Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-06-20
MANAGERS AND CAPTAINS ~ NO
MEANS MoNoPoLlzE TAcTI.
CAL SIDE OF BASEBALL
PENNANT TURNED By EvERs
Quick Thinking Of Worlds Cham
plon Second Haseman Won Game
Once Lost-Dooin Of Philadelphia
a Prominent Factor In Games Won
BY covaIeskIe from New York.

tributes as much to the success OF a
baseball team as the manager or cap
tain, particularly it the former also
acts in the capacity of field leader.
This relates not to mere playing abil-
ity, but the tactical side Of the game.
the little opportunities that come up
ut a minutes notice and are over
looked by the average player. but
taken full advantage of by the brainy
type Of man.
Johnny Evers is something more
than the second baseman OF the
worlds champion Chicago Nationals.
He is a great help to Manager Chance.
because he needs little or no advice
from his superior in . game, and 70
constantly taking the initiative and
accomplishing things that no manager
would have the time or opportunity
to order.
The difference between Evers and
the class Of players who won't try
anything except when ordered BY the
manager 10 that the Cub infielder has
baseball sense.
%$It was Evers who discovered Fred
Merkle's fatal solecism' in the cele-
brated game a New York last fall.
III = game that looked irretrievably
lost, Evers, with hair.trigger thinking,
noticed that Merkle, who should have
. run to second base turned aside and
b0lted for the clubhouse because Q
man on third had crossed the plate. (
ii The ssms thing Is done frequently.
but Evess nssw that it transgressed
M rules and appealed to the umpires.
Who saw the Justice OF his claim. The
Nsficdal leaSue directors. at . special
smesfinE. 1n1 orted this contention,
Nh I'LL tie 4re,ilt that the game was
thrown out oeSthe records and ordered
fepiayed: mfthe extra game the Cubs
took the opportunity of winning .
pennant that was seemingly gone. "
i. 1t gives one instance where = quick
witted man won . pennant for his
team simply because he was . well.
grounded baseball student I'D:
: Much Of Billy sullivan's light Va
hidden under Fielder Jones bushel-
The great catcher Of the White 5ox
has Z profound knowledge Of the
game. and this has helped his team IN
many games, although in some quar-
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snod mech.n,c.l catcher While the
f.rtir.T INA - hia ahf1ity IN over
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4 Charles Doom. tho Phillies great:
backato,p. Who. IKE Billy Sullivan, 10.
10 alorm,athinR more than i first.class.
catcher IN not. the manager. or tho
CAPTAIN OF the Phillies. but neverthe-
less q II the thick Of every fiRht with
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Good. samaritan Domn'a stockins
was peeledS 81 ana the Polo grounds
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