The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-05-30

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close ths other hand over II. Don't thinl
ron don't hold the ball at She start
Your trouble probably lies In your trying &c
catch with the mittsn 40 you do when your
dngsrs are frss.
TING treasurer hss now done his duty. and
W sss properly sau!ppsd for p!Ayiag,. o.
W. should like TO buy, sush % bases, bAl
baEs. .utta. sto.. but - 0an gst along vsry
veil With what W have bought, and VIII
az cur la0thers 10 make e0ns csnvas baRl
snout fifteen inshss aquase. which VI ear
NJ wish .havings for basss. And who
help make our snits II We annot cara ths
money TO bay them. But ! must not take
time = spaes now 10 say anything about
suits. and 90 | will leava you 10 decide on
solors and getting them made, while !
hurry "a 10 give the captain those hists Of
which ! Spoke.
Hsw TO selsst players for the nins and
place them IN Desitiens fer the best good 81
he team has puxzlsd many wiser heads
than cur little captain. Suoh problems Of
me following Some up 70 worry the cap
tatn; Tom Jones oan't play 6rst bass g
we'll q Ned Brown. but Tom Joass cAn't
RI.y veil IL 2 other position and Ned
o. more boys want to be pitchers. Or more
likely play frst bass. and sach thinks that
hs ought 10 be placed in that position.
NOV, ~ the start. boyn, We must lay down
the law that. like the eaptain Of z military
company, tho captain IL the commander
can play good ball long which has more
than one captain. OF course, the captain
onght to consult with his players and get
suggestions when OF the feld, but his de-
cisions must be ANAL and be obeysd. You
can So new hsw necessary it 10 to elect q
good captain.
We VIII now 60 on and pick our players.
Well. lst me ses. : catohsr ought 70 be abls
to cntoh any kind Of 1 ball, whether high
or low. or en- either side Of him, for that il
whstfhis ensiAsss is; and 70 Do that he
nust not b afraid 81 getting hit either
With me ball o. bat. OF else W cannot have
him tor our catcher. Ihsn W = q good
throwsr 70 keep the othsr niass (. ON steal
ing bssss. Furthermore. We would like Z
quick catcher. for sometimes tho pitcher
pitches wild balls. and il our catcher
were quick he could stop some of them.
How.ve' :, there usually il not much trouble
IN selecting . catcher. for emily = COMPARE
ton.
II may be harder for us to select .
pitcher for the opposite reason. Huppos-
ing W. have a good catcher, W want frst
Of al . swift. accurate thrcwer for a
pitoher-if 10 can also pitch curves al the
0OssSAt DuS ~ AAWob plbGu y bWlI0 D4lI 0H0
DO i accurately. Then ~ vast kim to be
able to throw understand and overland
balls 20 that he can va,y his delivery AZ
we'll % rest his Arm without lesaeninR his
speed. II 10 uses Judgment In doing
this 10 will be very sfestivs. Further
more, II no can curve \ ball undsr-
handed and overhandsd in addition, he
has . great power over the batter. for If
he 10 sarsfnl to hold the ball in one vay
for Liteking every ball Gas for example
bstwsen the thumb and first two fnRors,
which 10 the best way) the batter will be
unable t. tell what kind Of = ball is SOM
ing. OF eoar.s, We want . pitcher who
will steady the mines BY pitching all the
better whom they play poorly, Or when
runners are on bases. Then, We should
like 70 have car pitcher notice that sammy
Wood always strikes at . ball over his
head, and remember to give him the same
hish, whom sammy Wood next comes to
bat; or that Hal smith can be tempted to
strike at wide oat-ourves, and remember
next time to give him all he will take. This
10 what they moan whom they say = pitcher
uses his hsad."
Next to the battery nrst base is the most
important position to fill. Like tho catcher,
he must b able to catch . ball on ali sides
OF him, and must be especially good at
trapping, that IL. catching q ball on q short
bound and in catching high-thrown balIs.
II IL. thersfors, . good thing for us to
select . tall hrst bassmAn, who will be able
70 rsacA high and wids and far out in trent,
while at the same time he keeps one foot on
the base.
For second and third basemsn and for
shortstop We want to get our quickest play
ets, 30 that We can have AZ many ground
stopped as ID possible. The second
plays 10 near first base that he
h n n ~ tsxHA -, -uLs~L A-H - - -, ~,
and likewise more time in which to cover q
territory successfully. At the same
time, it there 10 a weak thrower on the |
team and he can I'LL this position or frst |
base position in other respects he could be |
used here and at first base better than at
or third base. These latter two
must have swift, quick and aceur.
for these positions who. in addi-
tion TO this, are good at picking up ground
hits as we'll as skilful in catching hio b
fly balls. A third bassnaan or
tstop usually has no time TO tumble
md At the Same time catch tho runner at
base. Az there are a great manv
lhrswn balls to be caught at second and
third base, sl three of these PLAYERS ouoht
10 be good at catching a ball and touching
The runner quickly.
We have now come to the last division to |
considered, namely, the ou%tfielders, and
Is their duties are much the same we can |
describing tho kind of player we want
Tor one, speak for all. The o%utielders.
consisting, OF left, center md right fielder,
nave mostly to do will fly balls, and for
hat reason we shall want players especially
'kilful in catching a ball in the air, whether
! be one batted in front, or over their !
leads. or on either side; and likewise. |
whether it comes low or high or ON eth or |
lido OF the body in catching it. or sour 90
with qaisk eyes and quick jud O.
nent can cover more ground, &nd if we add
o this the ability to start quickly and RI
asst. NO have . superior fielder. Two or
hres things are needed, however, to make
linn hrst-clnss; namely, We want a strong
and also one who can pick mn skill
ully the ground hits which come out
through tho in1eld and send them quickly
q to the proper place.
Before finishing this article I want to
i've some suggestions to ths BOYS ON the
and wrong way of catching a ball.
{ these are followed out in catching q ball.
VIII very likely save many hard thumrs
II the nnRsrs and much pain. AZ we'll ~
resorve the fingers from being broken or
lsnRured. l remember, when I was q bow
iat every few days I would get a bnng on
ome hnger. which would mako me dance
lively with pain for several minutes.
soon it would swell up and hurt 80 bad
1at l could not play again for several DAYS,
'eil, boys, these knocks largely came be-
anse J did not hold my hands properly.
Every boy can tell Il graceful and skillful
aver from an awkward one, and you
i'll notice that when you see a player
In AnfNhAn a hail -.-sI- - -