Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-11-12
SCHAEFER BATTLES
PLAYERS WITH
COACHING
Washington Utility Man Says
He Keeps Hep to Game
and Helps Baserunners /;
Comedy Is Not Useless.

Washington. -. c., Nov. ia
clown he may be upon the base ball
field ana sometimes about the hotel
lobby. A comedian he may be- upon
the coaching lines, "a screQm he may
be- when Washington starts one az
IT, frequent batting rallies. but there
ar" times when Herman SchaefeT.
utility fielder aud outfIelder and
pinch hitter and cOacher extraor-
binary ol the Washington club. can
treat the national game with ali SER
iUuSnrsS.
There In more behind my comedy
nun the average fan believes. Tho
average spectator and nine.tenths OF
those who witness the games are nv-
cragc FANS ana, knowing but littlo Of
tn" Inside or baseball. are OF tho
opinion that ! hIn merely out upon
the coaching lines to umuHc," said
SChaefcr recently They are mis-.
taken. I would not last game In
the cUuch"r's box II did not keep
awake To what was going on and
govern myself accordingly. There
are signs mixed up with my alleged
funny stuff that the battcrs and run
ners take note OF ana act upon. /
don't think that there IN much that
goes on In II game that don't see.
regardless of what stunt may DO
pulling Off
Comedy alone will not serve on
the cOahing lines. rhe real stuff
must DO worked IN. and In such n
manner that the opposing players
viii not get next,
rs humorous coaching OF value "a
n tenmY / think 40. II IL valuable
for two reasons. II keeps our fell
lows In good spirits. and Il some
times abstracts the opposing players
! do not wish to speak egotistIcally,
but there have been times when the
opposing players have taken their
mind off the game TO watch me In
some OF my stunts. Then we shot
through phy which caught them
flat-foOted. Now and then pitch
/ eTH attention to a base runner will
be distracted long enough for that
| runner To get n safe lead off first
base. Now and then an infielder
| VIII forget that he should cover Sec
ond on play. Yes, I think II helps.
Guess Griffith does also, for he en-
couruEes me In my tomfoolery.
"D0 ever get into trouble with
the umplreS? Not often. Silh
OLoughlin chased me from tho lines
In Chicago. but that WIS because
WAS cutting popcorn. Guess he wal
right. Perhaps II made him hungry
"Do | get the battery signs Of the
| opposing teama7 Yes. now and then
but only when the catcher II useless
Where we get lunches on what the
pitcher IL going 90 throw next In by
watching tho inflelders. II they shin
q certain way we can get line nov
and then on, what In coming.
The talk about Bender and
Coomba gettlnE the signs of the otheI
teens 70 greatly exaggerated, 1 be-
lave. Where the Athletics get their
4 fEom second base. Perhaps yOV
haye noticed that the Athletics ar
always trying to stretch sinEleB Int
doubles. OF course that helps b
reason Of sending the rnRngR tAs
bases Instead Of one. but u ais
proves Of even greater yalus 20 IN
Athletics In that men like Collins
MoInnls or Barry can eFAb the Sig
nails from there.
! Sometimes we make believe ~
have the oppOAlng teams signals jus
for the aAks az getting them OF
II their ~&lTido. We have them guess
ingi Il any time you can do tina
son 6imeA have t9a game won.
Il .HoW Aoiit AZ PFlEaed Tor M
!. atpfsf llogt a n = fErned on tn,
4 BOnE az Inc ninu1ant. The tight ron,
4 neenA fhr tna nQh nevar occurred d
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