The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-21

ing one of the many important series -waged by those two teams. Krause was working for the Athletics and Living stone doing the receiving. The Tigers were having their troubles hitting Krause, but when man reached first he almost invariably scored, for no sooner did fhe reach first than he immediately stole second and third. Detroit won the game that day 3 to 1. although outhit by the Athletics Five bases were stolen on Paddy Livingstone. second base three times and third base twice. In two instances the men who stole third, Cobb and Moriarity. scored on flies to the out field, while the other run was the result of steal of second and single.
 Livingstone Not Responsible.
 Livingstone came in for more than his share of knocks that evening. but Pad dy was in no way responsible for the steals. The youngster Krause lacked ex- perience, failed to watch the bases closely and took quite d long wind up On ev- cry steal the base runner had gained al- most half the distance to the other base before Krause delivered the ball. Liv- ingstone couldn't have thrown the man out with q cannon, yet he was made to look bad simply because of another mans carelessness.
 There is another feature of the catch ing job, aside from those already men toned, that the fans never hear of, which plays prominent part in the game. It is the talking of the catcher to the batter, engaging him in converse tioh Tor the purpose of taking shis mind off his main thought, that of hitting the ball. There are quite few catchers who never indulge in debate with the batter, yet there are many who seldom let a man get away from the plate with out saying something to him.
 A youngster on his first appearance is liable to be greeted something like this:
 What league did you play in last year?"
 Flattered by the attention shown him by the star catcher he tells him the R. and G.
 "Where is that league?" is, of course, the natural reply to this question. The youngster then explains that it is in the wilds of Michigan, Minnesota or some other state
 Understand you led that league in hit- ting?" Is very liable to be the next one handed him. His vanity aroused, the youngster tells that he finished second, but would have easily led the league had he not been ill for a couple of weeks in August.
 Suddenly the youngster is awakened from his dream by hearing the umpire yell, 'Three strikes; you're out.' He ann bles back to the bench, head down, and when he arrives there he generally hears a bit more torrid conversation from his manager. While youngsters are the fav- orite targets for the catchers, still the veteran is never passed up when an op" portunity presents itself.
 Good catchers are always in demand. No field offers a brighter future for the aspiring youngster. If good catchers were plentiful New York would not have traded two young players for the veteran Lou Criger, and Pittsburg and Washing ton would have secured assistants to help out the overworked Gibson and Street last year.
 Catchers who can receive, throw and think are able to demand and get big money. Major league scouts are always admonished never to overlook any of the prominent backstoppers.