The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-16
TOUCHING SECONT
Hugh rights rer

swung. at ball, the kind of ball he
could hit, and what he could not, and
exactly how fast ne could reach first
base. Stelnfeldt was warned that the
man was dangerous and u tricky bunter,
and that he always buuted toward
third. When the pitchers got through
discussing the newcomer, King and
Chance analyzed him as a base runner.
g think. - King remarked. "we can
catch that fellow a couple of times If
he gets on bases today. If he reaches
second I'll pull Off that delayed throw.
Let Joe cover and Johnny stall.
In the third inning of the game the
unfortunate youngster reached second
base on hit and n sacrifice. On the
first ball pitched TO tho next batter
he raced up toward third. King mo.
toned AS if 10 throw. Tinker covered
second base like a fash, and Evers
stood still. The recruit at first made
a jump toward second base. then see.
ing King had not thrown, he slowed
down, TinlScr. walking past him, re
marked. We ID hive caught YOU that
time, old pal, if the Jew had thrown -
For just one fatal trice the youngstcr
turned his face to retort TO Tinker s
remark, and in that instant King
threw. Evers met the ball at second
base, Iabbed il against the runner, and
before he knew what had happened
he was out That man really was
caught in the bus on the way TO the
ball grounds, for the play was crecu-
ted exactly as King planned.
Quick thinking bv individuals as we'll
as by the directing heads OF the team,
ls absolutely necessary. and unless a
PLAYER s brain acts quickly enough Co
follow every move he is not Of major
league caliber. Professor Munsterherg
could save managers and club owners
much time, trouble and money, as well
as many appointments, bv testing
the brain action Of PLAYERS. psvchologic-
ally. and discovering their brain speed
before n season opens. Chance never
has dabbled in psychological experiment
tation on scientific basis. Dnt ne can
discover how rapidly ball player
thinks more quickly in poker game
than in any other way and thus saves
tho expense of carrying some player
for months only to have him lose qama
because his con70oIutions fail to revolve
fast enough.
bad Bill' Egan was PLAYING sec
ond base, "Bull'' Deblen third and
"Cap' Arson first Chicago and New
York were fighting desperately for VIC
tory. The score was tied. A New York
runner was on second base. one man
was ont and George Van Haltren at
bat. Van Haltren hit a sharp ground
ball fivo feet TO the right Of Egan. The
ball struck his hands, he fumbled and
the bali rolled five feet away, Like
flash Fgan pOuuced after the ball, re-
covered it. and without stopping or
looking. hurled II toward Dahieu. The
third baseman, intent on making the
runner "turn wide' locked mp inst in
time, to dodge as the sphere flashed By
his head and bounded into tho stands,
One run scored. Van Haltrcn raced
around 10 third. scored or n hv, and
Chicago was beaten, to 2.
sEYou re rottenl'; "Release him.
"Get a second baseman!' yelled the
crowd. Within week Aneon released
Egan.
That play shows how little the mil
hons OF fans who watch games know
about baseball. Also il shows the rela-
tive speed with which the brain cells
Of the players involved worked. Egsn
thought too rapidly for Dahlen, whose
mind, intent on something else. moved
an eighth OF a second too late and An
son, by releasing Egau for making n
brilliant play, showed that he never
grasped the situation at all
The speed with which Egan's brain
convolutions moved may be Judged by
the fact that a batted ball. hit towards
second baseman PLAYING 135 feet from
four ffths Of n second TO three sec
onds, depending upon the force with
which it is hit and the wav It bounds.
The base hit 10 Egan was hard hat,
bounded four times on solid turf, and
probably struck his hands one and one
fifth seconds after il left Van Hal
terms bat. The entire play was made
in less than three seconds. and this is
the process through which Egan s brain
went in that time His first thought