The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-20
cHAprEE XVIII.
r,pIyG MOMENTS OF
A. GREAT GAMES"

,rlDIyG MOMENTS OF
81 GREAT GAMES"
,:,1v baseball game is won
y GER ,as NAV: a play that comes
Jos GuJ GhuOJlooical instant. Among
rTeloih@ do not study psychol-
sf9'T n phenomenon which no
sis, ,c,ed and which the play
'lil,. ,1slsledIo % not not understand.
.s sNrs m the bench are watch,
q m,ud m"rd intently every move OF
aDT The tide of battle rises,
nsn D suddenly. at the start
q ,n;no VIM something happens.
lDut w one outside the psychic
h influence u ever will under,
,ss lSDilt silent. tight-llpped, alert
~ .se .se bench see something, or
1,,sing in and the mysterious
y hss come, ,oor. IN th.
Gl.rlv l stitfen and prepare for
1T ~T~o balls!" Two players
h,is and begin swinging
4. va, Ososnhers who have yelled
,,s y Il was their duty, sud
q. !r', ,oGpg. screaming and paw
AZ, TIE manager, who has
Mi iii asleep, makes a trumpet
~ G and leads his men, bawling
4 Ii PLAYERS and wild taunts
,.,,stors do not understand any
/ \, iappened. Other batters have
hlis called many times-and
.sAr looks the same 20 the spec
,ss 1 beyond the ''.break " IN
Il, tvo more minutes the
madhouse with twenty men
A, rpaming, ordering and NOV
|.-,r,, halls! A madman rushes
y Sdeck" Four ballsl - And
,.,tOrs ioiu the players in the
,ali,u. not understanding why,
- is Spreading. Crack! \
|s !, bunt, a wild throw; another
IA, pramsl shouts impreca-
4, ,csr OF frantic applausel
=, Az The manager reaches
Il fOge, spits on it. and SAYS
i'rour runs. We got
\. break is over and the play
.-s i again the quietest part Of
-A The surge Of enthusiasm,
n fbd noise subsidies and the
|us.
E.p i almost AS much psyche.
. 4 athletic. Why one team can
eeseer one regularly. and lose
|eiH With the same regularity;
n batter can hit one pitcher
Istss. before another; why one
4 I Elective against a strong
II II The mercy of another that
Nj tslf as bard, arc psychology
E.ra
d Joe Tinker. who is only an
q hitter, became imbued with
Slht he could hit Mathewson S
q viii. The confidence born
IA enabled him to beat Ma
Erl OF several games, and after
|iziBsOn seemed ia have the
II, for Tinker during the sea
he osmes from New York by
nusl hitting, and in four Of
llswson was the victim. One
fis that Tinker made off Ma
I'll be part OF Chicago 5 base.
~ fOr generations. The teams.
rlsEson aud Brown pitching,
~ for four innings, neither
tk TO score. and in the fifth
|e-f 10 bat, first III the inning.
tfcve the ball on the line
hf left field corner-and he
Erld the bases. At third base
Pa who was coaching, leaped
p Tinker and threw him, try
'g lin back to third base, but
Sks away and scored with the
q The game. beating Mathew
D. Twice later in the year.
"a Asthewson by long drives.
lao hardest games Chicago
AZ season was to BROOKLYN
E year, at a time when the
hgniIng desperately Ia over
II l?rk and Pittsburg, and
Ia defeat seemed TO wreck
hOpc' The champions had
sal IN hand, but Tim Jordan
ierrlfcally aud Lundgrcn
eole to stop him. Twice Jor-
4Hen the ball over the right
Of the Washington park
W yet when 1.-The break
y eighth inning. Chicago was
nead. With one man out.
81 and Jordan at bat, Chance
s4a was so anxious TO make
LIZ mt lnat he Was kicking
,al in the air every time
y pitched, wen, to Lundgren
fnt II over straight. Make
~ Oe hits it ont OF the lot. -
IN dIundgren tried TO make his
=, 20 oyer the plate, and four
viewed outside and Jordan
On balls. Brooklyn sud
a, fa plans, ordered Lumley
.,l; lsNls. Je drove a three
stast the right field fence.
. ny that followed allowed
~e aud gave Brooklyn the
zane, lost in the critical in.
e,m ron the American Maya
s.xstlgntsd s.s. t by It. Additions
ao by Evers.