The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-02
HOW CUBS WIN
GAMES WITH BAT

Baseball fans and followers of the
Chicago National League baseball
team probably stare In amazement
when the Cubs start rally and finish
with five and six runs and wonder
where the ruD-produclng power comes
from. To the average enthusiast 1t
Is a problem, but to men thorouhgly
acquainted with the pastlme 1T Is
simple to observe by merely looking
at the lineup Of the club The man.
ner in which Manager Chance has his
crew of stars placed in the batting
order tells the tale OF the frequent
and successful rallies the Cubs In
dulge In several times each week
The power to produce runs Is one
Of the most essential parts OF baseball
and without that club is not a win
ner. Take the Boston team of the
National League for an example
Manager Lake has a clever group of
players, but they lack ability to finish
a rally after 1t Is once started. 1t
may be due to the way Lake has his
men stationed in the order or prob
ably due 10 the inability OF the batters
to hit timely In the pinches In addi-
tion to this 1t Is possible the men are
lacking in judgment on the bases.
which Is one OF the important points
of the game.
In all these phases OF the national
pastime the Cubs are in a class by
themselves. and that is the principal
reason why they possess that ipdomit-
able power TO push runs over the
plate when they are needed, Man
ager Chance has undoubtedly the
strongest set OF scientific players ever
collected on one team. They possess
the ability to hit opDortuuely. TO start
rallies, to run bases with discretion
and to throw and field Take each
man individually ald compare him
with the other players of the same
position ia the league and IL Will be
discovered that he is better than all
his competitors perhaps not In all
departments of the game. but in one
or mere particular points. If this was
not the case the Chicago players
would not have been able to get a
record OF 1l6 victories for one sea
son
Inside baseball is always spoken of
MS the ruling gactor In a game, which
managers and players declare Is true.
clever players are not lined un cor
rectly they can play inside ball in all
It's parts and still not have a cham
p,onship team or even high-class
winning club. There is much in how
players are placed in a batting order
and II Is one of the successes Of the
CHICAGO Cubs. Perhaps II Manager
Chance switched his men around he
-
But some may think that an absurd
thought because OF the allround nat
ural ability all the players possess.
Several years ago Manager Chance
had Evers down seventh in the bat
ting order and the king OF second
basemen did not loom up as well as
he has in the last four or five years.
Since Evers has been leading the list
he has looked Ike different ball
player, because by starting off he has
had many more opportunities TO ex-
ercise his knowledge on the bases
and at the bat. And II has been due
10 his wide experience OF making
twirlers pitch that has won many
games for his team. Evers is one Of
the hest walters In the league and
gets on the bases as the result Of gifts
more tIueS tDau hhF 'tneT udD III lue
league. There is hardly a game in
which he does not receive walk or
two.
Sbeckard bats second There is not
a better buntcr In either league than
Sheckard. and It is seldom he falls
10 advance the runner. For a third
hitter Chance could not have selected
a better man than Schultz. although
Holman would not look out of place
there. But Chance knows what a ter.
rife driver Schultz is and how nicely
he makes the twirlers work He is a
sure long hitter. and when he hits
usually scores Evers and starts raj
". az the men who follow him are
born sluggers.
Chance hats fourth probably he
cause there is not batsman In the