The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-08
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Copyright, 1910,
by The Reilly Britton
Company.
All Rights Reserved.


aud felders when the ball was hit hard
as it went too straight towards sec on
base. and allowed the Unfold to con
ceutrate ther defense One Of che frs
results of the new rule was the n
crease IN bunting, with variations tend
ing so upset The infeld. The "forct
bunt - was brought into prominence b.
! little Butler OF COLUMBUS, who after
wnrd blew one hand off with fire
cracker and retired. H pushed tn,
ball slowly down the infield, strivin,
to make it roll fast enough to pass tbs
/ pitcher either to bis right or left, ve'
so slowly that the shortstop or secont
take 1t while sprIntIng forward at toT
speed and make perfect throw. The
gam by the play was not to the bat
ting averages. 1t did not produce
many safe hits. but ii was productive
of wild throws, and fuDlbles, and it al
once became popular as method of
destroying Unfold team work and break
ing up games.
/ The Chicago Cubs used the force hun,
! durlng all their championship term
pushing the ball. instead of bunting IT
dead, short distance in front of the
plate. Their success with the ball was
marvellous. In tho fourth game of the
world s championship series in 1907 al
/ Detroit, Sheckard pushed force buut
! past Donovan in the critical moment
Of the game, and before the panic in
the Tiger ranks ended. Chicago had
! made three runs as r. result of the blnt
and won easily thereafter. to |. In
one game at Philadelphia In 1905 Tin
ker made the bunt with two men on
bases, pushing a slow roller toward
shortstop. Doolan was running tn cover
second base and the ball rolled clear
onto the grass behind shortstop, Tinker
taking two bases.
Men of the type Of Speaker, Cobb,
Clarke, left-handed batters, and occa-
sionally right hauder, Leach for in
stance. use the force bunt with great
effect.
During the seasons Of 1906 and 1907
Sheckard of Chicago used bluff buut
which worked with great success He
and purposely missed it, Then he
bluffed that he intended bunting again
and. as the third baseman tore for
ward, Sheckard poked the ball over
his head. Leach. in the world IS series
Of 1909, beat Detroit two games by
The same play, Three times he drew
Moriarity forward to field expected
bunts and then drove the ball past him
like a rife shot Beaumont, vet.
eran Of many teams, has for years been
regarded rs one of the most dangerous
place hitters. either when hitting the
ball hard or when pushing it on n
short line fly over felders coming for
ward. In the hit and run game his
batting was remarkable, for whichever
6elder the runners managed TO draw
away from position il was almost Ger
tam Beaumont would hit through the
deserted post
"CalhnG the turn is style of bat.
ting employed by some batsmen in try
Ins to outguess the opposing pitcher.
IT means striving to guess what kind
OF ball ls about 10 be delivered. This
srylc, while effective, is extremely dan
rcrous for the batter as TO guess wrong
is 10 court serious injury. In one game
at Cincinnati few years ago, Goa kley !
pitching, McGann tried 10 outguess !
him, He guessed r curve was coming.
and his wrist was broken by fast in. |
shoot. Two innings later Bresnahan n ,
guessed wrong and was knocked sense
ess.
There are times when = play comes
lp to batsman which compels him 10
TTy to outguess the pitcher. One OF
hese times is when the hit and run
1lav is ordered. With a runner on
irst or second base, and the battor
1vlng the signal he is compelled TO
ttempt TO guess when the pitcher will
'ut the ball over the plate, He guesses,
tart as if to steal the next base in
rider to draw one or more infelders
ut Of position, and strives TO hit
through the deserted place If the bat
er's guess is wrong, the runner is the
ictIm.
Selee, when manager OF the Cubs.
nee secured n player from the Coast
eague who was reputed TO be a won
ertul batter, who had hit over 400
a his League and could call the turn
very time. Selee tried him in right .
eld against Boston, and 'ENic'' Will
IS, one of the best eUcssersn in the
usiness, and a pitcher with mar ,
elous curve. both slow and fast, was
n the slab. The recruit struck ont |
our times and when lie returned TO |
he bench after the fourth effort some {
the players sympathized with him. !
Tough to start against Wilis,D re-
larked one. q
" Yes. and m calling the turn every ;
me; TOO, mourned the recruit :
We'll. old bov, said Chance, era
ke TO watch you when YOU weren 7 - }
put not all of batting is hitting the /
all. There is method in the lock. =
wing OF the batter. The moment a
after steps TO The plate with the bases "
ear the game becomes duel between :
I'm and the pitcher, and although the ;
.pNu MAY pc CdlIlng Tor nm to hlf, | 4
Is intention may be not TO hit until :,
'mpelled so to do, His first effort is =
} get the pitcher in tho bole;'' that +
, make him pitch enough balls so E
lc batter can be certain the next one h
Ill be over the plate, For. if the bat. s
II knows the ball is coming straight =
'e chances of making base hit are +
Dubled. =
Then. too, the batter may be under a
,ders TO follow out manager 9 plan G
battle. Frequently a manager. feel G
x certain the game will be close. or. II
'rs hIs men 10 wait. The waiting may h
, either to discover whether The pitch &
is likely TO become wild, or 10 wear o
m out, Each batter then instead of b
ting. tries TO make the pitcher throw u
many balls as possible. If bnt- =
II can get three balls. foul of three.
I'D then strike out, ne may have ac
'mplished far more toward the final
suit than he would have done had he
ade base hit of the first ball
tched, The average number of balls
tched by one pitcher in a game of
ne innings Wi u run about l25, and