Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-12-17
BASE RUNNINc
IS SCIENCE
Is NOT DANGEROUS WHEN ONCE
You KNOW HOW-STlCK II
YOUR POSITION.

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YOUR POSITION.
Hughey Jennings. always one OF
the best base runners in the game
and with hardly an equal in touch
ig runners trying for second base
when he was with the Baltimore
club, spoke recently OF the science
of base running and incidentally Of
a player being injured by spikes in
this way.
Base sliding Is not dangerous
when the runner knows how to do
1t, and spikes are not dangerous
when the player knows how to ham
die the man that is coming in The
great success in saving yourself in
the base running lis TO slide when
you start to do it. Never hesitate.
The man who starts to slide and
stops Is goner sure II ne doesn't
break an ankle he IL lucky The
base runner should throw all his
strength into the slide and he will
not get hurt.
las a matter of fact there is
hardly any chances OF an infielder
heing spiked II he playes the game
right and the runner is only trying
tc get TO the base. No matter how a
base runner goes into bag. he
cannot hurt the infielder ii the lat
ter is in the right position. McGraw
as often as every opponent on the
field tried to get him. was never
spiked until Dick Haniey handed It
to him when he had no reason to do
1t. McGraw always made the base
slider carry him into the bG
THE only man who has chance
to get hurt by spikes in baseball, II
he is playing the game the way he
should, is the first sacker. He must
keep his foot on the bag and he is
therefore bound to get nipped more
or less.
But nobody wants to hurt first
,ibaseman. In the present day base
bali I don't know one Of them who Is
offensive. They are almost always.
for some reason or other, good. big
hearted chaps that nobody would
purposely hurt or them all in the
American league know of but one
who might invite trouble and that
is 'Jigs' Donohue
"Donohue and | had several rows
last year and we told each other pref
ty plainly what we were thinking. l
guess hut Jigs' proved himself a
man every inch of him after the
season was over when he came to
our hotel during the world series,
talked to the boys, advised them and
encouraged them. We buried the
hatchet after that
Nobody wants to hurt first
baseman. It's sort of unwritten
law, that as the poor chap must keep
l. his foot there 1t isn't fair to cut
him Matty Mcintyre, for instance,
would have played all last year II
he hadn't turned his ankle 10 save
Bob Uuglauh
King Kelly once offered to bet
Jack Crooks 81 that he could give
him the ball, be 10 feet away from
the bag aud make it without being
touched. He was SO clever lodging
one way when the fielder expected
him to go the opposite they could
not touch him Crooks declined to
F, take the bet He knew Kelly could
do It.
Famous as Kelly was for his work
on the bases, Ty Cobb Is better
base runner, for Ty has more speed
and is equally tricky in getting
around the man with the ball.
Watching the guardian OF the
sack, of course, is the great trick in
| base sliding. You can usually tell
from the way he is standing the d.
rection the ball is coming from and
1t is your cue to go the opposite way.
, But even In this there Is always the
| chance OF being outgeneraled. It's
an old trick Of the fielder to hold his
hands on his hips and pretend the
ball is not coming towards him.
| You go slow to your slide and ne
suddenly become animated. grabs the
| hall and tags YOU Or he will lean
in one direction for the ball and then
dodge over and take il from the
other. and unless you can out-gnes'