The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-08-14

LII Is now j. Lawrence NOouS, IL
stead of Jesse Woods as he was known
in Honolulu. The Japan Gazette Of
July 80 tells of Woods press work in
Japan in behalf of the All-American
baseball team which will play in No.
nolulu, Japan and Manila this fall, as
follows:
At the recreation grounds yesterday
afternoon, the Yokohama baseball
players were INDUCING in their Gus.
tomary ancient practise of batting In
one, two, three order to the three bases,
and then to the out-felders. Upon tine
side lines, a stranger to most of the
players, was watching this practise
with an amused expression on his face.
The well-built athletic inquire, slight
ly above six feet, showed that this
stranger had undoubtedly been an attn.
lete in his time, and perhaps knew
baseball as well.
Capt. Becker in one of the intervals
of rest, noting this spectators atten-
ton asked if he was interested in this
game. "What game are you playing7'
was the answer to this remark. 'Oh,
this is the great American game of
baseball" said Capt. Becker. cit may
have been the baseball that the vii
layers played in Rip Van Wrinkle s
time, but they do not play that way
nowadays. If you will allow me,
will show you how the game should
be played.
"The following method is the answer
to a batsman who is about to bunt the
ball. The thirdbase man advances hair
down the line to the home plate. Sec
ondbase covers firstbase; who advances
on the base line parallel with the pitcn-
er, while if necessary the shortstop VIII
cover secondbase.
"Another point is this, we will imag.
inc man on thirdbase; the bats
man signals to the runner he will
bunt the next ball, so the man on third
can score. The answer to this is, for
the pitcher to deliver a high head ball
to the batsman, which prevents the
bunt being made, as the batsman must
duck his head to avoid being hit, ana
the catcher receives the ball high
enough to prevent the steal in home.
"Another play is when firstbase is
filed: Two strikes and three balls are
called ON the batsman. The next move
the pitcher makes to deliver the ball,
the man on first starts running not only
to steal second, but thirdbase as wsll,
since all the attention of the infield
will be on the batsman.
Again, if a man il on seeondbase,
the batsman will warn him just before
he hits the ball; by either striking the
: ,te with the bat, or twisting his cap,
some understooG 'gnal; when this
noted the du - man on see.
.dbase is TO -, Il home by
starting as so" proposed mt
as made. -
81 notice you - > slide but dive
for bases; that is now obsolete. The
new slide is made with one foot to.
ward the base bag. Rubber shoes are
useless in baseball for runner, as
the baseman can easily block him from
reaching the base sliding with his feet
with rubber soles.
"Among the new slides are the 'Hoon
Slide which is side swing of the
body to the base; the Fall.away' where
the man feints with his body but al.
lows his foot to reach the base on the
side.''
Capt. Becker and his men had list
ened eagerly to all these points, and
he now said: "Your knowledge of all
these plays makes me anxious TO know
your namef" The stranger thanking
Capt. Becker, handed him his card
which read as follows:
j. Lawrence Woods,
Manager.
Reach All-American Baseball Club.
In the interview which followed, be
sides the games scheduled to be played
in Kobe, it was distinctly shown how
this is a trip for baseball interests
only, to demonstrate the game by NOV
ing figures ON the turfed Diamond field
which is the center of all baseball en-
thusiasts. The present trip to be made
by the Reach All-American team il
the longest one ever made by any pro
fessional ball team. Twenty years ago
the firm of A. & q. Spalding of New
York made what was called a World
tour, going from San Francisco to Ho
nolulu, thence TO the land of the Kan
garoo-Australia. From there they
played on the sands Of Egypt, before