The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-24

saying SO. lS lHt OnG possessing nSINci
 While it is good thing to have con fidence in ones ability to do certain things that are required to win games, there is more to the meaning of the word nerve than this alone.
 If the man who fears the opposition and realizes it's strength and knows he must be able to give his club the best he has to win. can go in and triumph. he must be given credit for possessing real sand"
 There is always a place in every game where some player Is called on to show whether or not he Is made of the right kind of s6uff.
 A striking example of this was shown during the worlds series. Pitch CT Brown of the Cubs was called on to lots of 1t. and right nobly did he re- spond.
 With the score 2 to in the Cubs favor. Detroit had men on second and first. with no one out. Cobb laid down a perfect bunt along the third base line. Brown came in like a flash, and fielding the ball perfectly. wheeled and threw the sphere to Steinfeldt at third, forcing O'Leary- at that station. :
 Had Brown hesitated the fraction of a second. or throwa the ball the least bit badly. every one would have 4been safe. ana the bases full, with no one out.
 Roger Bresnahan. the Giants great backstop. last year clearly demon s,nd strated that hat he is made S of the right head by a pitched ball late in the sea- son. an injury that nearly ruined his baseball career, he came right back and hit at a fine pace for McGraw and continued 1t this year.
 After getting a wailop such as Roger received. most any, one would have Bresnahan. He simply would not be driven away from the plate.
 It takes some nerve to face a pitcher three three or four times a day all season George Stovall. of the Maps. Is am other example of what nerve will do for a man; The big first baseman has ing to get badly thrown balls, which in the path of the runner. 'e'''
 One would naturally think after two them safe and duck any chance of A collision. But 1t has made George all the more determined to get these bad throws apd no one ever saw him step aside and give the runner the right of way.
 What takes as much nerve, proba- nIy. as anything a player has to face, nm. man who can stand for the abuse handed out by the home bleach CTS day after day and in the end win them over Is to be admired.
 Many players have accomplished tbIs but possibly Billy Friel of the Colum |. bus club has had to stand more knock & from home crowds than any player I know of. Bill kept plugging away, Heyer fiinehed, and never allowed his :, Grover Land showed Bill Armour that he had plenty of nerve in a game at Minneapolis one day two seasons ago. The. team was giving a fine ex9 hibition Of club swinging, Finally with couple of men on bases, A situation where hit would win the game AT mour looked around for a man to send In to hit for the pitcher.
 He, east his eye up and down the man; Grover grabbed his bat and said: fellow" '--' s'''S
 Of course Bill let him go. He made good. but whether he did or not for him to volunteer showed he had nerve
 These incidents show that 1t takAs something besides natural ability for 2 PlaysE T5a tS,,62, to make good in pinch. and ed upon to do so. is the one you have to hand 1t to for having the nerve.