I don't know Pony either, but the umpire was wrong. He obviously confused the look-back rule with whatever else was bouncing around his noggin.
By that umpire's logic, a player who rounds 1B after a base hit is obliged to continue on to 2B. Nobody's code could possibly stipulate such nonsense.
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