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Arizona republican., 1912-08-01
OLD STYLE HIT AND RUN
 PLAY NOT IN FAVOR

WINNING ball clubs have abandoned
 the old style hit and run play in favor of the more modern and much more successful run and hit play. These sound like the same thing. but they are not
 The old hit and run is worked on signal from the batter. With a run ner on first base. the batter will give him some sign, meaning that he is go- ing to hit the next ball, if he possibly can- From that moment the play be- comes automatic. The only chance for the use of intelligence or judgment on this play Is with the batters ability to guess when the pitcher is going to serve up ball that he will have fair chance to hit. The instant he has given his sign the play becomes cut and dried The batter is under obligation to hit the next ball pitched, if he can no matter what kind of a ball it is, while the runner is in duty bound to go down to second, no matter whether he can get any kind of a lead or not.
 The play Is prolific of alibis. If the batter does not hit safely he can com plain that it wasn't good ball. but he just had to hit it on account of having given the sign. If he fails to hit the ball the runner will not be criticised for being thrown out at second. as he was forced to go down without getting a first class lead. When carried through according to schedule, with the runner running and the batter hit ting, no matter what kind of a ball it Is, the play fails more often than it succeeds, especially against good pitch ing, for the batter will be forced to hit at bad balls most of the time.
 Hitting at bad balls is the most seri- ous lessener of batting averages in the world. Teams like the Giants and the Athletics d1-aot play the old fashion ed. cut and dried hit and run play. The batter never hits at a bad ball. Instead of being forced to do 1t. it is understood that he will not hit the ball unless 1t Is a good one and he thinks he can hit 1t sascly.
 The batter c~~s not give a signal to the runner, but the latter uses his own judgment about going down. When he thinks the next ball Is likely to be a good one, and at the same time he is able to secure a pretty fair lead he goes on the jump. The batter sees him on his way and helps. if he can. by hit ting the ball. If it is a wide ball he lets it go and the runner takes his chance on stealing second unaided.
 It is the use of this intelligent sys- tenn which keeps the Giants, the Ath- letics and the Boston Americans up in the race. All three of those hard hit ting teams long ago discarded the old style hit and run, which forces the good batters to hit at bad balls more than half the time. and use the com bination of hitting and base running which gives them a big percentage of their runs Runs are the only things that win ball games.
Arizona republican., 1912-08-01
By TOMMY CLARK.

DALI players cannot put up cham
 pionship ball forever. and the man. ager who refuses to constantly build up his club by the addition of new ma teriaI can't expect to be a pennant contender for many years. This is most plainly shown this season in the case of the Detroit and Washington clubs, the Tigers being on the decline owing to the old and wornout players now with the club and the Senators gradually climbing higher with the ad- dition of some six youngsters to the lineup.
 The case of the Detroit Tigers is a repetition of the old Boston club, the New York and Philadelphia clubs and the Chicago Cubs of the past few years. They all persisted in holding to the old heads instead of making changes as they were needed. and now these teams can't be classed with the younger outfits
 The case of Connie Mack of the Philadelphia Americans is the first on record where a manager was farsight- ed enough to make the changes before his club went down to the bottom. Mack realized just in time that his old stars were outliving their usefulness and began to strengthen by the &C., quisition of youngsters. and now his team Is composed of new blood that will run for years to come. Baker Barry, Collins and McInnes form an infield of youngsters who will be right there playing grand ball for some six or seven years. In the outf1eld older heads are yet doing service. but under his wing Mack has youngsters to steI right in and fill their places upon 8 moments notice. Back of the plate Mack is also well fortified with young stars
 Clark Griffith of Washington is fol- lowing in the footsteps of Mack and bolstering up his club with young blood. Some seventeen straight wins resulted from this big change. and Grtfr now stands good chance of be-
Arizona republican., 1912-08-01

unfavorabe weather prevented Beg dek's home is in Chicago, and he has been coaching the University of Ar kansas team for four seasons He has won the intercollegiate championship in baseball three consecutive years and did fairly well this season His club has defeated St. Louis. Texas. Okla homa, Notre Dame and other strong teams which have a much larger field of candidates from which to pick up a club. That fact speaks volumes for the ability of BeZdek as coach.
 After recent game several of the
Arizona republican., 1912-08-01
Took Off WhiSkers
 and Won Billiard Title

GEORGE SUTTON. the veteran Chi
 cago billiardist, who has held the 18.1 balk line championship of the world, has for many years been nick named "the count" Possessed of lux uriant whiskers and a flowing mus tache worn in the style affected by many European grandees. Sutton could easily pass for member of the French or German nobility.
 Some years ago the champion was competing in a tournament at Pitts burgh and much to his chagrin lost his
Arizona republican., 1912-08-01

"VOU can try and refine and civiiize
 baseball all you want" says Joe Kelley. manager of the Toronto team of the International league, who was once a star of the old Baltimore Ori- oles. 'and you can't make parlor game out of it by giving the umplres power of life and death. but you can't XII OH the players tongues unless you stem 'em with an ax. Baseball can be maoe a gentlemanly game all right. but you can't get the Lord Chesterfield stuff into it no matter how much the writ CTS and the magnates may talk aDoul its progress toward perfection Noth- ing doing The public can't hear the line of talk that still goes on, and IL just as well the public Is out of rub bering range.
 Wears and years ago. we'll remem- Der two ball clubs tried to pull po- lite and courteous ball game. just 10 see how the thing would work. The old Balttmores and the old Bostons-whlch were real ball clubs both of them held a conference one afternoon. There had been a lot of talk and newspaper criticism about roughhouse work ana bad language. and we wanted to snow press and public that we could be good, decent people, after all. We agreed to try out the polished conversation and the Golden Rule stuff for this one occasion, and Tim Hurst, who was slated to umpire, agreed to help the good work along. It would be some conversion, too, believe me, If we could get Tim Hurst into the parlor process. for Tim was never built on cotillion lines.
 "The first half inning went by some thing lovely. Even when Tim called strike on Tom Mccarthy that was foot over his head there was no out break. Says Tom, very gently. Wasn't that ball a trif1e high, MT. Umpire? And says Tim, all courtesy, I fear may have erred in judgment MT. Me Carthy. Kindly overlook 1t, if you will And in our half, when Jack Doyle went down to second in a cloud of dust and Tim said 'OutI' Jack jumped up. red in the face, yelled What the - and caught himself in time. Pardon me- says Jack, but l honestly thought that MT. Long failed to touch mel And says Herman Long. equally polite, am under the i'm pression that I did touch MT. Doyle Just as nice and Chesterfieldish as you could read in a book of etiquette.
 And in the very next inning the blowoff came Three on and two gone, with Hughey Jennings batting, Reitz made a dash for home on what he thought was a passed ball. The Bos- ton catcher recovered it, but as he dove for the putout Jennings wandered against him and knocked him ten feet away. Out for the interference! yelped Hurst. and then everybody ar- rived at the plate all in a bunch.
 "'You Irish loafer.' shrieked Reitz. What am I out for?' You red headed stiff,' roared the Boston catcher at Jen- nings. I oughta knock yer block off. an fer two cents I'd do it!'
 You're piece of stinking cheese. snarled Jennings, and this bum um- pire is a porch climbing robberI'
 For Moses sake remember,' I in- terposed, that this is supposed to be a polite and courteous game. just to show how well we can behave'- And some body hit me across the map with a catching glove.
 "T can lick every wan av yeZ.' howl ed Tim Hurst and I'll do it, too, If ye're not back in yer places inside av
Arizona republican., 1912-08-01
Maryland to Have
 New Race Track

HAvRE DE GRACE. in the state of Maryland, halfway between Phila- delphia and Baltimore, is the site for a new race course, now in the course of construction, that will be one of the best of its kind in America The liar ford County Breeders association is completing the work so that a thirty days meeting can begin early in Sep tember license has been secured from the racing commission of the county. but the association will depend largely upon the sanction and approval of the Jockey club of New York-the recognized controller of the American
 turf-to keep the sport upon high plane. thereby winning the confidence and support of the racing public The new track will stand upon nat
 ural site. on the banks of Chesapeake
 bay. In building this track the pro- moters are assured of permanent rac-
 ing under the new law in Maryland. They intend to have a plant that will compare favorably with the New York tracks.
 Concrete and steel will not be used
 in putting up the buildings, which will
 be entirely of wood, with terra cotta
 tiled roonnS. Ine STanu StdHu IS 1oV feet long and 52 feet deep, with seat
 ing capacity furnishing room for $500
 persons.
 The track Is 2 mile in circumference
 and eighty feet wide in the back and
 home stretches, with the turns, banked, sixty feet in width. There is a chute Of six furionxs for sprint races. Noth- ing will be left undone in the attempt to make the Havre de Grace track the finest in Maryland and magnet for
 the best horses in training. The policy Of the association is to hang up liberal stakes and purses, which will be an-
 nourced in due time
Arizona republican., 1912-08-01

first two games. in both of which he played poorly. The late William Cat ton was among the contestants and to him Sutton went for consolation. "I can't understand my poor play" said George.
 Well" responded Cation, T think I can account for it You are thinking so much about your whiskers you can not concentrate your mind on the game. Cut them off"
 Sutton took this advice and went through the tournament without an- other defeat
Arizona republican., 1912-08-01
A Manager Must Constantly
 Build Up His Ball Club

ing right in the running for the rag. Gandil, Morgan, Foster, Moeller and Shanks are the additions to the Wash ington bunch that make the team for midable.
 Frank Chance is one of the modern managers who has been unsuccessful in landing young material He has stuck by his old stars long enough to lose out in a pennant fight, and it will be the same old tale again this year. McGraw with bunch of youngsters is putting 1t all over him in every depart ment The Cub bunch is made up al- most entirely of old heads. while the stars of the past are conspicuous on the Giant team by their absence. THE re-entry of Chick Gandil of the
 Washingtons to the American league recalls an incident of his first appearance, with the Chicago White Sox, before he was shunted off to Mon treal because they couldn't see him at Comiskey park. Soon after the Ameri- can league season opened Detroit and Chicago hooked up on the south side grounds in Chicago. Along about the middle of the game Tyrus Raymond eA safety. He passed first base like a shot, but didn't get to go to second, as the ball was fielded in a hurry and a peg made to first to get him. He shot back into the bag feet foremost. Gan dil did not step off the sack, but kept on 1t and put the ball on Cobb with amazing swiftness.
 Say, you busher, look out there or r,rT- utxr angrily.
 "I may be busher, but you'd better not mark me up with those spikes. ' coolly answered GandiL You haven't been up here very long have your" sneered Ty. acting as though the busher didn't know who he was.
 ''No. but I'll be here lots longer than you will if you ever cut me-" replied Gandil. and Ty. so they said. said nc more.
Arizona republican., 1912-08-01
Ed Walsh's Success
 Due to Advice of Fanatic

Walsh. I asked him what he intended to do in the winter. He said he was going to do nothing.
 "Then I told him he was about the worst pitcher I had ever seen and de- scribed to him how Christy Mathew son, before he gained control. had rented barn, painted target at one end and pitched into the target all winter until he emerged in the spring with the best control in the league.
 "I don't know if Walsh took the hint. but he certainly had the control when he helped pitch the White Sox to the pennant next year."
Arizona republican., 1912-08-01

WHERE was time when Ed Walsh
 of the Chicago Americans was not a great pitcher. In 1904 his speed was terrific, but his control was so bad that he had literally no idea where the ball was going. He could seldom get catchers to help him practice and had to fall back on an enthusiastic fan.
 This fan, after handling his cratic shoots, gave Ed some advice. He doesn't know if Walsh took 1t, but his work indicates that he did something.
 After the season of 1905," said the sbug." "T walked to the station with
Arizona republican., 1912-08-01
Davis Is Not a Success as a
 Manager

HARRY DAVIS is hardly proving
 himself capable manager. The Cleveland Maps, in fact, are giving less satisfaction than ever before because of the listlessness of their play. for which Davis is blamed. It was un- doubtedly serious mistake for Davis to make a public statement in which he referred to his players as incom- potent quitters. for under such condi- tions ball players are not apt to put forth their best effortA
Arizona republican., 1912-08-01
Red Sox Look Like Winners

THE Boston Red Sox are now the
 sensation of the American league. If the club can go along without any accidents 1t stands the best chance of winning the pennant It is the best balanced team in the league. and if the pitchers continue to deliver the goods there is no reason why they shouldn't stay right at the top. The club is hitting the ball at a great rate and running the bases well. while it is second to none in fielding.
Arizona republican., 1912-08-01

half a minutel' And Tim was sincere
 "'Youre cheap crook said John McGraw
 "'You're all a bunch of yellow dogs said Herman Long. addressing the whole Baltimore team. sort of imper- sonally.
Arizona republican., 1912-08-01
YOU CAN'T MAKE PARLOR GAME OUT OF BASEBALL

And when the police arrived the rules of etiquette had been fractured so badly I never heard of their being reinstated. That was, think, the first, last and only time that a courteous ball game was staged in a big league company"
Arizona republican., 1912-08-01

UGO BEZDEK, coach of the University of Arkansas club, is one of the best baseball men in the country engaged
Arizona republican., 1912-08-01

in college work. He is held in high esteem by both President Dreyfuss and Manager Clarke of the Pittsburgh club, and it was on his judgment that the club signed Rube Robinson the south paw finger, whom Bezdek saw in ac- tion in the Texas league. Bezdek had the lanky Texan working out last spring with a view to using him in some of the U. of A. games, but the
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