The Intentional Pass

The man who writes the dispatches signed by Babe Ruth for the Christy Walsh News Syndicate stepped forward with a noteworthy suggestion.

Said he (speaking of the "intentional base on balls "): " I've had an idea about this whole business buzzing around my head for some time, and I wonder if it would work out. . . . Suppose the pitcher passes a man. It is agreed, to begin with, that every player ought to have the same chance at the bat. Why couldn't another man be put on first to run for him while he stays at the plate ? "

Such a move as Ruth's impersonator suggests would undoubtedly prove pleasing to the majority of spectators.