Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 212, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1918 — TRUISM ON BASEBALL GAME [ARTICLE]

TRUISM ON BASEBALL GAME

Pitched Balia That Are Near Enough to Be Called Strikes Are Good Enough to Hit At. -

Major league batsmen who made a practice of- heckling the umpires for doubtful balls and strikes never found any sympathy with Fred Clarke. The ex-Plrate leader once expressed a truism which should be drilled into every boy who gets into the national pastime. Wilbur Cooper brought out Ciarke’s little line following an argument in one of the games played by the Pirates at Jacksonville. SeVeral of tuo Pittsburgh batters were complaining that the umpire “missed” some that were an inch or two from the corner of the plate. . " ' . “Well, boys,” remarked Cooper, “I feel the same as Cap Clarke on pitched balls. If they’re close enough to be called strikes, they’re good enough to hit*