The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-29

q pitcher who does nof watch bass
rurnar carefully Is elected rO Per
fe.u flfs for fle dag che oppusin-
manager signals --elI steal
s.eaI ta every fast man eh-
reaches q base
Listen to coaCher. Doe Mar
nan ~ Brooklyn for instance 0r
he Tine al first base. running up and
fepn. raaing the dirt acting like a
mad Uan and perhaps one net deeply
er~ed tire game imaUnez he is
tr1iug t0 rattle fhe opposing pitch
r 81 spur bis own men fO greater
forts hundred % the words
phrases bt uses NAV mean moth.
ng hu- somewhere among them the
hase runner hears. Careful Harry
which -elis him Marshall has seen a
signal t0r a fast bali flashed the bat
--r @ signal - hi. and Is warning the
runner rs start as soon as he ban IS
pitched or he may catch. Now
we're AZ en- and leap forward 10
save himself from being forced when
he batter hunts a sacrifice
Two Baseball Generals and One Of
Their Battles.
Sometimes. however. tae best laid
nd most ca.eully planned cam
1aigns 20 sadly amiss and one OF the
Instances 90 This vas the miscarriage
81 q plan Chance OF Chicago laid
asi spring o. bear s. Louis Sallee
The String Bean. a TAN rangy
pitcher who Is about nineteen hands
high and left handed. WAS pitching
strange game Regardless of who
was batting he pitched the same way
- each man. curve over the plate.
mother curve either on the inside
outside corner. two fast side arm
balls. high and outside and then a
curve low and over the plate. His
pitching although mon 1tCnous. was
effective. ana for an odd reason
Chance had q theory thar Sallee
lacked control in spite OF the fact
lhat De was showing almost perfect
control So he couuseled waiting
game ANA told his men 20 take two.
which means the were not 10 strike
n either of the first TWO balls pitch
I'd As a consequence Salloe had Tho
batter Sin the hole an he time
that is. had the advantage. ana when
they finally Wore compelled to hlt
,hey We're forced 20 hit his curve SO
they lll nct DO much hitting
By the middle Of the game Chance
realized Slllee was NOT gong to be
Wild and right there lhe game ceas
"a 10 be- baseball and became q guess
Ink match. Chance. seeing Bresna
hans plan 30 pitching. expected him
70 change a. SD he stuck to his orig
mai plan Trcsnahan KNOWN
Chance expected hin 10 change, De
cidc1 rot 10 change. ana waited fol
Chance to switch his plan Of cam
9inu The game was almost over
lef0re the champions. made desper
Gte began hitting the first ball. and
then Bresnadan changed en- every
b1tter outguesslng Them an the time
i was just like men matching
head and tails each MANAGER stick.
ing - bis oRn plan Bresnahan turn
ING heads every time ana Chance
tails each expecting tfo other 10
change
Tire Wsest Man in Baseball.
The man who. perhaps. is past
master ct directing ball clubs from
The bench Is Joan McClosky, now
manager of the Milwaukee American
association club and eXmanager OF
score et other teams As many of
bis campaigns are poorly eXecutel
he has often failed. but If he ever
gets a team together that will carry
emit bis orders that team never vii
lose a game.
Oac of McClosky's most brilliant
plans was conceived when he wa.
nanaging the Cardinals lie had a.
idea his team could beat Reulbact
&c the Chicago club by bunting, ant
3c sen the first seventeen men tC
bat with orders TO bunt or TO push
'he ball down the infeld no battel
being allowed To hit the ball hare
until after twa strikes had beer
c'lled The FIRST six innings passeG
without n run being scored by ST
! ouis and then two hunts Went SAT-
I'm succession, another advanced thi
runners and the next man pushcJ
he ban toward first base. 1t wa
thrown wild to he plate Two run
corol and St Louis kept bunting un
il five runs scored and the gam
was Won All during the early stage
NJ The game the players We're fran
ic begging to be permitted 20 hi
hard but McCloskev stuck to hi
| plan of campaign and won.
ON The attack. when his own tear
| is al bat. he manager has the OF
uo9unity to speak TO each man n
he leaves the bench. TO tell him wha
hc is expected TO do and If h
changes that plan after the man /
In batting position he signals eithe
,he batter or tho coacher his chang
| of plan SO that every man on IA
team may know what is to be a
tempted With experienced men fey
ign1ls are necessary and after
team has played under one manage
| several wears the players know. a
most without glanclng at the bencl
vA1t the orders will be under Ce
tain given circumstances often, 70,
when manager and batter suspeC
lhat The opposing team has learne
heir signals, he batter will look t,
| WdiN tilC ntll'H WueH nc kHoWS W lld
is expected Of him. and get a falls
order intended TO Gross or decei7
the icfster who is stealing signals
! n is when the batter succeeds i
] crossing the opposing team. lea,
ing them to suspect he is going {
- one thing when he does anothe
that disastrous consequences az
likely 20 result.
I'm y game between Pittsburg an
I Philadelphia years ago. when Tomm