Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-10
.SCHAEFER APPLIES
FOR SCOUTING Job
Veteran Wants to Hunt for Players
When Playing Days Are
Over.
FILES APPLICATION WITH
NAVIN OF DETROIT
Hit and Run Game Is Seldom Played
Properly-Naps Have Suf
fered by Its Use.

Herman Schaefer's path leads back to
; Detroit. The Teuton may roam here
and there for even a few years more to
come, but finally he'll be back in De-
. troit working for the team he served as
second baseman and captain. Herman
will be a scout for the Detroit club in
. the future. says II. G. Salinger. in the
Detroit News.
The smiling Herman was out of the
game part of last season because of a
bad leg. He is again in the Washing
ton lineup this year. but if the leg goes
back him he may be sent out of the
American League.
l Herman is one of those gentlemen who
lives each day as though his life would
extend over a period of a thousand years
or more. Herman is constantly prepar
Ing for tomorrow There was talk this
winter of Herman getting his release
and managing the Lincoln, Neb.. club,
but the deal fell through at the New York
meeting.
But Mr.. schaefer is building fences for
future emergencies. The job he wants
lis that of scout for the Detroit club.
And what is more Herman will get it.
He wrote President Navin telling him to
keep his name the list in case Her.
man finds himself out of a job or in
possession of one he doesn't want. Mr..
4 Navin has Herman's name on his list
right the top. and when Herman cares
Ito he will become duly accredited scout
for the Tigers.
No one would grudge seeing Herman
and his smile in Detroit again. And
day long to be back among his own
people,
i No play in base ball is made mess
10 ho
! hit and run" The originator of this
system of play had in mind an action
which would ordinarily assure the run
ner from advancing and at the same
time increase the chances of the bats
man of getting the ball into safe ter
rttOry. 1t was played with this in view
i by the old Baltimore team, but nova
days the only time 1t is successful is
I when the ba tsman makes a clean base
hit
i Mnen playing the hit and rum the
batsman is not supposed to swing hard
on the ball. He should shove it
through the place which either one of
the infielders has just left in an effort
to cover the bag for which the base
runner has started. yet nowadays one
seldom sees a batsman trying to make
this play, for he swings with all his
might
There are some teams which have
mania for the hit and run play, and
these are usually teams which prove
disappointment. There is Cleveland for
instance. This play is worked to death
by the Maps, with the result that they
lose more games than they should.
There is no telling how many hits La
joie would make in season if he were
allowed to pick out the balls he wants.
But instead he is always playing the
hit and run and wise pitchers are fore
ing him to reach out and hit at bad
balls.
Ed Wray of the ST. Louis Post Dis
patch doesn't think any too highly of the
Siiants. He says:
There is nothing great about the club
McGraw has got together now 1t is
largely composed of Christy Mathewson
and some filers-n. The catching de-
partment is mediocre. First Baseman
Merkle is a pretty tough subject from
which to make world-beater. Doyle
will do in any company and Bridwell and
Devln are fitting associates. Jack Muir
ray is good man on the club and So is
Christy Mathewson-and that lets the
team out. If it shone at all il 1910 1t
was by virtue of the weakness of its
rivals, not because it was Inherently
strong
Cant Devore get a little mention?'
asks John B. Foster. The youngster fin
ished the season of 1910 playing AS we'll
as any outfielder in the National League.
There are surely worse than SnodSI ass
and Becker. and, anyhow. the team. as
whole seems to be somewhat far
from the down grade for the present.
1t isn't always the individual in base
ball. Very frequently it is the team, and
somehow McGraw, with material OF the
character of that which constitutes the
Giants for 1911. seems to have Won
lderful ability to obtain results They
count more than individual performances.