The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-15
BALL PLAYERS
TIREoF ONE JOB
Many Stars Want to Change
Regular Belths For Others.
RoeeR BREsltlnlN VERSATILE

Manager Of q. lsuis Natteaals Has
Held Down Every PssitIsn On Team.
othse Diamond craeks Whs Like .
Work Out - PssltlsNs.
The average bali player Ii . queer
Individual Constant appearance In
the public gaze, continued work In the
profession. the every act Of which 10
the subject Of comment Of thousands.
no doubt tend to bring out the pecul-
iarities which lurk in the disposition
Of all men. One OF tho chief things
Z ball player wants to do is to work
out Of position. The outnelder wants
to pitch, the pitcher to play some base,
the catcher to do anything except don
the big mitt-
Several players on the st. Louis
team are no exception to the rule.
Roger Bresnahan Il one Of the most
versatile athletes In the profession.
Originally 4 pitcher. Roger turned to
catching. While With New York the
strenuous leader played In the outfield
with great success. Since assuming
the leadership Of Camp Cardinal he
has played the outneld. as well as
second, short and third base. In Brook
Ign recently he went In and pitched
. fairly good game.
In former years Johnny Lush was
played in the outneld, owing to the
grand little southpaw's fondness for
hitting other pitchers. While with
the Philadelphia club John assumed
Roy Thomas place In center any time
the Quaker City aggregation was
scheduled for Sunday games. He
broke up several battles while ID the
role Of foe.
Steve Evans can play nrst base with
very fair success and came into the
majors on his recommendation ~ an
initial sacker.
Bob Wallace was pitcher prick to
breaking into the in6elding game. and
he was sent to third base before he b.
came 4 shortstop. Bailey was an out
fielder down I'm Texas before Eddie
Karger put . dent in his chin. which
affected his batting proves.
Bailey then assumed pitching and
has been trying ever since. Dan Hon.
man was originally 4 pitcher, but wss
% Wild and MANNED 90 many bali
players that the president Of the league
persuaded tho manager to shift Daniel
10 the outfeld. The reverse was the
case with Joe Lake, who was with
Newburg, N. T.. and led his league in
batting.
Ty Cobb loves to pitch. He goes
through the motions Of q man prepar-
ing to go into the box Cob can bend
'em some. and nothing delights him
more than to curve 4 ball Unexpectedly
and have q regular catcher fight Il.
During the OF season be pitches .
game occasionally.
The big Detroit catcher, Oscar Stan.
age, engages in bunting practice. STAN
age wears . finger glove and essays
fanc1er stunts than the regular nelders
can pull OF. He gets behind the regu-
lation catching outfit only when he
has to.
Adrian Joss Of the Maps aspdres to
be FIRST bassman- Day after day be
stands at the bag during practice peri
DDS and grabs on Wild throws and hot
grounders. II given q chance Joss
would probably be star at that po-
sition.
Overall OF the Chicago Cubs would
be Z catcher, and. as a matter Of fact.
when right be IL a grand catcher. And
90 It goes an down the line. II you
can catch you would rather pitch, and
II you can field you aspire to catch.
But there's one thing none Of them
overlooks-hitting. A man might -
we'll Try to tip over house - crowd
his way. out Of turn. up 10 hat plats
during batting practice.