The evening world., 1906-05-10

the listener and ne conunGed. AS
soon as 1 arst SAW ii pitched ! Aue"
would put pitcner's arm ON tne eiH
-td wOulun aIu" my ~ ,heFs 10
4-r IL. iu-Ia5 >Ja see Al "i nnt
"itaAers h good shape. " .4.it u1 ~"
sac ia the men WHJ have mtde the
sItb1u speciality Several Of tneat
afe complaining ot SIrr arms and Nyts
few u them are getting away win
their games Other clubs " lao want
th,. suitblil can have ID. Du Il Won
81 usel by the Giants
NlDGraw certainly lil have the dope
~irht there. for he Iold the writer eN-
acuy tile same nlug d year ago thes-
aro In-isff that u was not ine spit
bali which hurt ais arm bhi, any way, ,
de had trouble OF some Kind all .hst
season. Al Orth Is one OF the few
pi. rntfs whose arm -e,fu- not 20 nave
been hurt ay this peculiar curve orth
says he likes the spitbhl, because Il
doesn' reunIre so much twisting ~ the
wrist as The oltcurve and the drop.
Vhat s. tric. hut the same time the
syith8u is hard strain or the shoulder
muscles and 10 requires immense force
To- give She bali enough speed io make
it effective
So great has become the rivalry OF the
bu.lard-n'aycrs on the Giant tosm that
tournaiucn, g being arranged 10 be
played AZ nights while the club IS on
the coming Western Tip. The players
are anxious FOR the contest. but the only
trouble s u he handle piping. A.oN.
smith is easily tne .est billiard p.a3 er
.1 ne te1W W, and VIII have 20 be tne
scratch man. The other good cue-h1n-
~iers are Taylor MaGraW. Aathewsun
llo secretary Knowles, one or TWO OF
le baseball WIiie ers WHO travel with
ihc club regularly Will also enter the
tourn lWent ~ IL rs arranged. Elliot
Waa the star pool-player. Out since ne
a.. a. E. EfHNah
between McGraw. Browne and Mathew
SON. Donlin Is the clubs star bowler.
one scientific team play on which
McGraw and Clark Griiith do not agree
on Us the celebrated squeeze-play. Nc
Graw does nol Ike IL, and VIII not al
low his club TO use IL. He believes
team loses more tlan IL gains by IL, his
argument being That IN case OF failure
IL robs the club at bat OF the numer-
Gus opportunities to score By long
ily. a srounde~ or an error. II ls pre-
suInei thai the reader understands tha
this play Is only attempted when q
runner Is nn third with only one out.
on tie other hand. Griffith claims that
IL worked eighty times out OF one hun
dred last season, and that II must be
good. Grin mas found out However, th4t
IL must never be attempted, except when
the right batter is up That ls, man
who is certain TO hit the bail some
where when he tries IL VIII IAN nearly
every time with an uncertain batter up.
Any pitcher who Is on guard san break
up the play. ii Is said Dy pitching OUT
- far from the plate that the batter
cannot reach the ball. but he generally
is NOT expecting II. In case everybody
does not understand the squeeze-play
we Will explain. \ runner is on third
with one out. AS the pitcher winds up
the runner starts IS II TO steal home.
The batter then merely bunts the ball.
and n he meets II the runner Is across
the plate before the ball can possibly
be delded TO the catcher. II the batter
nappens- TO miss the ball the runner is
made 20 look like sucker He IS
,1urht Ten or twelve feet from the
The advantages and disadvantages OF
this play are productive OF much inter-
esiinC discussion.