Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 181, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1916 — ODD PLAY IN INTERNATIONAL [ARTICLE]

ODD PLAY IN INTERNATIONAL

Rule Saying Assistance Given Base Runner at Third Base Is Interference Is Violated. v Here Is an old play that came up in a Providence-Richmond game that President Ed Barrow of the International league will have to pass on. as It is told by a correspondent. With Clemens on first, Aragon, the Cuban inflelder with Richmond, slashed a triple to deep center. Clemens rushed around the paths and crossed the pan just as Powell retrieved the ball. It was thrown to Shean, who cut it loose to Brainard to Intercept the flying Aragon. The ball hit Aragon on the head and knocked him unconscious, bounding off behind the stand and out of sight of the umpires. Aragon fell to the ground and failed to rise. His team-mates hurried to the rescue and with the aid of two players Aragon was carried from third to the plate for the winning run. The rule says assistance given a runner at third base shall cause the umpire to call him out. In this case Aragop was not only assisted at third base, hut wqa carried to the plate in the arms of two fellow players. Three minutes later he walked to his position at short-field and played the inning out, apparently as well as ever.