The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-14


play. and yet these do not differ mate
rally, though one team may have more
signs than another, SAYS the Washing
ton Star.
T-p-to-date managers try 20 bring
their PLAYERS to a point where they do
their own thinking, for it IS found that
this. after all, is the best system on
: which 10 run a team successfully.
Individual generalship = eases in
which the player, unirected by his
leader, brings off striking play-are
/ innumerable Like the plays Of sci
enced team work, they make a hero Of
she man who succeeds. while the poor
fellow whose plan miscUes is the butt
OF wild derision, and, in short, becomes
1.-The goat' of the occasion. Such in
dividual displays Of nerve and judg-
ment are, as rule, strihingly charac-
teristic of the man who makes them,
and are seldom equaled by an imitator.
William Lange, for example, gigantic
player of the Chicago team. feet as
deer despite his colossal size, would
often stand quietly on first base till the
| catcher had the ball. Then he would
! dart to second, trusting on the sur
] prise occasioned by such move to
| make the throw wild or the baseman s
catch uncertain, Ia nearly every case
! lange succeeded in the steal
q
Of the same period, had a trick of
rounding first at full speed and keep
ing on to second when he saw a hit
60 anywhere in the ourfeld Gala
han held that the fielder. astoundeG at
his daring. would tumble or throw bad,
~, and in nine eases out of ten his
guess was right.
| Mike Kelly, Hughev Duffy and Tom
Mccarthy. brainy Irishmen OF the long
ago. devised half dozen ways OF wriy-
CLING to base AMI lodging the hand
Of the guardian Bob Glenalvin, who
left the game TO become the editor OF
d religious newspaper, invented a way
Of pushing the bat at the ball with
rigid arms and a sweep Of only half
distance. that nattei him scores of
hits-shcrt, sharp Fl ies that passed over
the infelders' heads, falling lust be-
hind them. Individual tricks Of bat
ting and base running have been count
ed by the myriad ana all lent their
sparkle 30 the game
Del Won't Bunt.
Fielding or defensive plavs have ~
be brought into effect a. every navy sit
uation created on the bases, and here
Is where many an otherwise astrlte man
ager converts himself into the pailv
plumaged bird widalv known as fine
monkey. Only a few wears ago. when
the old Philadelphia club had two on
bases and none out ANA the regulation
play IN such crises would he q sacrifice
punt, the manager of a hostile team
ordered his third -fasafaan to conn, in
close. The batsman was Da1ahan-v
utterly useless as huntar, hu- an nm.
hoIy hitter of tearing drives. When he
unfortunate third baseman moved IN
came IN 10 take a bunt from mar wh,
6ldn t, eouldn' T and woulin' : bun+-
Delehantv crashed one at him that hit
MN IN the leg, sent him over IN q rea,
and scored two runs.
Many old, time-aouored ideas of
,Fam play are still faithfully observed
hV every club, despite the fact +baf
lheSe traditions Frequently make the
iafthfui ones utterly ridiculous and
'nat common sense handling of +hs
| SITUATION would he tar mora nrof+ah1a
or instance, when the bases are
crowded and not more than one ONT
.,e 'hnelders step close in. with The
l'ea OF throwing home on a prnu15a-
ana cutting off a run At the plate.
h'Pl statistics part of one season a,
a E,,l.
ne results OF this play. and the table
showed that IN fifty games twenty.
.h[ee men We're caugh- Sliding homo in
ms 1a~h1on. while nine+v-savan h.
>%Ie,E through the eIosa-t7rawn fnia15
'"e mus IN most casaS being fans +ba+
MoVId nave been easily felded NV basa.
''Tr IN their usual positions
N.jh man on first ana tba hats
X" cay standing two strikes ana
snlee pals, every manager sin san5s
."e haSe runner down 70 second q, 80
r.,. LIN pan pitched Irrespective or tba
."""e! speed or slownesS. IF tho na~-+
aHe pitched should he the fon,-+5 Mi
,ne runner could just As well val -
- ,"h'' T i happens 70 he a S+~;I,a
III, runner as rule Is landed hv
1at 3 rofl to second from the catcher
'''" double play secured.
Watkins and His signs
we Dig Ieague manager VINO "a.
gov gna]s-fo- q E+.7a Will,
"7C v Il. Watkins. who Mo, III a..
luxe INTO fast company ,7ra9ra7 -
sci OF 12na1s as elaborate as 80
. .... embroidery pattern. Wq++,, h,5
s..,-r. - very player ana1vzed and set
.- WIN detail and precision Son,n
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