The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-30
Continued from last week.
By Johnny Evers and Hugh Fullerton

CONTINUED from last week.
Some of the quickest thinking on a
baseball field was done by Tommy
Mccarthy, the Boston outfielder of
years ago. He made a play that called
for such rapid thinking that he would
have tangled up Professor Munster
iberg's instruments. Tom Browne, one
of the speediest unner that ever
Sp!ayed baseball, was on second base
and New York needed one run to tie
the cor Jack Doyle, then a great
batter was at bat, and it seemed GER
tain that a base hit by Doyle would
tie the score and perhaps win the
Vgame, as there was only one out and
Browne was so speedy he could score
from second base on almost any kind
of a safe hit. Mccarthy crept closer
to the infield in left, realizing that al.
though he could throw with wonder.
full rapidity and accuracy, the chances
were all against throwing Browne out
at the plate unless he was close and
the ball came to him quickly. Doyle
drove a hard line hit straight to left
field, Browne went scudding toward
third base, Doyle raced for first and
Mccarthy plunged forward at top
speed. The fielder reached the ball
on it's first bound, grabbed it and
without stopping OF looking threw
with terrific force. and perfect aim
across the diamond into the first base.
mans hands. Browne had stopped at
third base, Doyle, who had turned first
with the intention of sprinting to sec.
ond, was caught standing still ten feet
from first. The next batter went out
on a fly ball and Boston won the
game.
After the game Mccarthy va asked
concerning the play. WELL" he ex-
planned, Browne is a quick thinker.
He saw how hard that ball was hit
and knew he would be thrown out at
the plate unless l fumbled. Doyle
doesn't think fast and, knowing that
he would turn first and stop to see
fl l was throwing home, l threw
across to first and caught him"
He figured that out while the ball
was screaming through the air to
ward him, probably reaching his con.
illusions and making the decisions in
four-fifths of a second.
In 1908, while the Chicago team was
badly crippled and changing batting
order almost every day, Sheckard
reached first one afternoon and
Chance was following him. AS Chance
came to bat he was swinging two
bats, and he tossed one back of him
with his left hand. One the first ball
pitched Sheckard attempted to steal
and was thrown out. What did you
go down for:" demanded Chance later
II thought I got the signal" said
Sheckard. u didn't give any signal"
We'll you tossed that bat away with
your left hand, and you usually throw
II with your right. SO I thought you'd
made a new signal while l was. out OF
the game"
Generalship by the manager is not
all. A good team needs the fewest
orders and what perhaps was the most
brilliant half inning ever played in a
ball game, from the standpoint OF
headwork and perfect execution. was
one In which the managers had small
part. That was the last half of the
fourth inning of the game between
Detroit and Chicago or October IL.
1908. Chicago had made two runs in
the third inning and with Browa
pitching, appeared to be winning east
ly until O'Leary and Crawford opened
the fourth inning with line singles to
left, putting runners on first and Sec
ond, no one out and Cobb. the best
batter in the American league, at bat.
O'Leary is fast. Cobb is extremely
fast and Cobb Is q natural bunter.
Every one knew Cobb intended TO
bunt. and that failure to retire him
or one of the other runners probably
meant victory for Detroit. Jennings
sent Cobb to bat with instructions to
hunt toward third base. They knew
Brown intended to make the play to
third base to force O'Leary. and
eignaled to- take as much lead as pos
sible and start running when the ball
was pitched. Brown, past master In
field generalship as we'll as execution.
walked over to Steinfeldt at third base