The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-01
aND-RU|V PLAY
|l|NGs N SCORES
" Puts Team Work
Practice and Thereby
Wins Pennants.

.and,sun play is universally
rudsyy, but few Gibbs get the
I.om Il which Manager McGraw
1iants obtains. The reason is
.(3ssw uses this play to advance
nerd and not to furnish ex-
4, shs Abb club. The Giant lead.
= both men engaged in the play
fb With Il to the limit, which
- Il he case on any other club,
Ihe s1Hior leagne.
|{'sud- run play is a bit Of team
.1|ob Is excellent in theory and
<-11sls 10 managers and players
= idea is for the batter to help
runuer on his way around the
.1|ch, OF course, is an ideal plan.
+ rurner on first base O. signal is
.k;ch means that the two men,
~ and the batter, are to oper-
&|hef on the next pitched ball.
ranner is to start for second
4 tsster IS to hit the ball, thus
lin along. The idea Of the play
q fnd out. IL possible, whether
1|stop or second baseman is to
<bnd base on a steal, and then
61fter 10 hit through the spot
~ By the fielder who goes over
\ when be sees the base runner
doxn the. line. When it goes
bis play is q world-beater.
is On Batsman.
A <ec1nd basemhn covers the bag.
tstter Is skiIlful enough to hit
7 t1rough his position after he
Ned Il, the runner is sure TO be
q to third base and the batter
I|t Nothing can beat this in
1xeept knocking the ball over
a for . homo run, BY hitting
The batter saves the runner
chance of being thrown out
base and also gets on him
y "a ideal solution for the big
u getting tallies. The weak
fbe play, however, is that the
slde frequently outguesses the
1zt and illustrates it by the
<ndinR up q ball that cannot
Hle'y In fact, this happens
ne frequently than anything
rug into consideration the
beng outguessed by the op.
Pl;fner or catcher, the small
the batter being able to
PAL exactly where he wants
fact anywhere near il, the
possibility of double play
drive or f1y ball, and the
Fers large against the play be,
. sueeessfll. 1t Is safe to say
'o1s not actually succeed, in the
once out of twenty times
baserunner Lacks.
otaer hand, the hit aud run,
~ most clubs, seriously hurts
rug and hase running. De.
opm the batter 10 help him
lnner does not pay enough
9 Retfing a good lead OF
re does not figure it is q
PAGES the responsibility Of
ooFn there on the batter,
sn9ni1 assume il himself.
y handicapped by having
neFt pitched ball. if possible,
Hnetner it is good ball or
~ tDe signal and he knows
Snaef %laef Is depending on him
rus play has resulted in a
pafting averages through
at tne hitter must hit at
~ natter whether he has q
'.ncs to hit it safely or not.
ana rnn is the great alibi
.- ~ Forld. IL the runner is
y second, he can assume
sook and declare that he
1>nn 49, ,fs~soa 70 get therc, Tor
Tng on the batter hitting
.if phtter can always ex-
.rss. Aof not getting a bit by
"a ~ taas the ball was a bad
"a ~ qut OF course, he had TO
. Sxsr tue play after the sig-
~, 70 now that many players
IN =. : clean steal Of second
s; Ps.cner They always play
= ana thus protect them
Against Alibi.
sss sar.v shines is that he will,
1ur : protective game. His
a t, ~ sns base runner are 10
Is. u T was stealing without
~ = The batter can hel,, hin,
III q ~. Pan well and good, and
rs esor .ter II he gets a hit But
1etcn5 aot abb of his failure
na % an the batter. He ,s
~ shero II there il a NOS.
nSs, u1iq se1 80: To the battor
bnt hit the bali If it Is a
|1n frneo 20 not ofsr at a hall
Ia tsf : bail let the runner 90
6;t s,s sare Of himself; By
.s5e va,' SSu run in this wav the
os were throu-ggxe iMo -ggennsats, :, while
1tSnsssr sssrsysng the play in the
ii{ n iaaahinn. McGraw .
sasy can, but they