The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-23
NINE NoIEs.

out OF baseball ground, but Of all avenues leading
from the diamond the greater number OF men
thrown out at ID. would warrant us In saving that
ib seems to be the favorte gate the field for run.
ming man out. The gate at ib. Is not permanent
nxture--each man brings his own gait with him to 20
out at These gaits which the men carry are not
made to order In job lot like the nine SUITS but
each man carries his own everyday homemade gait
with him. Gladman's gait, OF the Washingtons for
instance, is Of the ordinary picket dagonaly braced
variety, with broad baseboards and nrm anchorage
1t moves little slowly and evidently needs olllng,
but when It ever does get to ID. It's there-so much
80 that the lb. bag has difficulty In get
ting any view OF the game at all till Leve! makes
feint at secondbase. Andrewss and Fogarty's gats,
OF the Phllies, have many points in common. They
resemble the gates In use on the Pennsylvania roads
ferry-boats at Desbrosses and Cortiandt streets,
North River, which are constructed on the lazyongs
principe-that Is, they Increase their speed and
lower their vertical height, till at the end they
straighen right out. Carrolls gait Is built on the
ornamental iron-fence order, which opens and shuts
like pair Of scissors The audience frequently
catches on to players gait, but that does not i'm
pede hit progress. In the rough-and.tumble move
ment OF base ball game nobody seems to get run
over so often as the ID. bag. Big and little men
alike Will stamp on the bag maily In breakneck
gallop past the irst-quarter pole. 1t often takes
considerabletim to check their mad career. This
street a tip.
Note 2b.-A second-baseman Is the gossip Of a
baseball nine. He Is rarely at home He goes well
over In the direction OF the rght-nelder and first.
oaseman, establishes telephone "hello" connec-
tion with the center helder, and communicates with
the catcher through relay in the pitchers box.
Though seldom at home, the second. baseman vet
has an eye to business and always happens to call at
his base inst In time to go through the routine work
nd ,,a
impress an imprint of its rotundity upon sneakng
oase-stealer, who generally happens along about
that tme The dstiest place ball ground Is at 2b
The bases stcaler generally bures In the dust at the
end OF his run. A hen goes through a similar act
on the score OF cleanliness runner simply to
score point with result the very opposite Of
ceanly. The advlsabilliy of increasing the police
surveillance against the pernicious habit of steal.
ing the 2s before the very eyes of the audience
should be considered. In the words OF Shakespeare
''2b. or not 2h., that is the question"
ote3b.-The third basemau is great foul-chaser.
foul with uncllpped wings may fly high In air, hut
the 3b. will gather 1t In, wiring It's neck, pick the
feather from Its cap and put 1t in the pitchers box
In jify. ab. always adopts the overland throw
In getting the ball down to first.
Note CA baseball organization, no matter how
solvent 1t may be, always appoints receiver. lie
ls denomnated &C." In his gentler moments he
delights to take the ball In when rebounding from
nm IN Tho hopo ,,,, a,,', G '''Ies he COMES
th,, posI,ion ia ,ha ,,,,s, ,,,,,,a,, ms p'nins ~
nine The exnsrenced ,a,,ha. Guy M vno oa ,ne
with soma discro,,nn ,vh,,o ,s pos ns . po,,',on
pavs win nromiscron. nn,', 49,. I aspaan' M
strov. hi. hoan,v In, an.,a,,, 49,, ', o''i uo
rience necessarv tn him ,n .a,"ra .,,, n .ao ."po
hard and rcr MI hal, " '"'' "'"''Ak' VII"
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mon nm m. nina yh" aro n.a,,", az ."o oy
hab,tat,on m mo ,rnnnms T,. .,,',,'.. ,o ~,
.hox,, and tho c,,.nor h,s .,,a...,, r, "as n''
NAV no, ~ v,s,n,. NJ ,,,a us , sas', my pnon.r
s,on Tor :, ha ,an,ar 80 a.. W., anu nav,'-
umn,re and oud,on.o ,n.,., -, ,'n ,.,,', 'a." 'ne
his rox m. so,,,o =, ,,s. W ~. ks".s u"'A III
goes into his cage without any urging Some
pitchers bob up In the box like a Jack in. The -box.
and try to pitch horseshoe curve but the Western
slugger Is equal to the emergency
Note as.-A short stop ia the natura, pro,ec,sr y,
the star. eyed daisy which never grows in tho ae,d
for we read OF his scoopIng in a daisv cutter and
throwing man ont mt first. ue ia "A Samson from
the word TO- III he can throw man out at MS, vou
can lust imagine what no can do at tho lao, wban ha
gets warmed nm. Ue ia n regular hIgh yo v,nan AMI
he patrols the high road leading from second IN
third.base and ,ries TO brcak un evcrv,nna mo,
travels thereon. lie sometimes keens ho,,se for ine