Chicago eagle., 1913-12-20
THE CHICAGO EAoLE.
SOME BASEBALL SLANG
Experts Have Lingo Which Often
Confuses the layman.
DsnI4sns Of Press Box Bring Into Use
Certain Phrases Peculiar to Game
Describing TsehnleailtIss
Of Contests.

Baseball experts, the world over, have
a lingo which often confuses lay.
man. These denixens Of the press
box, the boys behind the screen, must
needs mix 'em up" in setting before
friend reader all the potent facts Of
yesterdays contest. They bring into
use certain phrases peculiar to the
game in describing technically what
happened on the greens.
Most Of the red.blooded rooters are
Jerry to these phrases; others are
sadly at sea and seem to think the
writer's are innicting upon them
cross between Esperanto or Eskimo,
which 10 not the whole truth by sev.
eral parasangs. Just by way Of setting
the real facts before those baseball
enthusiasts who flnd themselves mired
while battling with the vernacular .
few commonplace terms-that 10 com.
monplace among the players-are
herewith appended, with synonyms
used by writer's who grow weary Of
using the time.honored, straightaway
Kings English:
inning-A round. period, session,
canto, frame, chapter.
Ball-A pill, globule. horsehide.
leather, spheroid, agate.
To Hit the Ball-Swat, clout, crown.
slam, wallop. drive, bang. knock.
thump, whack, larrup, pole. peel-off.
Curve the Ball-Hook, bend, slant,
sink, Q twister, roundhouse.
Under.Hand Raise-Business Of de.
llvering the ball to batter by using .
motion while arm 10 operating at the
pitchers side.
Under.Hand Raise Balls-Another
method Of delivering the ball, starting
the swing Of the pitching arm In the
vicinity Of the knee.
Overland Pitching-The act Of
starting the delivery from . point
above the head.
Spitball-Elmer Stricklett originat-
ed this mode Of twirling. by salivating
the ball before pitching. Either side.
arm or overland method may be
used. When pitched properly the ball
takes peculiar and banning Jumps ap-
preaching the batter.
Knuckler-Some pitchers, notably
Eddie Summers. Lew Richie and Ed.
die Cicotte, have achieved fame by
pitching this sort Of ball. The knuck.
les Of the pitching hand are used In
grasping the ball before delivery. and
q bewildering curve Of the slow, hoat'
Ing type follows.
Hook. or Fade-Away slide-Base
ssealers thoroughly schooled in the
art Of running bases adopt this style.
In approaching the base they aspire 70
steal the runners lead to one side.
momentarily disconcerting the player
about to stab him with the ball. and
In falling thrust one foot In hook man.
ner to one or the other side Of the
base.
To Win-To cop. frisk. grab. annex.
compile. register. nail, bag, land. salt
away. put on ice. sting or maui who.
ever happens to be the opposing
kDasty.
TO Lose-To tumble. skid. slip. take
10 walloping, drubbing. to be man.
)shandled. trimmed. whaled. scuttled.
fiddled. badly bent. bumped. slaush.
tered. nosed out, sent to the clean.
ers. counted out or laid on the cooling
board.
"Pep"-Displaying fighting spirit.
xest. determination. renewed life. to
keep up an incessant hre Of talk while
on the held-a player like Buck Wea.
YER has pep" Listen carefully to the
White sox shortstop when the other
fellows are batting against Callahan's
pitchers. Then you'll be Jerry or hep
to-"Pep."
Pitching Box-Riie pit. firing line
peak. slab. hill. knoll. knob. turret
rubber or crest.
Home Plate-Marble, dock. counting
pan, scoring iron.
Any Base-Sack. corner. hassock
station. precinct, or in referring tc
second base one might say the half
way mark.
scout-An ivory hunter; one who
seeks diamond phenoms.