Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 7, 1956 Page: 6 of 8
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PALACIOS BEACON, PALACIOS, TEXAS
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Thursday, June 7, 1956
LITTLE LEAGUE RULES . . .
Regulation Game Slates Six Innings;
Palacios League Has 10-Run Rule
(Editor's Note; This is the
second of a series on Little
League Baseball rules, present-
ed for the benefit of parents,
players and participants in the
Palacios Little League baseball
program.)
A regulation Little League base-
ball game is intended to last only
six innings. However, a special
ruling has been adopted by the
Palacios Little League wheivby a
frame can be called after the fourth
inning if one team is leading
Another by more than 10 runs.
Otherwise, it is a regulation
game when th« home team shall
have scored move run# in five in-
nings than the visiting team has
scored in six innings.
Also, when the home team scores
the winning run in the sixth in-
ning before the inning is complet-
ed. I'f a <batter in the last half of
the final inning of a game hits a
home run over the fence or into a
stand, all runners on base at the
time, as well as the batter, shall
be entitled to score, but to score
legally, all bases must be touched
in order by all runners. The final
score of such game shall be the
total number of runs made by each
team.
It shall also be a regulation
game even if the score is tied at
the end of six completed innings
and play is continued until one
team has scored more runs than
the other in an equal number of
innings; provided that if the home
team scores the winning run be-
fore the third man is out in any
inning after the sixth, the game
shall terminate and be a regula-
tion game. *
A game shall be regulation if
terminated by the umpire on ac-
count of weather or darkness, or
any other cause which makes fur-
ther play impossible, provided four
or more innings have been play-
ed, or the home team has scored
more runs in three innings, or be-
fore the completion of its fourth
inning, than the visiting team has
scored in four completed innings.
The umpire terminates play
after four completed innings. The
score of the game shall be the
score at the end o'f the last com-
pleted inning. If, however, the
home team shall have scored more,
total runs than the visit'jlg--f^am
•when the gam^^j^.inated while
the hon^-^ean. ^ ^at, the score
-OL-'ancVi game shall be the total
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runs scored by each team. Also,
when a game is terminated after
four completed innings, with the
visiting team at bat and the home
team ahead, the score shall be the
total number of runs scored by
each team at the time the game is
terminated.
Drawn Game
A regulation drawn game shall
be declared by the umpire if he
terminates play because of weath-
er, darkness or any other cause
which mflkes further play impos-
sible!
If, after four or mor£ completed
innings, the score is tied.
If, after four or more completed
innings, the home team is at bat
when play terminates and scores
enough runs in an incompleted in-
ning to make its total score equal
the visiting team's total score.
If the home team shall score, in
its incomplete fourth inning, a run
or runs to equal the visiting team's
total score in its 'four completed
half innings.
Any game which does not meet
any of the conditions set forth
in the conditions set forth in the
rules above shall be declared no
contest and must be replayed from
the beginning.
Tie games may be replayed from
the beginning or from the exact
point at which they terminated.
"This is entirely up to the local
league. If played from the exact
point at which they terminated,
conditions should be as nearly like
the original as possible. The same
players should be in the same posi-
tions. However, the pitcher is still
subject to the regular eligibility
rules.
The umpire shall declare a game
forfeited in favor of the opposing
team once play has begun when a
team:
Refuses to continue to play.
Fails o, or is unable to, field
nine eligible players continuously.
Uses methods to delay or
shorten the game.
After being warned by the um-
pire, wilfully continues to violpt?
rules.
Forfeited game? shall be so
recorded if score book and the
book .Thall be signed by the um-
pire. A written report stating the
reason for the forfeiture shall be
sent to the league president with-
in 24 hours, but failure to file
this report shall not affect the
forfeiture.
A protest based on a play which
involves an umpire's judgment is
not legal and umpires are in-
structed not to accept protests of
this nature.
The only legal protest is one
whjch involves a violation of play-
ing rules or use of an ineligible
player.
The protesting manager shall
immediately notify the umpire of
the fact that he is protesting.
This shall be done before any suc-
ceeding play begins. It pertains
to any violation of a Little League
rule. The umpire shall announce
that the game is being played un-
der protest, ibut failure of the um-
pire to make this announcement
shall not affect the validity of the
protest.
A protest shall be considered
only if it is placed in writing and
submitted to the local league pres-
ident within forty-eigWt hours.
Little League officials are urged
to take precautions to prevent pro-
tests. When a protest situation is
imminent, the potential offender
should be notified immediately.
Next week this column will car-
ry the rules concerning offense.
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CAU66P CONSTERNATION IN THE WWIT6 HOUSE
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HE TURNED THE HOSE FULL FORCE ON
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LITTLE LEAGUE SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, JUNE 7—Fillies vs. Tigers
TUESDAY, JUNE 12—Lions vs. Fillies
THURSDAY, JUNE 14—Tigers vs. Rays
TUESDAY, JUNE 19—Lions vs. Tigers
THURSDAY, JUNE 21—Rays vs. Fillies
TUESDAY, JUNE 26—Lions vs. Rays
THURSDAY, JUNE 28—Fillies vs. Tigers
TUESDAY, JULY 3—Lions vs. Fillies
THURSDAY, JULY 5—Tigers vs. Rays
TUESDAY, JULY 10—Lions vs. Tigers
THURSDAY, JULY 12—Rays vs. Fillies
TUESDAY, JULY 17—Lions vs. Rays
THURSDAY, JULY 19—Tigers vs. Fillies
TUESDAY, JULY 24—Lions vs. Fillies
THURSDAY, JULY 26-/Tigers vs. Rays
TUESDAY, JULY 31—Lions vs. Tigers
THURSDAY, AUGUST 2—Rays vs. Fillies
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"RAYS" sponsored by Palacios Beacon - Lewis Grocery
"FILLIES" sponsored by Jimmie Shearer - Tanner Sta.
"LIONS" sponsored by Lioins Club
"TIGERS" sponsored by Petersen's Cafe
Pat McDonald «
Enrolls At WCJC
Pat McDonald of Palacios
among 57 students who has en-
rolled for the first six weeks sum-
mer term at Wharton County Jun-
ior College.
Courses are being offered in
English, Government, History and
Mathematics.
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CITY SOFTBALL LEAGUE SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, JUNE 7—.King's Magnolia vs. Faktor's
TUESDAY, JUNE 12—King's "Y" Sta. vs. King's Mag.
THURSDAY, JUNE 14—Faktor's vs. Port Machine
TUESDAY, JUNE 19—King's Y vs. Faktor's
THURSDAY, JUNE 21—Port Machine vs. King's Mag.
TUESDAY, JUNE 26—King's Y vs. Port Machine
THURSDAY, JUNE 28—King's Magnolia vs. Faktor's
TUESDAY, JU£Y 3-iKing's Y vs. King's Magnolia
THURSDAY, JULY 5—Faktor's vs. Port Machine
TUESDAY, JULY 10—King's Y vs. Faktor's
THURSDAY, JULY 12—Port Machine vs. King's *Mag.
TUESDAY, JULY 17—King's Y vs. Port Machine
THURSDAY, JULY 19—Faktor's vs. King's Magnolia
TUESDAY, JULY 24—King's Y vs. King's Magnolia
THURSDAY, JULY 26—Faktor's vs. Port Machine
TUESDAY, JULY 31—King's Y vs. Faktor's
THURSDAY, AUGUST 2—Port Machine vs. King's Mag.
jCooper Feels Natural As Redbird;
Says Musial Best Player He Has Seen
Women were not allowed to
appear on the stage in Shake-
speare's time.
ATTEND THE LITTLE LEAGUE
AND
CITY SOFTBALL GAMES
EVERY
TUESDAY and THURSDAY
NIGHTS
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Catcher Walker Cooper, back
with the St. Louis Cardinals, has
been around baseball for a long
time. He has played for six clubs
in seven different cities. In ..his 21
years in Organized Ball he has
seen many players. Of all of them,
he picks Stan Musial as the tops.
Cooper's story is in the April 4
edition of The Sporting News. As
to his naming Musial as the best
player he has ever seen, he gave
several reasons. "He's a great hit-
ter, for power as well as average,"
Cooper said. "He's a fast runner,
a good defensive player, at home
in all three outfield positions and
at first base. And he is a great
team man."
The square-jawed Cooper is hap-
py to be a Cardinal again. "It's a
wonderful feeling," he told Pub-
lisher J. G'. Taylor Spink of The
Sporting News, "to finish your
career with the same club you be-
! gan with. I had been wanting to
get back with the Cardinals."
Yet, 11' years ago, recalled
Spink, Cooper wanted to be traded
toy the Cardinals.
Yes, that was true, said Cooper.
"In 1945, when I was in the Navy
at Great Lakes, I told Sam
Breadon I wanted to be traded'. I
didn't want to play for Eddie
Dyer, then the Cardinals new man-
| ager." Cooper's grievance against
I Dyer went back nearly 10 years
' before that, when Dyer was man-
aging and supervising in the
Cardinal organization, but Coop-
er prefen-ed to skip the details
about that.
"I found out later," he told
Spink, "that Dyer had tried to help
me, not hurt me. That's the one
thing you learn as you go along
in this gamt—how much you don't
know."
Breadon let him go, as you may
recall. The Cardinal owner sold
Tiim to the Giants for $175,000, a
sizeable sum now but even more be-
fore the post-war period.
Cooper with the Cardinals now
is officially a third-string catcher
and pinch hitter, and unofficially
a coaching aid for Manager Fred-
die Hutchinson. He's also some-
what of an elder statesman. He's
quick to help a young catcher. Gen-
eral Manager Frank Lane, who
signed Cooper promptly after his
release by the Cubs last Decem-
GREEN WOOD-CURTIS
POST NO. 476
AMERICAN LEGION
Meets Second and Foui-th Thursday
lights at 8 P.M. at V. F. W. Hall
L. A. House, Commander
Noel D. Curtis, Adjutant
ber feels that the big catcher has
already earned his 1956 salary by
the help he has been to Hal Smith,
a young reeeiver. He also has been
of great help to Gordon Jones, a
once-promising pitcher who had
appeared to have lost his skill as
well as confidence. Cooper him-
self makes light of his assistance.
.Cooper first went to camp with
the Cardinals back in 1935, as a
kid of 20. He smiles when he con-
siders the difference between those
years and the present. No one
taught him anything. But now, he
said, managers and-coaches spend
considerable time with extra play-
ers as well as roster men, and the
older heads lend a hand, too.
While he picks Musial as the
best palyer he has ever seen, in
his own field of catching he likes
Gus Mancuso and A1 Lopez, no
longer active players. The best
catcher now, he said, is Del Cran-
dall Milwaukee. Cooper played
with Crandall while with the
Braves.
Looking back over Cooper's
career, says Spink, it has been a
good one. He combined power and
a good lifetime average of .285
with catching skill and endurance.
He hit over .300 in seven big
.eague seasons.
|Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Brhlik
are entertaining Mrs. Brhlik's par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. F J. Miller of
St. Louis, Mo, and their friend, iW.
B. Bertram of Shamrock, Texas.
IT'S NO JOKE...
ATTEND THE
LITTLE LEAGUE
AND
SOFTBALL GAMES
TUESDAY AND
THURSDAY NIGHTS
RAMSEY'S
GULF STATION
MAIN & FOURTH
COASTAL FIND
TO BE TRACED
A mysterious bluc-grccn bot-
tle containing a longitude and
latitude message in Spanish was
found in the Gulf of Padre Is-
land by R. J. Kemp, Assistant
Director of Coastal Fisheries for
the Game and Fish Commission.
Kemp, who was collecting ma-
rine specimens for the Commis-
sion's Laboratory here, said the
location given in the message
indicated the bottle was launched
near a small group of islands off
the west coast of Africa on IJo-
vember 9, 1954. The exhibit has
been referred to national author-
ities to determine whether the
message is, as suspected, a part
of a study about ocean currents.
The first American. Red Cross
chapter was organized in Dans-
ville, New York, in 1881. Today,
there are'3,713 chapters throughout
the United States and its posses-
sions.
Outfielder Hank Aaron of the
Milwaukee Braves says he believes
he'll get as many hits this year as
Willie Mays will get for the Giants
However, he told The Sporting
News, he doesn't hope to beat Wil
lie in homers or other extrabase
blows. 'IWtillie's got me on dis
tance," he said. "He's stronger
than me."
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