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

able 10 hit the Dali on the nose VIII
much frequency. In other words, an
outfielder is supposed TO be a batsman
first and fielder afterward
1t is coming to be admitted by most
rooters that it takes brains to pitch
successfully, and lot OF them are
beginning to realize that mere me
chanical ability will not make great
intielder, 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 a player who is rated
as good outfielder- until he gets up
against the real game and has lot
of problems to solve without having
learned the answers in the minors.
The White Sox look to be well sup
piled with outfieIders Manager Cal
lahan has four of them. all 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 cutfielder 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? 1t is possible for
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 1t while placing the
men for the different batsmen An
outfielder who could remember a COM
pick system of signals could learn the
batsInan for himself BY way Of ex-
PLANTATION for these who may not have
Lnotieed4it, tha-aatf s,aeFdof asxinning
baseball team will not wear out the
grass in three spots, but will circulate
around and try to stand somewhere
near where they think the ball is com
ing, If it is hit beyond the infeld
Some batters are pronounced right
| field hitters, and the outfield that
knows its business win 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
tions accordingly, without waiting for
their manager to set them.
Can Coach Each Other.
In some things q manager on tAe
| bench cannot coach his outfeld. His
voice will not carry above the noise
when long fly is hit, but the men out
there can coach each other, particu-
larly on drives hit over the heads of
the outposts. Then there Is the ques-
ton of what to do with ball after
catching it or stopping a safe hit.
Many game has been won and lost
by making the right or wrong throw,
and the question of wrong or right
depends entirely on the existing situa-
| ton.
An outfielder like Jimmy Sheckard,
| formerly of the Cubs, is of far greater
value to his team than the average
bug recognizes. His chief value was
not his own individual brillianee, but
his ability and willingness to help his
associates in the gardening game. A
! perfect Judge of fly ball himself,
| Sheckard never failed to coach his
neighbor on long flies. Often Cub
center fielder has gone back at top
| speed, with his back turned to the
ball, depending on Sheckard to stop
| him at the proper instant, and Sheck-
ards "Whoa!" usually brought him
around in time to make the catch ii
| he could get under the ball at all. An
| outfielder who can make noise also
| will prevent any chance of collision
between his pals, even if they do not
know how to decide which shall take
the ball without looking at each other
Jones Makes Two.
Fielder Jones made outfelders out
of Pat Dougherty and Hahn. He knew
every batsman and where he was most
likely to hit the different kinds OF
I pitching. and he not only played in
| that part of center field to which each
man was most likely to hit. but he
] saw to it that his mates on either side
took the proper station to offer the
/ best defense In the matter of return
| ing the ball Jones also constantly
coached his men as each play came up
Even after he had lost some of his
.awn speed and a lot of throwing power
Jones was a valuable outflelder for
what he could tell the others out there
To illustrate the value of making the
correct throw: The White Sex were
playing in Washington last year, and
had the Senators beaten by three, runs
up TO the last half of the ninth. An
opponent reached third base with one
out. The next man flied out to left
field, and the fielder made an attempt
to throw out the runner going home
from third. He failed. but it was the
1 DrODpr DIay because that runner va