The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-28

GILL 81 T'o2 S~GeNS-
so there's 10 mere siashin' drives like
they used TO be-drives that visited
as tney went for the fence, an made
the outheIders hump themselves an
rnc pitchers shiver? There was a time
when a feIler'd make all sorts O eff
forts To stretch 4 hit into a homer, an
the audience would applaud an give
him credit for it. But now It amt sci
entific TO make hOmeTs. You make
homer an these heavy thlnkln' guys
up in the grandstand turn UP their
noses an say dumb luck" or, "a hor-
rible exhibition o brute force; Wy
amt he made 10 play the game scien-
tifiC2 His play then was a sacrifice,
pTettily placed between first and sec
Ond." All this CUFF. mind YOU, when
the baJteT'S home run has sent in two
men ahead o. him an cleaned the bags
Yes. the day o the home-Tun hitter
seems to be over. the day o the three
hagEer hitter is most over: the day o
the twO-baEEeT hitter is about over,
and soon the day o the One-baSe hit
teT'H be over, too, an then ball
Sames'U be one grand, sweet song o
hunts. an force outs. an sacrifices. an
bases on baIl-an' strike-oUts. Why. I
heard a EUy say once that he'd rather
see "A man get put out attemptin'
scientific play than see him make a
home run What DO YOU think o tom
my rot like that He'd rather see it,
maybe. but I wouldn't rather have il
ouy any team O mine. especially if
runs was scarce an We needed the
money
All o which reminds me o the Serry-
beIIum College team. the time I took
the AIfalfas Un there to gst some
early practice There was a big crowd
around an the SerrybeIlUm nine, all
guys with long hair an glasses was
pTactiSiu'
We were bein' directed to the dress
in room by the manager an captain
Wen IOuE-leEEed idjit, with a rub
her hand round one wrist. an a
leather anklet round leg. am slid
in glove strapped 10 his belt, comes
runnin' up with a book in his hands.
Look here. Cap" he says. very eX-
cited "Rufc has just thrown the ball
10 third base instead of the plate with
the bases full an. nobody out on page
2e Of The National Game" by Ollie,
Il distinctly says, in tT7atin' Of a sit
uariOu exactly analogous that the
thrown must be To the plate
Here Rufc. "a guy who looked like
he'd just got down off'u a cat thrash
or. ne butts I'm an says
81 couldn't ketch the guy Eoin'
home. so 7 tbrOwed 20 git the guy I
could kctCh- Amt that right
The guy with the book slapped It
shut am laughed. The captain he give
RUFF a very indignant look an says
Two hundred times running round
In. bases tO-uiEhtH improve your
memory. ! think. Rufus. Who taught
YOU ii play ban that you think are
-rrarrT than Ole anyway How many
times have 7 taught YOU To follow his
distractions rather than depend ON
yuUT OWE f~aiI iUdgment2 You'll never
learn 10 play BAH scientific If you don't
play IT. according fo Ole"
That suUelched Eufus. at him an
the guy with tn book chased back TO
tie diamond ] says 10 the captain
Funny. but ] ben playing ball for
some years an I never heard - Oiie-s
The National Game" Not does il
teach p"
All tho Gue points EIuciCatcS them
all with photos shown how each play
should b. made. iUcludin' the position
Cl the arm an the pOiSe Of the body
al each stage o. the play Very fine
book. He has q series o. chapters on
the position o. the feet durin' a nine
inning game web IS very hcIpFuI BUT
you p'fessiouaIs rarely discover the
fine points o. the game. You have a
few standard plays which 90 very well.
but in intricate or tickIish situations
YOU have no guide book. we use il
quite frequently Browning'S "Bunts"
is delightful little brochure. YOU will
lind II interesting. I am sure The same
authors Sacrifice Hitting Is q gem
III its way. Il should be III the hands
o every batter in the country"
We always thought I'd lik= TO write
a book. an now I've decided on it,
says l. III send you a COPY as soon
as we go back TO Alfalfa TN be
called 'HaEgerty or Home Runs. How
70 Ciout En- out I'm sure you'll like
Say, that guys eyes buIsed out so
they pushed the glasses of his nose
His face looked horror struck $50 Reg
gle said)- I thought he had a sudden
pain IN his iusides. His voice Was tragic
when he says:
Don't dare send 1t here. I'll burn
every copy of il I get ] worked with
this nine two years now, an I've got
them pasyin' fairly scientific. and
won't have-@Fy sluggers breakinf in an
undOin my work"
Well I Gained him and we went in
an got dressed I put Reggie i'm To
pitch. for 1 didn't know how good
these guys might be, on account Of
their scientific talk
We batted first Pinch Hobbs GOT
four balls Offn the SerrybelIum nitcb-
ct, an Jimmy Harrison hunted. ! WIS
interested III seem how these scfenti-
nc guyS'd play d bunt aCcOrdin' 10
Ole, but It was just like everybody
you ever see The pitcher an third
base rushed UD on the ball an the
pitcher sat down and the third base.
who was the captain with the book
learnin' he fell over him. BY the time
they had picked the ball up Pinch was
ON third an Harrison was on second
Then Pete Brown got hit with a in