The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-15
SCIENTIFIC BALL WON.
A CASE SHOOTING THE TRUE vALUE
or PLiCED MT
The Manager Who Ran Hts baseball Team
on strictly scientific Principles some
lses OF Accurate Uniting Winged Fire
for - Mnn Whn Played Dirty Hail.

Uses OI A'cuiNte bH'lihE "llsfu EIre
for - Man VIII" Played Dirty Ball.
"tndoub,'dly the frs, man to recognize" tho
true ynlu" Of rlnccd hits, said the mnn with The
crooked fingers ns h" banked the forg' fir, "wns
.hc manager II ,hr team with which | nadn nay
first prof 'ssional appearance" our proficiency
in that lin, was the raul, II hours Of prn 'ucr,
bu, it pail, and when ! think If il ms the means
Of retiring from the game one Of the g%reat"Nt
outA"ld'r7 and dirtIes, players IN the profession,
| consider il time we'll spent
1T was early In the eighties and | had been play
ing for n SEASON or two with scpi professional
teams. | finally caught on with ono Of the clubs
in a smhll leagu" down in Pennsylvania, being
signed to catch. when the contract was sent 10
m" there came nm order with il To- report about
two months beiOrr tn" opening Of the season.
That struck me- "a unusual, but | was anxious 10
break into the crm' PROFESSIONALLY, and m IS n
week job wa m such a big thing anyhow. So
about the first If March | rrport"d, wnS the last
NAN on tho ground. being tie only newcomer,
and whan | ,,rpj,d oH the trail there was the
manager wHlting for me OF courS', supposed
that h. was there merely To give the glnd hand.
Bat he wasn't. On the contrary, IL! was II call
for k"rping him waiting NODDED the money,
or ,h"r, would hay, been trouble, and when he
saw that | di,ln.t care to talk back h. cooled down
As W. walk Vi up Tho street h" asked whether |
had brought a uniform and. seeing that was
surprised, he said:
You might as well understand now that my
tea IL run strictly on scientific principles. Their"
IL n'vHr play made that hasn't been all planned
ont, and that's why you were ordered To report
h"r' 50 early. All the other mon are la. years
PLAYERS. We dropped th''cat her because he
slipped up on a triple play trick that We had prac-
tised for three months. just I'll you this 40 that
you will know what's expected Of you Hurry
over 10 IN hotel, g"t on y uniform Of son" sort
ali com down 10 the trimming quarters
"Npy. I'll leave it to YOU If that wasn't pretty
f'r'' gam 10 steer a young PLACER agHinStnnd /
did a whole 10, oy thinking while | changed my
clothes. The NOR thought it over the poorer
seemed my chances If holding down III" job
Bat | was th'r', and had no coin AMI littl' prpS
pct o. citing arr except from III" manager Of
the tnom. finals made M my mind TINT IVES
thor 10 max" a pr tty good hlnh, at any rate,
and when carr" down 10 the hotel Office and asked
tho clerk t. direct mo To- tho training grounds
was beginning to recover my nerve. TIL" clerk
looked NJ" over, nodded his head and Their asked
whether ! YVES the now catcher Tor the team. |
t'd him | W., and he said
The mNnogorSa queer sort Of chnptoo blamed
scientific t. MY way If t~h,nniAC, but he took n
lot uf reW, last SEE. on and made them %rernHnt
winners, and If q man hos the game IN him why
Mignll bring it out can YOU hit''
Il was strong at that'gamc ard when | told him
my average he allowed that | would be all right,
II | followed Instructions and called science 10
ry asst 'Anc" tn" trimming quarters were in
Il roller SEATING rink, giviag plenty Of room for
batting p%ractic', and when walked in III" tam
was at work With the stick what | saw sur
prisrd me- more than u foul tip On . split finger
way down AZ tn iNr end Of the rink was a half
dozen - inch sluarh, chalk'd out on III"
tioor and up near Ia" entrance WINS n bunch oith"
players batting II wNG 900 frct,it il WIS an inch,
from wher' they stood To tho squares But they
JUS, laced the ball into those squares, apparently
without an effort. ana as wAs rubbing my eyes
10 make surr WINS awake the manager throws
a fearful roast into on" of the men because he
happens 10 Strk" tn" line. Then h" saw N" and
walked over, shook hands, called the rst Of the
gang over and introduced II" and then handed
mo u club. on 81 tn pitchers shot W a nire
ON, and roppod it Squar, The tall goes on
a linz near Tho top Of the rink and pushes ont
a window | looked TO SEQ what the manager
thought II tMo h. ana SOW hjm rubbing his chin
You hit EN- hard enough. .nys he, but you
H''l IIAIAlib' ~ ll'h' IL 'I'' "'' ''"' ~ -
scientific batter II would probably hav, gone
" Ill. .,, ,,ol g., lao n
lH7lA'I. vi" VNnN' '. ''i "
long hit T. score. It's wh"r' IN" ball lands mat
counts even If il is lust out II reach instead Of
d., r,,u l,,,, aud ,,uass v,u
over VI" l'"'' '"' '' It '"' """ e"' ''
can draw on the club for a lilI" money,
"Nall IN, rest 81 that morning | nut In watching
v,-l m, vo ,L.v d,,u,cd
th'"'II'I P'"H''N e. "''"' '" "" =" "''f.''
a ball Just, wherr they wanted was something
wonderful II didn't make any difference whether
49,. ~ ,oJ ,ho san .b,, ~, :, ,hou
tt'y na'pu '"HE'u' '"' we VI '"" w '"'r
By the pitchers. II was ali the same. HE iall
dr,nnad ms, where they said it would. ext
.,u uo, r. ,u, ho,,, I
m'ihiHS my, 'lo.L,h go, -,
luSt pfic'lrLd NNinphnE a mo n,u ~,
M"fh lpi 'lt m,l"hhs Wv LIh'"S na, w.
az Ih>igrtu, a m'ntn ; Mnniu ~" ~ * t. n,i,',
h''rr lnaL Whn 'nCuH''F. ~ n,n =" "" nrr,
~ "J,~~'I w ~, " m tiI,t .h"uId have a
l1 me u4N MnN nNLie" No. : i'a"', ~ q
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mon l cuuiG III VIZ p'r'T n"nIt ~ XII ,,,cEs,,i
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I" me. nov VIZ n"tu'i Mi,N' ,n,tIi ,,,nLL", "on,I
!lu'ae'u u, my Hi.n, " .a,n !" ,"" ro,S
ii' hl"lhE't E"N ~ q 'nl n' q, ~,
tac-d un tnrh " .l 10y VI. rin w. 'V W." ''H
ma mao my plN a iHhlI"t en''l,i' a., ,ci,,,
boN Stagrlt ihi b'c''ne 'Nla ~ lH", ! "u,iu VI Nh
"a team NlVI' ,lN W.. va " , Tm "'
tAth' on ''hk a. "dl pa'tis' nuu ~ " o.
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brfL'h 81 'na WITS wa s'l ~ ,||n, '" ~, NV
r'hch. t"T' a. me manager >aiu Wy 'i 1'{
Nh"f near a nlal ana n go nllF ~ - ~,
lN'np' ff a 'lHh one ~ ma H'i"ln a ,''I ~ ~,
n comes Gown ihaI urn ms aim go y,
gong 10 lIaN atl"huH' Uall !1u ui,i>. nt"I W.
al thc,' i.i,gsi Wy 'h" '' 'hem may "'""