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


he ruuue- lrom scoring from third
base Il t IS li- either 70 DOYLE or
-o BIilWeI the ether viii cover sec
nl base take the throw ani attempt
ly q quick throw 70 complete the
.ouhie + az and retire the opposing
cam The batter makes hase hit
he runner scores from thiri the
la- Who vas On first reaches thira
lnl again runners are on first snd
hud bases. vita one out and the
unasile team neeis a run % win.
iuf ihe infeld instead Of playing the
anne WaI gers = signal rom McGraW
ud while renney and Devlin remain
IS before. DOYLE and BridWell move
onward onto the grass twenty-five
eet nearer the plate than they wee
1c'lre. The fan may net unA r-
taud but a fast man Is coming 20
lat. there is ban q s,ight chance Of
/ double play being executed sue
esstuly and the Giants driven 10
be defensive. are signaled by their
manager 70 clCse un the line Of de-
nse in the desperate hope that the
iail viii be ht straight at one Of
lem who may ca OF the runner at
be plate and save the day. McGraw
laS ISSUED the order. and whether il
sins O. loses the game he accepts
he blame
FOUR Fingers Up-Thumb Turned In.
There was q game played in Gin
inn3u this season which Chicago
anne near losing after having saved
three times by magnificent gener
3D. fol
'incinnati catcher, is one of the most
dangerous Of batters when his team
leeds runs, and four times during
he game he came 10 bat when safe
lit il seemed. would win the game
or Cincinnati, and each time Chance.
the bench. raised his hand with
our fingers up and the thumb turned
I'm. which was his signal 10 give Me
'.ean a base on balls and not allow
him To hit and 20 rely upon retiring
he next batter. who was not so dan
'er0us as a batter Three times
teulbach purpOsely pitched four balls
NiiC. allowing Mclean 10 take first
qsa end each time the succeeding
batter failed To- hit. SO Cincinnati
ould not score. The other time
5 one of lie umpres passed between
aim and the field and ReulDach miss
I'd the signal and thinking Chance
had not signalel AZ all he broke
'urye over the plate for a strike
Again Chance flashed four fingers
md again the umpire Obscured the
iew, ana Reulbach drove over an
other strike.
Moran, who was catching. was an
g.. He thought the proper thing to
do was 70 give Mclean a base and
he turned 70 Chance for orders 10
pass the batter eren then. but having
escaped twice ChaL.e had a "hunch
that he had been wrong, and signaled
ID make the batter hit Reulbach
pitched a high fast bali and Mclean
hit il safe 10 center, scoring a run
and tying the score and The cham
piong We're compelled to pay eleven
innings before they finally won the
game
Many spectators who see players
go through season after season ami
pla perhaps l15 games a year imag
inc that they would get hardened and
become indifferent as to whether
they win or lose The opposite is
lh case The young players endure
defeat better than the old ones and
10 seems the longer the player is FIJI
the game the more be hates 10 lose
The bench during a defeat is Ike
am 3rmy in q rout everyone raying
sNel ing, blaming each other and
hurting abuse and inyectiye back and
nf tt hf hg
i'm the balance the men seem impas-
sivo, almost Indifferent Converse.
tiuns are carried on in low tones
orders ale ISSUED quickly and incis.
irel. and everything is deliberate
ana calm. The storm that follows
either victory or defeat comes as
quickly as the hit or the error that
'arts IT, The moment that the hit
hat brings victory. Os the error that
means defeat comes, all the pent up
nd repressed excitement Of the day
breaks loose and then the widest
fem i'm the blOchers is sane compared
with tho players usually the
manager is worst Of ALL
Fun On the Bench
But the bench is net always calm
q
crowd 3t school boys, up to all sorts
)f pranFs from nagging the umpire
playing Jokes on each other one
{ the funniest situations arose in
incinnat a few years ago when the
Reds We're being beaten One of the
players was an inyeterate joker and
wen in defeat he could not with.
stand the temptation 10 turn the
laugh upon some one There was
Mater pipe from the stand that di-
idtd directly over the players
bench, the other directly over the
water tank where the players drank
The joker had discovered that the
ipe could be used as a telephone
M while his team was going to
pieces he sat where he could lean
yer and speak into the open end
# the pipe I.obcrt had made a
oou le of bad misplays and as he
vent o. the water tank 10 get a drink
'iter the disastrous inning the joker
'eaned over and spoke into The pipe
| ing You big bowlegged. Dutch
lob who ever tcll you >1u could
| .lay h1ll2" The words seemed TO
ome directly from over Lobert's
oad and he dropped the drinking
mp pd lcaped back, slaring up into
he stand to see who was roasting
! lin Tlo party in the box overhead
1 02kel supremely innocent and nm
nSci0us but Lobert remained in
| ro"t 9f the bench an during the in.
ing 90 see if he could discover the
| ffender The joker remained quiet
I 'rtil the next PLAYER went TO the
mix, and then he hurled more in.
alts through the tube He kept IL
p during tae entire game. abusing