The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-06-05

fields of Princeton, Harvard and Yale.
The beauty Of second and short 10 In the
originality and diversity Of the work. You
can make much or little Of tho situation.
But to make much Of IL = college player
ought TO- leave the fancy plays aloas and
stick TO the everyday plays. No college
second baseman ever gets beyond being
simply ''Qoed." because he does not have
ths chance TO play the position long enough
With the Same surroundings. II short or
second, however, II reliable and steady, he
whom he talks over old timss by the winter
fire and plays over again the old college
contests.
Though college outfsldera have NOT much
to do az n rule. at times everything comes
their way, and then With them solely rests
victory Or dsfsat. hueh an instancs was
for Yals's magnificent outfieid Of Cushing.
MoClintock aud Murphy the bine would
have fallen before both Princeton and
Harvard.
or the three outield positions right field
er's lot 10 the hardest. in that he gets the
meanest kind Of balls to handle and Rener-
ally has the most assists to make. Center
field 10 the easiest position of the three,
and the PROTEST. From the nature of It's
position. between right and left, center il
usually cutfield general. and may be taken
AZ the representative type OF the outield.
Ability to cover ground in the outtisld, as
in the infield, depends upon ones being q
fast unner, q quick starter and a quick
thinker. To be able to judge the ball the
instant 1t leaves the bat makes q hard catch
easy and an impossible chance possible. A
good outfelder rarely If ever makes a mis-
judgment and a circus catch. A great help
in judging q fly ball, especially a liner, is
to stand upright in an easy starting posi-
ton. II a fielder stands in the too common
way, leaning forward with his hands on his
knees, when the ball 10 hit. his, first move
ment is to stand upright, and by thus
quickly moving his head he loses track of
the ball for the first second, which il fatal.
outfeldsr must start for it on the instant,
and the nearest fielder should, it possible,
back up the player taking the ball, or. if it
goes over his head, should run out and help
him in with it.
An outfelder should always throw over
.hand-straight observation-disclosures any side
twist. The ball will then go OF a line
without dropping. Throws to bases should
be full line throws, while to the plate, es-
~pecially from deep outfield. it ia better to
throw ON the bound. The outtielder must
always know whore TO throw, the ball when
he gets 1t, and oan do this only by keeping
strict track Of the men on bases, the men
the ball; unless the play calls for a throw
at once to some other point. return the ball
Immediately to the nearest intielder. When
an outielder eannot field a ball and watch
the men on bases at the same time, the
nearest fielder should inform him of what
is going on and direct him where to throw.
In the outisld it 10 possible to play for
the batter as much Ms in other positions.
Adjusting your position to a batter is not
luck, but rather comes from noticing each
batter carefully, whether he bats right or
left-handed, how be stands, how he holds
his bat. whether he swipes or not. and play
out or in, oward the left or right accord
,ngly. Moreover. he takes into account his
own pitchers delivery, where he il hit gem
orally, etc. When he moves his position.
howevers he should notify the other field
ers, that they may likewise change their
positions.
BY far the most beautiful plays of q COL
legs game are made by the outheld. Fos-
ter of Harvard onoe threw out two men in
succession to Henshaw at the plate ~ a
single throw of = hit which all Yale
thought safe. The Yale man on third
loafed in, while the man on second came
in hard. Neither discovered until too late
and hot the ball to the plate like a
rifle hot. Both men slid for the plate
and Henshaw touched one after the other
out. Paul Howland's catch at New Haven
off Stag9 was just Is wonderful as Fosters
assist, while little Murphy of Yale and
Durell Of Princeton were jewels for their
side. Each of the three colleges will be-
lieve their respective man was a little better
than the ether two, and I as a Harvard en-
thusiast must therefore maintain that
never was there such a fielder AZ Paul
Rowland. the 'Phtnom.' If Frank Halo
we'll begins to fill Howland's shoes he may
we'll be proud of himself.
A famous foot ball coach used to shout,
Come, there, you're not out here for your
health" And 30 it is with college base
ball. Each man 10 ''out for the game"
but it ID only by combining and playing to-
gether, playing "a a team and all being 'out
for the game" that a team can win. In
this brief collection of notes. those upon
the pitcher and outfeld being embodied
from suggestions by Lawrence Young. of
Princeton, and Frank Hsllowell, of Har-
ward. respectively, the positions are grouped
as they have most in common, but all the
nine positions are in common. and the more
each position is played with reference to
every other position, the better will be the
results.
Fielding is simply the defensive Of a ball
game. Batting is more important. and
base running 10 quite u factor in winning
games. However, q quick, sharp fielder
should be q oood base runner, and "a pluck
enters largely into the playing of every
position or a nine, there is no reason why a
good fielder should not also be a good bat
ter. as it 10 tho fear of the ball more than
anything else that makes = weak hitter.
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