Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-07-24

| happened-the ring and whistle Of
hard drives--that the third baseman is
likely to be taken off his guard and
make wild throw Then with the
infeld breaking, / can either order
! hunts or hits smashed through it, This
| is an old principle which / first put
| in use down at Baltimore. Rusie, the
greatest pitcher of his day, was
against us. We could not hit the ball
cut of the diamond The men who fol-
lowed me on the batting order were
Keller, Jennings, Kelly and Bodie. /
said to them:
Lets bunt on this fellow. Every
body do it, @-
began it, with a nasty little tap
that rolled elusively near the pitch.
er's box. Big Rusie lunged after it.
slipped and fell on his head. When
he scrambled to his feet I was on
first base. Then came four hunts in
succession, and every man was safe.
1t had put the New York infieId up in
the air. 49,.
| If see that an opposing pitcher is
wildsI make it my business for the
| Giants to help him be wild. They wait
him out. They stand up there making
no attempt to hit the ball, and he is
forced to do his utmost to put it over
the plate. He knows that they are
making him pitch. And when you
make the ordinary pitcher think that
ihe has got to pitch-why, he generally
blows up. He beats himself. On the
other hand; if the opposing pitcher is
steady, give orders to hit right out
against him.
Another criticism of the fans that
McGraw has overheard at various
times is based on the fact that the
] Giants manager is often not to be
seen on the field at all during a game,
or has left the coaching box for the
bench when the game has turned
against his own team To the crowd
! this looks like quitting, whereas ii
is really a means toward more eff.
cientj coaching When a game needs
concentrated attention and careful
thought. McGraw chooses to give II
these from the comparative seclusion
land quiet of the bench. rather. than
while performing the duties of side.
| line coach. He narrates instances
where concentration paid:
remember one game when we were
playing St Louis and Sallee was an.
nouHced as ST. Louis pitcher. i'm.
mediately gave my men orders to bunt
| J. realized that it was early in the
season and Sallee was not yet IN very
good physical condition. A bunting
game would stand him on his head
and tire him out. The Giants hunted,
and to Offset this form of attack Bres
lnahan. the ST Louis manager, rear,
ranged his infield. He made Mowrey
his third baseman. move in nearer the
plate so as to be sure and get the
hunts. At once / changed our tao.
| ties. .... Es-1# rs.
Hit it out IztoId the Giants. t..
! A liner whistIed past Mowrey, then
another. The game had broken, and
Bresnahan took Salee from the box
We made 13 runs in that inning
In 1904 | won the National league
championship with PLAYERS who were
> new to each other. The result was
THAT i had to play the game myself
/ By this do not mean that occupied
a position On the team: / directed II
from the bench. Whenever the bat
ter was I'D in a critical stage, he would
tie his shoe or fix his belt so as to
give NM time to glance at the bench
to see what wanted him to do We
had a system of signals that governed
every situation on the field. know il
was condemned by some managers
but in our case it was necessary
Whenever I wanted the man at plate
: to bunt used to blow my nose. Hon