New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-31


am going to hang onto that fellow.
TO-DAY Fletcher is rated one OF the best hor's.o1s
in the business.
To show YOU the value Of backing mp. Pr. --...rt
this incident from game with pittsburgh lt n. .n
tho 1oII remnant race when we had 20 fight out af-.
70 the last games to win the flag In one n the games
against Pittsburgh our catcher threw wild TO second
bsso nc Leach the Pirates center fielder stealnq
coeno the wild throw Leach turned and tore for third
Rt Snodgrass our center fielder, had come Do fast and
taking the wild throw the fly, be drove Tho Ban 70
third cutting down Leach. As turned ont, the next
bt,er drove long fly 20 outfcld and omit Leach could
oasil, have scored We that game by q single r1.
We owe it TO Snodgrass and his backing up
Hinder Chance the Chicago Cubs were The best hackers
,c IN the business In one Of our games against thcu
Devore was on first base, and told Doyle to bunt In
e,ead he hit slow bounder TO Evcrs. Doyle wa thrown
out at first base; but, trying 20 cut down Dcvore who
was racing for third the play Chance TIRE" over '.e
third basemans head. But Sheckard the leii he..'r
had come away in behind third 20 back up, and getting
the ball on the first bound he threw ont Devore az ae
plate. Sheckard must have started to run ~ 20 cH
I'D third when Doyle hit the ball
You sometimes see pitchers who and back u. 80
base when most plays are made there used 'p have
nv men do that too, until one day when Main. N
did 50 much backing up that he tired himself ora. 'a
could not do himself justice. Concluding lldt Dr. 5
an unnecessary additional physical strain, thereafter
refused to let my pitchers support the FIRST 6ase'a
IHAVE heard fans critcizing me from the gran ..
for not going out on the coaching lines, OF ior
the coaching lines after the other team got ahet a
remaining on the bench. "Quittcr was among "
pleasant words poured upon me- am not ae-..--
nv position because make It a rule never 20 g.r a
excuse | am mentioning this merely 20 emphasz. .
importance Of playing the game from the bench. ]. #
there that many games are won and lost II the Clans
drop behind 90 to the bench because from thar poe
ston have the direction Of my team even better 3D.
charge than if am on the coaching lines.
Sometimes | don't go the lines at all r.-
member game when we were playing ii. Lou. ana
Salce was announced as a St. Louis pitcher. 'r...-
atey gave my men orders to bunt. realized that il
was early in the season and Saee was not yet 10 very
good physical condition. \ bunting game would stand
him on his head and tire him out. The Giants 1ur'o
and to offset this form Of attack Brcnahan, the ST. Louis
manager, rearrangcd his inied. He made NoHrcy. lbs
third bascman in nearer the plate so as % be- sure
and get hunts. At once changed our tactics.
Hit it out | told the Giants
\ liner whisted past Movrcy, then another The
game had broken and Brenahan took Sailec from The
box. We made thirteen runs In that inning
In 1904 won the National League championship
with players who new 90 one another The rcs't
was that | had to play the game myself by TINS a-
not mean that / occupied a position on the team;
directed II from the bench. Whenever the batter was
I'D in critical stage he would tie his shoe X his bet
50 rs 10 give him time 20 glance AZ the bench 90 see what
| wanted him to DO We had a system a signals that
governed every situation ON the field know II was
condemned by some managers; but In our case il was
necessary Whenever I wanted the man at plate ID"
bunt used TO blow my Honestly. before got
through that year my nose was red. The opposing
team as well as my own men were watched. IL one '
our outfcdcrs was playing close for certain oat',
| often stopped the game and made him change DDS
position. Once detected a Brooklyn catcher signs
and tipped off orr batters. | was seldom seen Oh p.
coaching line that year. We won the pennant from Che
bench.
Irccan one Of our games in Pittsburgh We were two