Clipping:Balk rule not enforced
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| Date | Monday, September 2, 1889 |
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| Text | During the progress of the second Kansas City game at Brooklyn on Saturday attention was called to the peculiar delivery of Pitcher Sowders, the left handed exponent of the art. Several times he made palpable balks in his endeavors to hold the runners on the bases, but the umpire did not penalize him, as the rules demand. When Bushong, who acted as the umpire, was asked his reasons for not enforcing the balk rules he said the regular umpires were allowing such balks and he therefore did the same. Kilroy continually makes similar players, but is never called down. President Byrne was in the reporters’ box at the time and discussed the subject freely and to the point. The balk rule said he “should be struck out entirely, for it is never observed. You cannot get an umpire to award a runner with a base when a balk is made no matter how definite the instructions. Pitchers are continually violating this rule, but when do you hear of one being penalized? If the rule is good enough to stand it should be lived up to, but if the umpires won’t enforce it what is the use of it? |
| Source | Philadelphia Item |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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