The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-06-07
TWO HOME RUNS.

way, leaning forward with his hands on
his knees when the ball is hit, his first
movement is to stand upright, and by thus
quickly moving his head he loses track OF
the ball for the first second, which is fatal.
Whenever hit is made, fair or foul, the
outclder must start for it on the instant,
and the nearest fielder should. if possible,
back up the player taking the ball, or, IT Il
goes over his head, should run out and
help him in with it.
An outtieder should always throw over
hand-straight overhand-withont any side
twist The ball will then go in line without
line throws, while to the plate, especially
from deep outfied, it is better to throw on
the bound. The outficlder must always
know where to throw the ball when he gets
it, and can do this only by keeping strict
track of the men on bases, the men out,
etc, and should above all never hold the
ball; unless the play calls for throw at
once to some other point, return the ball
Immediately to the nearest infielder.. When
an outfieldcr cannot field a ball and watch
the men bases at the same time, the
nearest fielder should inform him of what
is going on and direct him where to throw.
In the outield it Is possible to play for
the batter as much as 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-handcd, how he stands, how he holds
his bat, whether he swipes or not, and play
out or in, toward the left or right accord
ingly Moreover he takes into account his
own pitchers delivery, where he is hit gen
orally, etc. When he moves his position,
however, he should notify the other tielders.
that they may likewise change their posi-
tons.
BY far the most beautiful plays of col
lege game are made by the outfield. Eos
ter, of Harvard, once threw out two men
III succession to Henshaw at the plate on a
single throw off hit which all Yale thought
safe. The Yale man on third loafed in,
while the man on second came in hard.
Neither discovered till too late that Foster
had come i'll on the dead run, and shot the
bail u JF.c plate like rifle shot. BoCh men
slid for the plate and Henshaw touched
one after the other out Paul Howland's
catch at New Haven off Stage was just as
wonderful as Fosters assist, while little
Murphy, of Yale and Durell, of Princeton,
We're Jewels for their side Each of the
three colleges will believe their respective
man was a little better than the other two,
and |, as a Harvard enthusiast, must there
fore maintain that never was there such
fielder as Paul Rowland, the 'Phenom."
shoes he may well be proud of himself.
A famous football coach used to shout,
Come, there, YOU'RE not out here for
your health" And so it is with college base
ball Each man is "out for the game"
but it is only by combining and playing to-
gPlneT, Paying us Il tcdlii anu ili DcluS
''out for the game" that n 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 Hallowell, 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 is quite a factor i'll winning
games However, a quick sharp fielder
should be a good base runner, and as pluck
enters largely into the successful playing of
every position on a nine, there is no reason
why good fielder should not also be d good
batter as it is the fear of the ball more
than anything else that makes a weak
hitter.