The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-07-15

No matter whaether you feel lively
or listless so long az you can stand UP
you have to keep at 1t, and turn out
mighty perfect work, or you'll find
yourse II looking for q new occupation,
It's nc joke when you're feeling in
the dumps to trot out on q field. VITA
the sun beating down on you and the
temperature at 80 or thereabouts, and
jump around and act as though the
greatest pleasure In the world for you
consisted In running your legs of.
and getting In front Of balls that are
coming your way at the rate Of q
mile . minute:;A persons brain. you
all know. Is quite likely to become
weary when worked too much. In
most cases the WORKER. when observ-
ed by his tired feelings. takes him
sell. on to the country. and enjoys
himself for q couple Of weeks until
his mental mechanism has recovered
itsseHullfbriium.. But5the baseball man.
who II essential 9 brain worker. has
10 stick right to his job. no matter
how worked out he feels. Many hold
the opinion that the great qualifica.
ton for the baseballist IS physical
Gtfeensyths But they are wrong. To be
successful In the national game. one
must be plentifully endowed with
gray matter. It's q case Of think
think all the time. and the fellow who
trusts to luck and does not e to II
that ne has brains under full steam
every minute Will not last long.
You have to study, both from
personal observation and from books
and newspapers. the pecularities Of
sevsrym who plays with you. You
have TO know Just where this player
= likely to hit IN siashoot. and where
hessis likely to- hit q straight ball or
anSoutshoot. Youshave to know how
mnch lead q certain player can be
given on . base before you can catch
him mapping You have to discover
whatEpiayer IL likely to lay down .
abtfnit. md what one will always hit It
ont. Then you will have to make q
long exhaustive study of the pitchers.
90 that you VIII be able once In q
while. TO outgiauess them. II q player
can be reasonably sure Of what q
pitcher = going to serve up to him.
IL viii improve his batting ability q
hundreds par cent. Then you have to
get into your head long and COM
splicatsd series Of signals. which COW
ser almostseyery Imaginable twist and
turn Of baseball game. You have
to have q pretty good set Of brains
gto get y whole lot Of signs down to
such perfection that you can recognize
them on, the Instant and act immed-
lately. though you may be almost
'erasy With excitement. and have q
madsmob Of twenty or thirty thousand
people shrieking at you.
Ball players. like all other human
sbetnxs. have nerves. and again. as in
;thecase Of these other humans. those
nerves. ! apt TO 60 bad when too
much strain s. placed on them. And q
what greater strain can you imagine
on,ths nerves thangto know that upon
,you alone depends the winning Of the
salnes (which may perhaps mean the
capturing, Of : pennant and the adj
sdition 81 thousands OF dollars to your
employers prof.s. and the salaries lErla
~ yonr fellow players and yourself.
HE great uncertainty Of baseball baseball
gmakss every player have the feeling
HUI fooShimui alone Il likely to come the
Se sli11i,c Is SmakeIso s mar the. work Of an
s'faai1s Dill 4 little error 1t . crucial mo.
nd everything Will be lost.
liSl yop tAh,links that Il = quits liable
f@eofryssaapslrhson. Who he's to stand
\ diamond I couple of