The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-26
Two Experts Give Facts /.
Story of "Toucbi,'
Second" I
STORY WILL BEGIN IN
THE TRIBUNE WEDyp
History of Great Game :,
the Men Who Made /
What 1t Is.

The FIRST installment OF .rn,.,,
ond. the greatest story of ths
baseball ever Tritten-the w..
j. Evers, the king OF socond !.
and Hugh s. Fullerton, famo,,. ,
writer-will be published In Tn. /,
Tribune, beginning Wednesdav I
Every fan in this country kno,.
Evers, the fastest thinker IN /.
the bundle Of human mn.
bounds about second base ~
md seldom falls TO make a.
sensational play during
young player who has repsa,sts
veterans of the game with fhs y.
den ball tlck-every one lno,,*
and knows that no man In IN.
has 81 greater knowledge Of ~
American game ind all tho,s ,,
OF ~ which are called inside bsr,
You Know This Man, u,
Buehie Fullerton Is equally ~.
10 followers of baseball. Al
has travelled back and forth -
country with baseball players g.
until there is probably no man r.
jor leagues. or any OF the clSs,
in the minor leagues, who dcss
him personally,
Together these two men hsrs
Touching Second They ha,
their knowledge OF the game. &
anecdotes or famous players. fr1;>
formation. methods of deyelo0,,-
players. stories of how men via
ability have sprung into basehdlI
almost Il single game. and n
great players have been shorr
glory almost as quickly, into a b
every fan, man and boy, In u
Will read,
Baseball Is vcry much Ike
The play or the retort will not II
occasion demands IL inatanuy.
the still watches Of the night tis
player lies thinking over and 81
OF what he should have done I'D
hundred witty remarks he leit q
Goes Back to First PrinI4s
In Touching Second" Even "A
lerton begin with a historical d,>l
of the game, tracing II in its de,lI
from the time when our DarEat
cestors hurled cocoanu,s 10 uDs 4
In the tops OF the palm Tres q
the present day, There Ia uus6a
about IL.
Even the batting averages, or q
they were called in the early DAN
are draC Cged from the musty ion4
EyyptlaDs, are cullvencd viih E
which display the charactenstid
game and its greatest cxponean
To quote an example,:
Charlie Bennett. the once sylzi
er. who lost both legs in a railv7
dent at the height of his cara,
tratcd this fact Cthat man %
brains 10 succeed in BASEBALL
a bull. He was watching gar>
troit when a young base ninl>t
TO steal second, slid straight a.
man. who was reaching TO tnN
throw. The baseman blocked
one leg. caught the ball and Ios'
"I could have beaten that
muttered Bennett In disgust
:" Without legs. Cbarlieg ~
friend,
"a .Yes-without legs ,snortA
angrily, FOR would nave ne
enough not TO slide where be @
my feet.
Serious Part Of BassdsH
But it Is i'm the serious pan
ball that touching second
strongest appeal to the reaoe,.
fan goes TO a game VINO wv
With understanding eyes mus-
goes on before him. lie ~onas.
certain occasions, perhaps,
baseman runs to second 10 hs.
from the catcher, while al ~
the shortsIop covers that oese
not see the signals which iilcse'
forth across the diamond iiom
PLAYER. nor understand the h's
ing In the eXhortatIons OF the
He may not grasp all tns.
.the sonneze" naeans-all me n
tice. ali the exact timing o. m
the Fart OF the runners. Ln
many others in baseball. Sen
fully easy when 1t Is sucV :,
cut6d, but when ii ia,,s
result of the direct stupidit,
accom- Iil-l w sidN -
BILE :, I'M
Every fan is interested IN oa, %
players train. Just VIVA,
take 10 condition themselss,ss,
protect their arms from sueh..r -
they do when their muscles ,,,e,S Nm
out are explained by the a,,ai su q
"Touchins Second IS 1lisa
ball information furnisneu "
tells how the great plays %.tcr',1
they are mapped on; lons nav Ss
under what conditions ins;
attempted. II you are ln'u.'s ~ Sssr
baIl-and you must be ~
Amcrican-you cannot ano,u o,orv
single instsllment OF this q Tss ss01s n
of which Will appear IN ns Inc A
ginning Wednesday morh"s'
Ketchel Secures cnA
NEW YORK. April s5,r.ws,s
Ketchel enters the ring Vii, M
llc VIII