Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-11-17
D,,eIopcmcnts That Have Been
Made id That Position
ID 1901
vvfy COVER MUCH GROUND.
,.u,,, and Bradley Are Generally
w." p..,,ded as About the Best in
The Profession at Present

nh, third base playing Of 1891 co., was ,a
TIC W, dsllfhtful to behold Never N
pnCNT,ul,D,,r W. M the game has the mira
ihe n''' Kan covered so clearly 80 CT
soIh'' ~ with SO little fuss and feath-
f'N,S "A base playing has advanced
es ,,", strides I'm It IS now as near
W'n t '1.o, ,srfectlon ss the art OF
s S, Tho difficult corner can ever
hope to be- n., ,.,ona, can
N'a IN nick up a bunt with one hand
'' IVA rlboat preliminary halt or careful
s0u .boot me ball to first straight and
s s,m rbat Is ono Of the tricks that has
W.. t.coms am everyday occurrence as
~, ~" nalp catching Of a pop n.y. The
AKA basenau of today can handle the
M over as much ground as he
~ copld Is Just as good on lles or
AVN halls. and Is a far more accurate
Mover than the past, Years ago
~. Mia basemn was necessarily sail
~. ma hall high over first, or hitting
M bsseman on the foot, or firing the
Liner uay onut to right or left Last
.,s,oo the Wnd throws from third were
49, and far between This Improvement
N be handling Of hunts aud tho
,s,owlrs to first has resulted In much
rsbsr third base averages than ever
I. he mast and has also initiated
..,nst Nc chances OF the hatsman,
Msmsslng third base, the Nngpin ques-
KIM NJ A. pholOn, OF the Chicago
'V@sT'bSird bSse has no real leader, simply
,.,snse go MANY experts cover the SACK
,Sst there 4 little choice between them
g"ii,s and Bradley are Generally re-
Ssggsd 10 as the best third basemen in
,bo buflness. vet neither Of them, Ia
Ma details Of the position, have anything
I'M lave Cross and Ice Tannehlll last
summer. 1annehlll was a distinct sur
mise. A failure az short, he switched 10
bIrd. and Immediately made good, play
ine an the points OF the position FAULT
lessy and accurately accepting. more
ground balls than any other third base
nan living outside Of Tommy Leach.
oTAacb casey. W0lvertOn and McCor-
mick PLAYED nne bah on third In tho
National. The weak hitting Of Mccormick
uInlng MS chance TO gain great fame
Tho American league had the edge on
me National az third. for IN the John
unan organization was the best set NJ
nlrd basemen ever got together When
IA me- history Of the game was there ever
q lot Of third basomCn TO equal Collins,
cross, TannehIl Bradley Coughlin and
C0rfoy?
'Of these men. Collins. Cross and Brad
lty add materially to their value by their
excellent batting Coughlln and Conroy
ore medium fair hitters. and Tannehlll
he weakest batsman Of tho lot,
The oldest thing about the modern
third baseman Is the fact that many Of
them began their biz league careers IN
ether positions. and afterwards developed
sudden and unexpected skill In the tough
eco place an lnheder can essay. Collins
vas an 0utdeider Cross was a catcher.
Tlnnehill was q shortstop. Casey was a
catcher C0nroy was n sh0trstop, All OF
these mon showed up much better AT
third than they dld IN their former places.
Despite The fact that thy had 10 learn all
ihs angles of fob that was more diff
clt than the one they had held down
before