Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 286, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1919 — DISPUTE OVER “INFIELD FLY” [ARTICLE]

DISPUTE OVER “INFIELD FLY”

American League Urripires Do Not Agree on Question—Decisions by Connolly and Moriarity. American league umpires evidently don’t agree on what constitutes an “infield fly.” In one game a third basemen muffed a fly, just getting his hands on it, after a hard run into left field. Tom Connolly said it was an “infield fly.” A few days later a shortstop lost an easy fly in the sun and it dropped safe four feet away. Umpire George Moriarity said it was not an “infield fly” because the shortstop did not reach iL