Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-11

play cut there But in order TO hold
the Job in fast company he must be.
able to hit the ball on the nose with
much frequency. In other words, an
outfielder is supposed TO be batsmani
first and fielder afterward.
Ii is coming to be admitted by most
rooters that it takes brains TO pitch
successfully, and a lot of them are
beginning to realize that mere me-
chanical ability will not make great
infielder, but that gray matter cuts
much figure out in the last line of de
Tense is not so readily allowed.
Field Needs Brains.
Such important matters as studying
the different batsmen and governing
ones play according to the score do
not enter into the spectators calcula-
ton. They also do not enter into the
minds of many player who is rated
as a good outfielder-until he gets up
against the real game and has a lot
of problems to solve without having
learned the answers in the minors.
The White Sox look to be well sup
piled with outfielders. Manager Cal
lahan has four of them, Gil fairly fast,
young players able to hit the ball with
considerable precision, to cover ground
we'll, and all possessed of good throw
ing arms. What more he could ask for
the fans don't see. But Callahan has
had men scouting for weeks, and has
refused to waive on every outfielder
On whom waivers were sought. He is
searching for an outfielder who can
grasp the idea" or has already
grasped it, and has confidence enough
to coach the other gardeners.
From the Bench.
Why don't the manager coach them
from the bench? It is possible for a
manager to place his outfield for each
batsman if he has system of wig
wagging ample enough to cover all oc-
casions. But he would have to stop
the game or delay it while placing the
men for the different batsmen, An
outfelder who could remember a COM
pick system of signals could learn the
batsman for himself. BY way of ex-
PLANTATION for those who may not have
noticed it, the outfielders of winning
baseball team will not wear out the
grass in three spots, but will circulate
around land try TO stand somewhere
near where they think the ball is COM
| ing, if it is hit beyond the infield.
Some batters are pronounced right
field hitters, and the outfield that
knows its business will swing around
| SO as to protect as much as possible
of that field. Others hit oftenest to
left field and the reverse arrangement
of the outfield is necessary. It Is the
business of the men out there to OBJ
serve the peculiarities of all their OPP.
ponents at bat and take up their sta
lions accordingly, without waiting for
their manager to "set" them.
Can Coach Each Other.
In some things manager on the
bench cannot coach his outfeld His
voice will not carry above the noise
when long fly is hit, but the men our
there can coach each other, particu
larry on drives hit over the heads Of
| the outposts. Then there is the CUES
! ton of what to do with ball after
catching it or stopping a safe hit
Many a game has been won and los,
by making the right or wrong throw
and the question Of wrong or right
depends entirely on the existing situa
ton.
An outfie1der like Jimmy Sheckard
formerly of the Cubs, is of far greater
i value to his team than the average
4 bug recognizes. His chief value was
not his own individual brillianee, buI
his ability and willingness to help his
associates in the gardening game. A
perfect judge of a fly ball himself
| Sheekard never failed to coach his
neighbor on long flies. Often Cut
center fielder has gone back at t0I
speed, with his back turned to the
| ball, depending on Sheckard to stoT
him at the proper instant, and Sheck
ards "Whoa!" usually brought hin
around in time to make the catch /
he could get under the ball at all. Al
outfielder who can make noise alsC
| will prevent any chance of a collision
between his pals, even if they do no
know how to decide which shall take
the bail without looking at each other
Jones Makes Two. #-....
! Fielder Jones made outfielders on
of Pat Dougherty and Hahn. He knew
every batsman ana where he was mos
! likely to hit the different kinds o
pitching, and he not only played il
! that part of center field to which eact
man was most likely to- hit. but HI
saw to it that his mates on either sidC
! took the proper station to offer thu
! best defense In the matter of return
i ing the ball Jones also constantly
coached his men as each play came up
| Even after he had lost some of hi:
| own speed and a lot of throwing powc
! Jones was a valuable outfelder fo
what he could tell the others out there
To Illustrate the value of making tn
correct throw: The White Sox wer,
playing IN Washington last year, an
had the Senators beaten by three run
UP to the last half of the ninth Al
opponent reached third base with on
out. The next man flied out to lef
| field, and the fielder made an attemp
TO throw out the runner going hom