The Washington times., 1914-05-05
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.Grd7o to Use Film
20 Make Giants
Better Ball
Players

: moving picture has Invaded
= OeaCUe baseball.
! n J 'Musgsy
r., Of the New York Giants. the
" tie Napoleon of baseball. has
e. Jod To utilize the motion picture
n -raininC his recruits. in correct
~ the faults of his veterans, and
~ wing opposing pitchers.
seems odd that something like
ms hasn't been done before. OF
o Sc. the motion picture has been
S q FOR this very purpose-but not
O baseball. The scientific manage
4 n; experts throughout the coun-
have utilized films to SHOW the
ste in manufacturing establish
q MS. They would take pictures of
.rrkmcn doing a certain task and
Row how the elimination of motions
're and there would shorten the
* and tend TO increase the out
= But McGTaw is the first person
, soc the value of the pictures in
l. league baseball. And to further
Is plans he has turned a part of
'~ club house of the New York
'aT at the Polo Grounds into a
D. eCtion room, and every man on
team IS 10 get the benefit OF the
p "Ws that will De given at fire.
/. nj intervals.
aseball players have been among
most persistent and enthusiastic
norters of photoplays. In their
: Of the country they patronize
SHOWS with create: regularity
~ any other. class of men. For
me there was serious Considera-
~ q proposition to prohibit
NCrs visiting the theaters on the
und that the film injured their
tting eyes" But since the eX-
sion Of the theory that a reason
... amount Of moving pictures in
IS the eye. the idea has been
'tndcned and the players continue
patron!ze the shows. 1t WAS
. hably his visits to the photJ-
theaters that caused McGraw
."ok upon the pictures as a means
raining new men and correcting
faults of the old ones. The pic
5 snow the faults OF the play
m the most glaring fashion-there
no getting around the fact that
. are faults. And McGraw evil
''lv has taken this fact into ac-
mt \ man can't explain away a
. luS error on his part when the
'Ires show him in the act "f
mmitunIg it.
however intends using
mCtures not only To give lis
aNers this training. but to enable
m 70 get a line on the deliveries
opposing pitchers. and to this end
" has entered into negotiations
hereby the ball players are to be
;companied on their trips around
le circuit by Mutual Cameraman.
no vii! make it mis- business to
IN the opposing pitchers from be
nd the Catcher's position This III
able the Giant sluggers to CON
their leisure the delivery of all
" tWirlers. With the start OF the
sehall season. there are always a
.mber or recruits who. were their
"Its corrected. might prove of tre-
"HdouS Nalu" to the teams tnev
we Joined. Eut the tight for the
1nant is so nari and fierce T. at
. even by dailV morning prscrica
man like McGraw hone TO de-
.te TIM" CROUCH to each individual
cure his defects and increase lis
h"ien's- No one man eyes could
-" To s"ep M with the individual
i"r"auces OF a squad of thirty
g league baseball mer
TOR 10 tn" opening game At the
.n Grounds between the Giants
q IN" lh.ladelnhias. several cam
amen uiu"d all Of NCGraw's rc-
MIS- a. ""ll as the seasoned vet
ans In a"'IoH. -At = private view
fHS ger M"GraW auf President
'WDsiead We're So much irn1ress-
by tho rner'h lities -re7-I nm Iv
motion picture method or teac"-
, the rame thar ali the hall
vers Were called together and
2rnestlv renuested" to nut in an
i'NAran'e the next nlcht. when
special two-reel o-ening game
.i"res were shown fnr- the ffr-,
." he New York public.
b" "layers audi' ly commented or
views. and there was COntagious
fffing ard hecklinC among them
naseT MrGTaw went from man
man pointing out their dnTec,s rs
screen told the story. one man
5 called to account for too vida
ming nf the bags. another for
"neSs in starting for the rlar,
fner fo~ swinging on the hall TOO
WV. fourth FOR not taking nror-
advantage OF the pitchers Wind
while others came in for rr.ri-
m Tor not sliding properly into
haGs and for unnecessary do
and lost motion