Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-05
STARS OF THE DIAMOND NOTED
As GREAT INFlEIDERS VARY
IN THEIR MOVEMENTS.
SOME CARELESSLY GRACEFUL
La]ole 10 Good Example Of This Kind,
While Collins Is MinuteIy Accurate
-Dahlen Not Graceful But One Of
the Most Reliable In the Game.

the styles of different inflelders In the
professional ranks, they, one and all.
have the same purpose in view. to get
the ball to the base ahead of the run
ner.
There's Bill Dahlen for example.
He is not a pretty thrower. He lets
20 with q side-arm and rather ungain.
ly motion, but he Is one Of the most
reliable throwers in the big leagues.
Dahlen is an excellent Judge of dis
lance. and times his throws with
wonderful exactness.
When it comes to a thrower whose
method is q treat to the eye for Its
grace, speed and unerring airline
flight, Harry Steinfeldt, the third base
man OF the worlds champions, Is an
accomplished actor. He has power
full arm and, while he makes his share
Of wild throws, there is beautiful har-
monizing of lift and speed to his filings.
He is the prettiest thrower from the
third corner we have seen since Bill
Nash's time,
There is mo more wonderful thrower
In either league than Capt. Mike Doolin
of the Phillies. Doolin Is one OF the
hardest throwers in the game and one
of the truest His ability to throw
from any position is his strong point,
however, and his skill in locating first
base without Strengthening ;.p to make
the throw, or apparently looking where
he is throwing, has stamped him as
marvel.
Another attractive thrower is jim
my Collins. His throws do not go
with the whizzing flight of Steinfeldt's,
but he is easier and more graceful
Nobody ever was Collins equal in
natural grace. From the moment he
goes after ball-up in the air, or
scooping a difficult bunt-all of Col
Inns muscles and movements are In
perfect harmony.
A tnrower of the Dahlen type is
George Davis. Davis style is more USE
full than ornamental. He, too, is
side-wheeler. He suggests the lumber
ing, rather than the nimble, but makes
no false movements.
Hal Chase, the. brilliant first base
man of the Yankees, has a marked
manner1sm in his throwing. It is
peculiar lift of the ball to point just
over and close to the left shoulder.
There is an almost imperceptible hitch
or break in the movement of the arm
Just before the ball is thrown, then
the hand shoots forward just past the
ear.
The great Lajoie throws, as he does
everything else on the ball field, In an
Indifferent, careless manner. He is
the personification of careless, supple
grace. There is rather a wide sweep
of the arm, but with the movement so
well attuned to the requirement of the
occasion that it has the ease of every
thing else Lajoie does.
Quite different in build is Lajoie's
great rival in popular opinion as to
who is the greatest ball player in the
country. Dutch Wagner is less sym.
metrical than massive. Massive though
he is, he is boundless In his activity.
When 1t comes to throwing the Dutch
man can vary his style, just as he can
for batting. Sometimes he tosses the
balI-merely floats it over to fret base,
as II to. show his contempt for the
speed of the runner. Sometimes, when
the time Is short, his arm describes a
swinging, swishing arc, and then he
cuts loose with great force.
Kid Elberfeld is determined, vi,
cious thrower, who whips them across
ON line and uses his arm tor al;
thare is in it. He has a powerful arm,
and, although his aim may be bad at
times, the, ball goes straight, whether
into the first baseman's mitt, into the
ground or into the grand stand.
Bill Bradley, the tall and rangy third
baseman, makes a lariat of his arm,
throws with swinging motion, and
has such reach that he seems to be
handing the ball to the first baseman
Joe Tinker is another who might be
described as an enthusiastic thrower.
He conveys the impression that he
would rather throw than eat Every
bit of him is mixed up In the throwing
motion; some way or other and he
goes at the jo, with the gusto OF
hungry man tackling hot meal.
There is plenty OF action in the
throwing of Bobby Wallace, who, how
ever, appears to have more control
over his movements, more finish than
Tinker. z&z - i +. e.
Arthur Devlin, third baseman OF the
New York Giants, very accurate and 4
thrower, gets the ball away /
without q great deal OF exertion. He !
skips It across with side arm move
ment, The arm remaining for a second
Id the air, as II 1t, like the eye, were !
following the flight OF the ball.
Frank Chance, manager Of the cham
pion Cubs, Ia another who takes It
easy when he throws, the play Of the
shoulder with the arm being compare
lively gentle, but so nicely balanced
as to make the ball travel fast. Fred
Tenney of the Giants throws with
more Of d push the hand being on
level with the top Of the head, ana the
forearm and upper arm 1T right an