Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-24
By John ("Chief") Meyers
- Giants Great Catcher.)

XIV btNllAh
- Giants Great Catcher
-BF, hghting out of worlds
championship battle between
/ TWO baseball teams that have
.,,eia ssed the competitors IN thelr
Vs.pectiye leagues no doubt brings
,o the minds of the enthusiastic
,lr,,.ars of the game-it certainly
IN the members Of the teams
the question; ,u
club" .s. ,,,os
.s,r AS best ! can.
In the first place, | believe that
.,c most important thing OF all is
wa, the members of the athletic
location which is to represent
.',,. must be a club" and team.
club" they must be all
,msrfs all good fellows together.
r,s, must have pride in their or
.,,riz7tton. There must be no jeal-
7,,sies no dfssensions. Every man
s5ourd regard every other man
u5ether he is a regular or a sub
.Hute-as his pal, as a man he'd
sarl, 10 through thick or thin.
am mighty glad to say that the
vso York National league club
mon feel lust that way. We all
have ON our visiting cards, after
.,rr names the words, New York
Giants and, believe me, | don't
mind saying that every one of us
feels a little swelling of the chest
,1on ne hands one of those cards
out
Giants" Means Guarantee.
The words New York Giants
mean not only that we're members
,f q baseball organization that's
the b2st in the country, but they're
guarantee that each of US is
ragula manor else We wouldn't
he able 10 sport.
A. club" we're proud to be-
,ong to the Giants as society man
in New York is to say that he's
member Of the Union, or Knicker-
hooker. or the Brook. We share
our troubles and joys together and
Ike IT,
That. PEI haps, is the first requi-
site If a winning organi-
z1uon-being Club
Being team" is another mat
TER
Did YOU ever watch a skillful
boxer "A, work? His eyes work,
first Of all. watching the moves of
his adversary. With them. his arms
work. to find a vital point where he
can deliver his blow or ward off
his cnemy's blow. His legs carry
him forward into an aggressive at
tjtude. or backward into a defcn
sye attitude.
over all these his mind works,
controlling each.
Well Il successful baseball nine
must he Just like that--just like
fighter His physical parts are, in
an Individual way a team They
work together. instantly, without
waiting to size up a situation.
They know. as soon as the situa
ton arises Yhat they have to do,
and they do Il ~e'inctively. So
does the winning .:1j of a ball
nine. Aud so does each p,2.c" on
that nine
Makes Great Play InstinctiveIy.
Here is a little instance which
happened only q few days ago: A
hard hit ball was slammed at Lar
y Doyle, who was playing a trifle
deep beyond second base He got
IT, m'raculously almost, with one
hand. There was a runner coming
down from first who had started
WIN the crack of the bat Larry
mad no chance he knew instinc-
'|e'N, to throw to the bag, be
cause the play had been so swift.
80 ne made a backward dive with
the ball in his hand, trusting to
ms sense Of location to hit the can
vas before the runner did, Larry
made ii.
That was only an individual
pay of course; but it showed how
'aH team instinct" runs. He knew
,oa' his mates couluh't cover the
nag quickly enough to take his
.l'oN. They knew it, too. and
W4n try They relied upon him
o I7rt they knew exactly what he
would try to do. And, wonderful
ri, inc play looked, it was expected
'' around our infeld.
h ball is hit so that Merkle
mas TO go out of his territory to
cover 1t and leave the first bag UNI
protected, the pitcher-no matter
g'" he isis over on first like
"'so tie knows instinctively-iust
now IS hard to tell-that he is
-'7u' And he's there.
You may think: That's simple