Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 194, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 August 1916 — PLAY AFTER THREE ARE OUT [ARTICLE]

PLAY AFTER THREE ARE OUT

Batter Hit Home Run, With Bases - Full, After Side Had Been Retired —Umpire Asleep. They must play a lively wideawake sort of game in the Ohio State. In a recent Frankfort-Maysville game, after three men were out a batter hit a homer with the bases full. After all four men had crossed the plate somebody aroused enough from his nap to acquaint the sleepy umpire and play'ers that It was against the rules of the. game to require four outs, so the umpire said the runs didn t count.