The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-15
History Of the National
Game; It's Development Into
an Exact Mathematical Sport;
Records Of Great Plays and
Players.
CHAPTER XV-Continued.

The first week is constant fight on
the part of the manager to keep the
men from injuring themselves by over
work, especially if the weather be fine,
After two weeks it is q fight to make
them work at all, for the moment a
thinks is playing condition he begins
10 shirk the routine work, and strives
TO save all hls strength for the playing
season, About all he wants to do dur.
ing that period is TO bat. A ball
player would get up ut 2 o clock any
morning TO bat. During the second
stage the pitchers, who must condi-
tion their arms more slowly, do most
of the work, and the others practice
Batting is The banc Of manager s
existence. One spring, while moving
southwark with his team, Fred Clarke
conspirod with r baggage master TO
send the bats astray, That kept the
Pirates from batting for two days
Then Wagner showed up at the grounds
with n five-cent bat he had purchased
from small boy and started bat
ting practice The manager cannot
keep the players from hitting, SO no
turns their batting TO his own pur'
poses, and whenever they hit fair
ball he orders them TO ''run 1T out'
hard to first, base and Jog all the way
around the bases, Even that fails to
cure their Unsuitable desire to hit
As Frank Schultz remarked to Harry
Lumley one day: ''IMm, If you had
a million dollars, you'd hire the best
pitchers in the country and make
them take turns pitching to you"
Occasionally manager is rs eager
as his men during the, early days of
training, and the result usually is
disastrous. Frank Bowerman, who
,on,,roI bo Roctnn club pun cpoSOD
was tho victim Of his own over
anxiety to get the team into condi.
tion, Knowing that his team could
not compare in strength with some of
the other clubs in the league, he had
n theory that, with his fine squad of
young pitchers, ne could get the start
on the other clubs by, more rapid
conditioning, "spread eagle" the field
during the early part of The season at
least, and make good showing. Be
fore the club had been in training
three days he began to coach his
Young pitchers in fielding bunts, and
for three weeks he kept the youngsters
working desperately. They started
the season in finer condition than any
team in the league; finer, but not
better-and, after brief flash OF
winning form the entire pitching staff
went TO pieces and never was In good
condition again during the season.
They were overstrained before they
started.
"Cap" Anson, leader OF the famous
old White Stockings, was one Of the
hardest and most faithful trainers ever
nt the head of ball club; His system
oP conditioning consisted largely Of
running. Ned Hanlon also was a be-
lever in running TO reduce weight,
strengthen the legs and add speed.
Both of them blundered sadly because
they seldom adapted tho training TO
the individual, and gave the one
same prescription they forced upon the
two hundred. pound fat men. uanlon,
,,bon managing the Cincinnati club,
camo near running one Of the greatest
Of pitchers-Orval Overall-by order,
ing HIM to run around tho bal,
was bio, but not fat, and the running
60 weakened HIM no never pitched good
ball for that club.
0" Arson was one Of the most tireless
runners in the world, and training nm
der him was nightmare 10 ;s h;s
nIavers. "Anse" would drive ms
Ime1 for three hours in practice, then
insd Inad tbem The in long runs, placing himself
M the head of tho procession and set set
fino n steady, jogging pace. lf ne rel'
vel fhc morning training was Mara
thop route. o-1ooa ,-ooxs
Ono afternoon in New Orleans years
soo Anson ordered ten laps around the
6eld after practice, which on the %, oio
rounds was nearly ten miles Ihe
Sfternoon was hot, one OF those Wilt
mo southern spring days that sshI
ths thss life out of men fresh from The
ri@ors rHo s. Of northern winter. The players
iii into line. grumbling and Sowing
Bacl, nu OF of left field high board fenct
lonnarated the ball grounds from one OF
tSe old cemeteries and near tho f0u. 6I
Tnv Iine ' a board was of the fence, Ths
Trst fir time the painting athletes passed
tho ' hole in the fence Dnhlen gave .
enG om;clr Glance TO sec il Anson was look
NJ ;nn and dived head first through Inc
lug na1 into the cemetery; The other:
gap pptinned med on around the lot, but on the
Socnnd round Lange, Ryan, h1ttrldgs
sgvYNI snd Decker dived after Dahlen G anG
anu d;ncd him in the cemetery, The th1r5
lo;m' 1rim saw the line dwindle to four Ii IGl
1owers, IpIp 80" with Anson still leading. pne iT
fomrtb tomrtb found only Anson and poor bil
eo% sohr;ver, ~ who had tho bad luck 10 DC
5Gms.I 55;rnetIv behind his captain. ploddaI19 12
n uri and on tho next trip SchrVer madC
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