The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-07-21
BRAINY PLAYERS
HELP WIN GAMES
MANAGERS AND CAPTAINS BY NO
MEANS MoNoPoLiZE TAcTi-
CAL SIDE OF BASEBALL.
pENNANT TURNED BY EvERs
Quick Thinking Of Worlds Cham
pion Second 9aseman Won Game
Once Lost-Dooin of Philadelphia
a Prominent Factor in Games Won
by covaIeskie from New York.

a Prominent Factor in Games Won
by covaIeskie from New York.
A competent lieutenant often con
tributes as much to the success OF
baseball team as the manager or cap
tain, particularly if 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
at 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 a game, and is
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 is that the Cub infielder has
baseball sense.
It was Evers who discovered Fred
Merkle's fatal solecism in the cele-
DRAFTED game in New York last fall.
In a game that looked trretrievabiy
lost, Evers, with lair-trigger thinking.
noticed that Merkle, who should have
run to second base turned aside and
bolted for the clubhouse because a
man on third had crossed the plate.
The same thing IS done frequently,
but EVers knew that it transgressed
the rules and appealed to the umpires,
who saw the Justice of his claim. The
National league directors, at a special
meeting, supported this contention,
with the result that the game was
thrown out of the records and ordered
replayed. In the extra game the Cubs
took the opportunity of winning a
pennant that was seemingly gone.
1t gives one instance where a quick
Witted man won pennant for his
team simply because he was a we'll
grounded baseball student
Much of Billy Sullivan's light was
hidden under Fielder Jones bushel-
The great catcher Of the White Sox
has a profound knowledge Of the
game. and this has helped his team in
many games, although in some quar-
fers Sullivan is regarded only as
good mechanical catcher, while the
tactical side of his ability is over
looked.
Charles Doom. the Phillies great
backstop, who, like Billy Sullivan, is
something more than a first-class
catcher. is not the manager or the
captain of the Phillies, but neyerthe'
less is in the thick of every fight with
his advice and suggestions.
Undoubtedly Lefthander Covales-
kie's wonderful feat in defeating New
York three games in five days last
fall was due 20 the brainy coaching of
Docin, who knew the weaknesses of
the Giant batsmen
On the second day of this torrid
Series at the Polo grounds double
header had been scheduled In the
middle of the first game Doom was
spiked and limped off the field When
he reached the clubhouse he found the
Giants physician on the job full Of
sympathy.
Let me look you over" said the
Good Samaritan. Dooins stocking
was peeled off and the Polo grounds
physician uttered an exclamation:
Sonny. you'll not use that leg any
more this season"
Then he took out long roll of cot
ton and tightly bandaged Dooin's leg
In fact. it was bound so tightly that
Doom could scarcely walk. The. catch
er saw through this artifice, and when
the physician left the clubhouse he
quickly unwound the stuff and cast it
aside. Then he used a few ball play
er's remedies and soon the leg was all
right.
When it was time for the second
game to start, the club physician was
surprised to see Doom walk on the
field with his mask in hand. And ne
didn't limp, either In this game
Coyaleskie beat the Giants, due to
Dooin's quick-wittedness in thwarting
the scheme of the Giants physician
Persons who have been stirred by
Dan Murphy's lightning fielding, or APP
plauded one of his long hits, do not
know that the Athletics veteran star
is q constant whipper-up on the in
field
Murphy works Ike a machine with
the catcher and shortstop. and many
an opponents batting rally is smeared
up by his quickness of intellect in be-
fuddling base runners.
Another live wire is Germany