Bisbee daily review., 1910-08-21

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 ball player any the more valuable as a performer. it does not do him any harm. and it gives a dIstinc- ton to his play that goes well with patrons of the game, says an authority on the game.
 If is an ornamental rather than a useful attribute. an intangible sort Of quality. but none the less in evidence There are players in the big league ranks whose bearing. whose manner tsms. so to speak. attract attention and make them prominent and ofttimes popular fin a degree secondary only to their ability to play the game.
 Four players stand out above all the others in the possession of this qual- ity Of style. They are Napoleon Lajoie of the Clevelands. Hal Chase of the New York Americans. Ty Cobb of the Detroits and John (Honus) Wagner of - the Pittsburgs.
 Wagner Is somewhat different from the other three. He is not the grace ful player they are-lndeed. grace is not his strong point-but his move ments and methods on the field are none the less pronounced
 The brawuy. active Pittsburg short stop possesses a rough-one is tempt ed to say uncouth-dash and energy that are good to look upon. He is the personihcation of power and agility and skill not from the smoothness of his movements when in action, but for his ability to Ewoop hither and thither in pursuit of batted balls and to deal mighty blows to the ball with his bat in spite of want of smoothness of movement
 His is the activity and strength of the gorilla-quickness. rapidity in get ting over ground at seeming variance with his bulk. masked when in repose by an appearance of primitive clumsi- ness
 Chase is a type of an altogether diff ferent sort He is the other extreme Like Wagner he is fast, but. unlike Wagner. his every motion and posi- ton betoken speed. He Is as quick as a flash and. though inclined to be rest less and hdgety on the field. never makes a false move. There is no quicker thinker in baseball than he SO that his mind is in keeping with his body Whether he is smotherfng a fly ball. sliding to base. fielding a bunt or standing at the plate ready to hit
 
 buoyancy and grace.
 He is as natural as a chisd, care free but vigilant-never tense or set There is a peculiar adjustment of the hands when catching a fly that is one of his most marked mannerisms. an attitude ss natural as for a squirrel to climb a tree. and when he is getting under a fly bah he is the poetry of motion
 Now. ss to LaJOie. there is not the dash or the nerve in his playing thet accompany the work of Chase and Wagner. Larry Is graceful. however Also he Is tall. straight and a fine figure of a man He probably has a larger individual following than any other player in the country.
 The great charm of Lajole's work Is fss ease Nothing looks dificust for him: he seems to make all plays look easy. He slips along the ground after a grass cutter with as little szertion as an adept skater. and his manner of taking a ball on the bound Is inimita- bic
 He has not the impetuosity of Chase or Wagner or of Roger Bresnahan-ehs latter the fiery type Of piayer-yet the ginger. though concealed. is there. In fact there Is an air of lazy indifference sbc=. x---- He never seems to be sxerting himself. always seems to iAass aonstAtng In reserve. but nature