity ball for two years, has decided to return and will report next Tuesday. He is bringing a man with him who weighs 180 and knows the tackle job like a master. These men will look out for the tackles. Glover. 185 pounds, all-Wisconsin prep end. will report Monday. This leaves one end to be divided betweep five or six good second string men. So much for the line. The back field deserves a mention also. Cook, light, but a two-year man and very heady, will play one of the halves. "Piggy" Johnson, a quarter back of the "Doc" Wilson label, has finally decided to come back, and will report next week. This leaves the full back and other half open.-'Hutton, who has played good ball and Is a "back." will be heard from. Just where the full back will come from has not been decided, but Mc- Donald could fill the position very well, despite his lack of weight. He is a good kicker, fast and heady. for the virus of Contagious Blood Poison, and cures it in all its forms and stages. S. S. 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The game was called in the first of the eighth inning, on account of rain Horton, Pitching for Jacksonville, was in grand form, and during the seven innings only 21 men faced him. Jones hurled for the es. In the sMenth die locals got tef Jone s for three hits, apd these, with two er rors sandwiched in and a base on balls, gave Jacksonville four runs and the game. WOOD WINS FIFTEENTH BY BEATING JOHNSON BOSTON. Sept. 7.—Joe Wood beat M alter Johnson, yesterdav. winning his fifteenth straight victory tn a spectac ular pitchers' battle, which Johnson *'iight in the hope of protecting his American leagqe record <»f sixteen con secutive wins. The score was: Bos ton. 1: Washington. 0. The lone tally came in the sixth in ning. with two out. Speaker hit into the crowd in left field for two bases. Lewis, next up. knocked into tight field for a double, a hard fly. which Moeller was barely able to touch, Speaker scor ing. 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