The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-22
CLEVER TRICKS
To WIN GAMES
Hugh S. Fullerton Tells of
Smooth Schemes Worked
by Baseball Players.
BY HUGH S. FULLERTON.

ball players, and many Of them have
won games.
1t is strange that the stories of such
tricks are confined to so few men.
Whether that is because only a few
turned such tricks or whether all the
clever tricks were attributed to them,
lust as all the funny stories are at
tTibuted to notorious funny story tell
rs, no one knows, but the greatest of
the tricks are attributed to Mike Kelly,
Jimmy McAIeer, Pat Tebeau. Billy
Hamilton, COmiskey, Tip O'Nein OF
Tommy Mccarthy.
Tricks are pulled off almost every
day-little ones, often spOrtsmanlike
but they win ball games, and that
especially in professional games. is all
that counts. 1t is boldness and quick
thinking and acting that make them
possible, and however one may feel
about the sportsmanship of the player
who turns the trick he cannot but ad-
mire the cerebral CELEBRITY of the player.
Dalrymple, the old Chicago star
once won game by one of the clever
est tricks ever pulled off. 1t was a
game against Philadelphia. when the
pennant fortunes Of the team seemed
WaVeriug. The game was close and
went into extra innings with the
score to D. and both teams fighting
FOR every inch of ground. The elev-
- cnth innings began with darkness de-
scending over the field-with the score
a tie
Chicago scored one run and the Phil
adelphia crowd which had the last
Fats. was bowling at the umpire to call
the game on account Of darkness. but
he refused. and the Quakers We're sent
10 bat. Two men were retired and
then a single and double suddenly
changed the aspect Of things.
With men on second and third and
big hitter up. Chica COS chances grew
Ohm and they began delaying and fight
ing for darkness. Still the umpire was
obdura te-and the ball was pitched
The batter swung. There was a
crack and the sphere went flying ont
10 left center. 1t was lost from sight
I'M an instant. The crowd did not know
whether il was home run or a line
fly.
Two players went tearing toward the
Plate. In that instant DalrympIe stood
stilL showed both hands above his
mead, waited an instant ierked them
down, stuck Something into his pocket
ano turning, ran 10 the club house.
while the crowd roared over Chicago's
victory.
But i'm the club house DaI confessed
that he hadn't seen the bah al all
hadn't the slightest idea Where it had
fallen. and that his entire pIav of
catching il was pantomime-which
fooled everybody except q few in the
left field bIeachers-who saw the ball
cross the left field fence of the grounds
and fall into the street.
Smooth Trick by Evers.
Johnny Evers worked a clever trick
a couple Of seasons ago that resulted
in putOut. He was DIavfng second
ana there was runner on first When
the batter cracked q HOT bOunder
straight at him In some wav the hall
shot straight between his legs and rolled
on out to center field. Without blink
ing an eyelash Evers went through the
Pdntomlme of throwing the ball 10
SECOND To force out runner Tinker
covering the base. pretended to catch
the ball-and the base runner COM
pleJeiY fooled. stopped and started to
walk 10 the bench. Before the yeIIs of
his team mates aroused the base run
Her Slagle had recovered the hall and
thrown the runner out at second.
Fred Clark won game for Pittsburg
once. when Pittsburc needed games IN
hold the championship. by a trick
winch beat Chicago out Of a deserved
victory. He was on second baSe-Uitb
two out i'm he ninth inning and Chi-
caGo ieddmg-when Wagner rapDed =
terrible line drive almost strajghr at
Damien who was playing short Clarke
already had started for third but. Soc
hn
line of the bali. he ran uD. STONED
made a bluff as il lodging and. inst he
lore the ball reached him he drOnnad
Tat. The ball shot past struck bah
len on the side OF the neck and feIIed
HIM To the ground. Clarke reached
fhlrd before the sphere was recovered
Cnicago made 4 strong kick on inter
terence but Clarke'S acting had baar
so we'll done that it deceived even tba
umpire, and in an instant later long
drive beat Chica go.
How Kelly Cut the Bases.
The only Kel was the man who
Copyrighted the idea OF cutting bases
hel never tried to cut base ten feet
nc wanted TO score from first by run
ming around the pitcher-and that is
exactly what he did i'm one game
against New York.
lie was on first when the batter rap
ped srounder toward third. With
ont an instant's hesitation Rel started
straight toward the pitchers box. yell
ins; Watch Kelly, watch Kelly" at
the top Of his voice.
The umpire and the opposing PLAYERS
had too much experience with Kelly
and his tricks to pay any attention 10
him, so the third ba sefnan scooped the
ball and shot il TO first. the umpire
running there to watch the play. Kel
almost ran over the pitcher and then
with one fleeing glance at the umpire.
he turned and struck through the dia-
mo1d for the plate.
Out yelled the umpire on the run
ner at first base. and chen turning
quickly, he sought Kel-and discovered
him just sliding across the plate with
yell of victory. He had scored from
first on an infield out-and. although
The opposing team yelled long and
loud. the umpire was forced % admit
he had not seen Kelly cut a base. so the
score counted
There was a trick attempted once
which failed TO materialiZe because