Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-13

If old. He does not hesitate in talk
ng on this subject:
No. the great bali players are not to
De had now: they are ali dead. Ball
playing is not all in the arms and legs.
most of it is in the head. Ii is i'll that
head quality that the men of today are
ackins Who is there tn take the
place of Mike Kelly of old? Why. tina
nan showed them every trick they
know today; they don't do anything
worth counting that Kelly did not show
them.
Talk about the Pittsburg team liz
IS best modern days being; match TO:
Anson's team when It was at its best.
and Re had Kelly. why, Pittsburs i.
not in the same class.
The men who do the best hCadwor;
ror US in the games of today are tb p
DneS who graduated from the vacant
ct leagues. You ask what il huma
nature in the game. 1t consists IT.
knowing what the other fellow will tr-
20 do next and then be ready FOR him
On the spot. The player who waits
for chances Will mover amount to
great deal. even though he accepts a.
that come to him. We are always
looking for the player who goes osit
and makes chances for himself: We
want the man who knows what t. .
other fellow Will try to do next"
&c. More Than Senators.
Talking of salaries paid in the M
ional league, Sullivan said:
Tho greater part of tn" men get be
wocn $4,000 and $4,000 Il season Tina,
5 for SIX months work and is not So
Dad. We have men WHO ct more,
ew who get as high "a 5000 and 4
Oupic of men who get $io.O0A. TGiui
f $4,000, twice The sum that 5 ra;d
l United States senator. II shows
That great country we have when ,
nan can so ont i'll any lYe and earn
zig money for himself
And do not ima2 no that the bal;
llaycrs OF today squandCr their nrOnor.
Fiat is a mistaken notion. In fac;
they are a. saving lot of men as are
10 be found anywhere: when pay day
comes around they pat their money
II the bank. If anything. they are to-,
-tingy with the money make, for they
arc well paid and should enjoy some
Of TIE com forts of life that are the
fuC of any man who can earn bis
money"
Ted Sullivan is also faithful to the
OIld Sod that is in him. He says the
Irish make the best ball players. not
one that comes from Ireland, but one
whose veins are filled with the blood
of the celt. The Germans have got in
to the game. but then it is not what it
in tho old do hny oil ,t
the front. However. Sullivan does not
care where mans forefathers came
from if he can only show that he has
the ball player in himsellf
As to what makes the tip-top player
as distinguished from the minor league
man, Sullivan says the entire differ
enCe is in headwork and speed. Speed
seems to be the big thing for which
he is always looking. Give him man
who is speedy at basc-running and you
have handed him something he will
bite at He says il is out of the qucs-
ton to imagine that the National
league will take fielder who is not
both a good batter and a speedy man
on the bases. Not much is expected in
the way of batting from either pitcher
or catcher, but intelders are expected
to be fast on the bases. Base running
is not leg work SO much as il is know
ing when to go and when to get away
The man who does that we'll usually
knows what the other fellow is up to
next which is the sum of all genius
in bail playing.
The foul strike rule will not be in force |
next season. The storm of protest this |
year and last will result in it's being
taken from the rules of the game, and |
strong batting and active fielding will !
again be in vogue. The number OF |
no runs and no hits" and no run |
no hit games has impressed very per |
reptibly. and the baseball patron will |
not stand for it another season The |
fewer the hits and the fewer the runs |
make a game just that much less in
-eresting. For the whole team outside |
he pitcher and catcher to stand around |
like dummies for whole innings at
stretch is not active enough to interest |
he ordinary fan, and the great Ameri-
IAN sport is losing popularity with the
public.
1t is safe to say that the powers
hat be. in the baseball world. will see
hat this distressing restriction is dis
placed next season, and once down and
Dut. the rule will never return. 1t has
cot been so many years since the base
)all world so far recognized the value |
If allowing a man to hit the ball that
hey gave him four strikes. and there
was some great ball that year. OF
curse. four strikes is one too many.
1ut one strike is about two too little.
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