Evening journal., 1910-11-29
MANAGERS TO DROP
THE SACRIFICE HIT
Base Runners and HitterS
viii be Wanted in
Future
HIT AND RUN WILL BE
REAL THING ON OFFENSE
Farewell sacrifice hit.
GOOd-by squeeze play.

GOOd-by squeeze play.
To the discard with bunts, too. as
far as systematized bunting is con-
cerned.
'Hit the ball out with good.
healthy swipe" will be the orders that
managers of baseball teams will give
their players hereafter.
The sluggers will be told to slug,
aud If home runs. triples, doubles or
singles do not result it will be a case
Of hip EN- of their shins." anyhow.
So Il viii not be surprising to see
inielders wearing cricket pads next
season. as well as catchers. Out
fielders may wish they had shin pads
also. for there is going TO be some
swatting from now on, and then
some.
That the old stereotyped play OF
laying the ball down" TO advance a
runner who may he on first base with
none out is a back number and not
up-to-date baseball has gained many
firm believers among those people
who make the game q study.
That base running and free batting
viii supersede the inside" business,
so-called Of having a batsman pur-
posely sacrifice himself for prob
lematical run. and thus throw all
chances but a very slim one away
Of making a base hit Is the trans
formation the game OF baseball will
see next year is what ] predict
Too Much Sacrificing.
Sacrifice hitting is all right II II can
be done Unexpectedly, so az to catch
the other fellow mapping, but that the
play has been carried altogether too
far and taken away not little inter-
est In the sport is a fact. The play
has in consequence outlived its use
fulness TO a large extent
The mere fact that the defense Is in
variably wise" TO the play and can
thereby perfect schemes TO make II
comparatively resultless is sufficient
TO taboo II from the plans of cam
paign Of those leaders who have
brains enough to be progressive. Man
ayers and captains who look ahead
q bit further than their own noses
can see, or they should, anyhow. that
any play that the opposing players
are "on" TO is not the one TO carry
through in the same old mechanical
way that has been followed so many
years.
The unexpected play is always
proper CdptIs uul loht di' Nh'h 'h'
other fellows know what is coming
off.
Bunting will never die out as long
as baseball Is on the boards unless
ii is ruled out, and that will never
be.
Squeeze 10 Be Discarded.
The sacrifice" has become so COM
mon. so mechanical that II has long
passed out OF what is known as "in-
side business" It is all 50 plain
flnis Il is entirely on the outside
Everyone knows e. The boys on the
open lots play il, and the squeeze"
that was a good and scientific point
Of play just so long as 1t was un-
expected is bound TO be discarded,
along with the sacrifice
With those two eX-inside plays done
away with as regular plays Of offense,
more baserunning and freer hitting
are bound to become more prominent,
as they deserve. The "hit and run
viii be the real thing on offense, and
TO select the proper time for that
play will be up to the managers to
dope It out
Pitchers styles Of delivery win be
carefully studied and every battery
weakness taken advantage OF. Base
runners and hitters will have the call,
and the players without the highest
degree of excellence In those import
ant departments will not be consider
ed CLASSY Mere fielding ability Will
not carry any player very far on the
road TO fame or fortune.