Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 117, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1912 — WHY BALL GAMES ARE LONGER [ARTICLE]

WHY BALL GAMES ARE LONGER

Umpire Billy Evans Tells Why Contests Nowadays Require More Time Than Previously. “Why are games kinger? In the first place, the lively ball makes more hitting,” vouchsafes Umpire Billy Evans. "In the second place, I have noticed that in batting against this Uve-fter-ball almost doable the number of fouls have been hit, either of the long, raising variety or those which carom off the bat against the stands- | “In addition to this, there has been another vital change In the game. Instead of walking up and slamming away at Hie first good ball pitched, the average batsman of this season makes each pitcher work to the limit. Unless they are over the plate they piss them along. I have never before noticed so many individual cases where the batsman stood up with three balls and two strikes called” Five Hite In a Game. . Olson of tbe Naps was the first player to register five hits in a game this season.