Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 224, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1919 — POCKETS BARRED BY CHRIS VON DER AHE [ARTICLE]

POCKETS BARRED BY CHRIS VON DER AHE

Cincinnati Won From St. Louis Through Odd Accident. Ball Hit by Visiting Player Got Stuck In Pocket of Carroll and Batter Scored Before Sphere Could —..- -Be- Extractetfr" -- *" - " Way back in ’B9 Cincinnati wasplaying one afternoon with Chris Von Der A he’s St. Louis aggregation on the St. Louis grounds. - Ciiicfnna ti had a man on first base and two out, and needed two runs to win. _~ZZ Cliff Carroll was playing center field for the St. Louis nine. The Cincinnati batter hit a slow grounder to center, and Carroll ran up to gather it in. The situation was ticklish, and Carroll rifvTihivd’ to field the ball carefully?: He squatted down to meet it, and got his hands in position. Just before it reached him the ball hit a clump of dirt and bounded high. Carroll grabbed him in the chest. = Somehow in the struggle the ball was wedged into the pocket of Carroll’s uniform shirt. It got in there, and Cliff had a terrible time trying to get it out. The runner stopped at second long enough to see that something was the matter. Then he started for home, with Carroll still digging away at his shirt pocket. The result was that the runner got home safely and Cincinnati Won the game. Von Der Ahe almost had a fit. He fined. Carroll fifty for putting the batll 1n his pocket and a rule that thereafter. no pockets | of any kind should be allowed in the uniforms of his team.