The San Francisco call., 1898-07-28

Jose team. Mccarthy, at third came in close and the whole infield was prepared to take care of that bunt. Bliss fooled them by hitting the ball, which would l have been good move had not the situa- | ton demanded a bunt or sacrifice. There should be more team work on the bench. It Is not my intention to give the i'm pression that Bliss was playing for him self and not the team. This would be do- ing him a great injustice. He, like a for hit excellent, and aleo paid some attention to the fact that If successful his team would profit by the play. He mace Q mistake, and even if he had made a safe hit I should criticise the play, for 1t was not baseball
 l would rather see a team lose in en- deavoring to pay the game as it should be played than see one win through tac- tics not baseball.
 Another instance which bespoke lack of Was ea the w0fn ma1ner m Y Sullivan " and s Bliss vent after a foul fly in the vicinity of first base. Either one of them could have caught the ball, yet because there was 8 lacking of team work 1t was permitted to go safe.
 When a ball is hit in the air the player nearest 1t or who intends taking it should e1aculate in loud and rin~tng manner, ''I have it. or ln the parlance of the de- mand, 'I got it." His cohorts should lII1 an sTer in an equally yocIferous manneT iH ndt collide. and balls that should be caught will not fall to the ground within teW feet of players untouched, as occurred m the case of Sullivan and Bliss.
 between O'Neil and Donovan. They both went after fly ball and collided: m but ut mind enough to hold the ball. There can be no reason why these collisions should creep into game. And they are occa- sionally attended with very serious re- suits, as only week ago player back East, in one of the minor leagues, col- lided with anpther and shortly afterWard nniN n should be all awe-inspiring lesson to all players and convince them that team work Is necessary If for no other reason than the preservation Of life.
 I mentioned in the beginning of my ar ticle that players are exceedingly careless in critical plays, through. in some cases no fault of theirs. I spoke or Egan, gan, $ m ln- touch on another play, which, am afraid, will not be recollected, for the reason that 1t seemed and was perfect
 However, am speaking now of the carelessuess of players who do not real ize that they are so: The play in & qnesss Moskiman felded the ball perfectly threw to second and there the play ter the ball caused a chill to pass over my entire frame. Instead of getting in front of it so as to be in position tq block Its grounders generally do in the outteld. he turned his head and body aside, and cap tured the ball without semblance of doubt. It was an awful chance to take. Had the sphere changed its course an inch or more it woulf, in all probability, have evaded him and continued to the fence, as it was a sharp hit.
 In such a close game no kind Of chance should be taken Mosktman should not have taken it, but should have thought only of stoppin 2 the ball-it made or not-as there was plenty of time to re- cover and hold Hanley at first. I men ton this incident only to impress upon critical situations.
 Egans negligence have described, and 1t should be a lesson 10 players who do not realize the importance of being sure. Moskman completed his play. as he sup posed. in the usual proper manner, and Is. therefore. not al fault. There is, how never too late to take advantage of the