The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-06-24
HUSTLlNG AND STUDYING
THE GAME HAS BROUGHT
HAPPY" HOGAN SUCCESS
ny "HAPPY" HOGAN.

tCop,Hsft 1910. D., Joseph - Bovlssb
n / tell how | win. maybe IN lose.
But seriously am willing to write
what ! know about winning ball games
to help out the young fellows and
perhaps give them some points tell
t to them so loud and 30 often
might as well print H.
The difference between winning
BAN player and losing one is all Ia
the disposition Of the man himself.
Almost any ball player who is skilul
enough with bis hands and feet to
play minor league ball Us good enough
for the major lcgEuns II be- only viii
study the game. and has the courage
and the nerve Co go forward. The
great weakness uf BAN players Hes Ia
The fact that they do not study their
own business. and to win man must
devote lot Of time aud thought to
every point Of the game. attribute
what success I have had Ia the pro.
fcgsIon TO the fact tina, ! always have
kept hustlIug and Htuuying the game.
After a game rs played ! get out by
myself and study Il owe o figuring how
plays were made, aud how they might
be- improved upon. and then ! Try to
explain my theories to players. I lind
that whom the manager can 20 into
his own clubhouse aud discuss plays
with his men. he not only helps him
self. but helps the team. Lots Of
times In arguing over how plays were
made and how they should have been
made. some bright player makes n
suggestion that Is helpful to every
one
Thinking and fighting for every
point In what wins. I believe In strict
discipline ON ball fields. but | also
believe IN fighting the umpires when
they are wrong believe IN claiming
everything In sight, and claiming II
quick II there IL u chance for argu.
mcnt on decision make the claim
for decision before the umpire makes
his decision and the chances are you
will get the decision by thinking
quicker than the umpire did once the
decision H. made yell real loud ut
the umpire and then quit, for there "
no good IN nagglng at man, no mat
ter how bad he may be let the yell
be loud enough to impress him.
have yelled a lot OF games out Of bad
umpircs. but / claim I never yet have
let out yell when did not think |
was right
A. for dcaliur with other teams.
with mmplrcs and with my own men.
have gone ON only one principle
aud that was to got an even break
aud to give every one square deal
aud insist upon one for myself. II II
Is necessary. | believe In fighting for
that square deal all the time
A. for playing the game, | am n
, firm believer In doing the unexpected
all the time. and upsetting the other
team by making plays for which they
are not looking. Playing for one run
/ NJ time Is my theory, and when run.
| ucrs are ON bases. within scoring dis.
| lance. believe In abandoning all the
| rules Of the game IN order to get the
runs home, II may be- bad baseball
to hlt with three balls and no strikes.
but II hit will score runs ! want the
battcrs to hit It may be bad base.
bah tn refuse 10 sacrifice with men
on bases and none out. but II the play.
or secs a chance to hit through the
: field. let him hit. Try To place the
responsibility ON the player himself
and to rely upon his Judgment as to