The Alaska citizen., 1914-02-02
Latest Outside Sporting Dope

Charlie Cars ambition to estab-
lish a school for ball players, APP
parently. is about to be realized. Ac
Coriing 10 reports. his San Antonio
tract will be ready for use shortly.
and Carr, himself, says that al an
early date his school will be open
for business.
1t will be recalled that the ex-Kan-
sas City leader. last fall secured
twenty acres of land near San Anton
10. since which time he has been
LAYING the plot off into PLAYING
fields. With his grounds ready
Carr recently gave out the names OF
several wel-known players who will
act as a faculty. and who will assist
him in ins:ructing youngsters in the
finer points of the game.
Carr expects support in his new
undertaking from major league own
ers AID should his plan work out sue
ward relieving the work of the big
league managers each spring. With
a roaior league cub se7ding its re-
cruits to San Antonio just after the
first of the year each season. the
youngsters should be in prime shape
by the usual reporting time.
With months seasoning in ad-
vance of the time of the customary
spring gathering. muscles would be
hardened. and newcomers would be
able to show to the very best advant
age
Incidentally, a mana"er would b
able 20 head off a lot of spring aibis
from complaining players.
As long as a ball player hasn't
mastered the art of bunting. he is
working at = Disadvantage. for there
are many situations that can be re-
called by the fans where a successful
hunt would have turned defeat into
nossible victory
In facr there is probably nothing
more aggravating to followers OF the
pastime than to see a close situation,
with men on bases. and a weak pop
up result from some batter's attempt
10 advance the runners, always re-
su1ti0g. of course, in the batter's
going out. and not infrequently en-
aiding the opposition to make a dou-
BIZ MAY Such crude attempts at
sacrifice hitting are demoralizing to
tho a+tack. rs we'll as serving to do
more 'ha0 awning else to tighten
the backbone of the defense.
Aisle hC0 ever. from the value Of
hri"g able to advance base runners.
the batter who has the reputation Of
being a capable bunter is sure t.
have the opposition infielders on the
ANXIOUS seat for there is no telling
wha sticker who has mastered
the knack OF LAYING the ball down
will do when he is at the plate,
On the other hand, those straight
awav hitterS. who bang away at the
pill every time thev come up, are al
was marks for The infielders. Their
Sc. means of attack are known and
he. 60 - z"o1tn tho anvirt~ among
the oDnosition's inner workers, as
does the batter who is apt to do any
thing at any time.
AS a matter of fact. bunting is not
generally ponular With the fans. yet
the fellow who hasn't mastered the
are of scientifically LAYING the ball
down, is going to be lacking in many
pinches that will not show in the
box scores. hrt many loom uD bold
" in his teams won-and-loss col
umn.
One of the most difficult things
manager of a ball club has to con-
tend with is to get his players to
follow instructions and at the same
time use their own judgment when
the situation demands it. There are
many angles to a ball game and
sometimes a sudden switch in cOndi-
tions will entirely change the aspect
of things.
Take for instance a situation where
the batter is sent up TO work tn"
hi.-and-run play with the runner on
first. Under such conditions, with
the play in front OF him, the bat
ter is il a nosttton 70 see inst no
much Of a lead his teammate on the
base gets with the pitchers winduD
If the runner gets away with bi7
lead. one of those long running starts
it is manifestly bad baseball for the
}attcr to Sing. with he cha"ceS e
raising a fly and thus possibly kill
off the CHARGES Of successful steal.
Strict obedience to orders. in short
Is not ALWAYS r:7ctica' n b2S"ba'
for under certain conditions PLAYERS
must think quickly and act on their
own account These conditions are
arising in every game, and when thew
DO come up. manager expects his
charges to use their think tanks
AMERICAN ATHLETES WIN.
SAN FRANCISCO. - A private
cable to William Unmack, received
recently, reports that the team of
four American athletes visiting the
An inodes is sweeping everything be-
fore it. Unmack, a San Francisco
newspaper man. was to have managed
the team, but at the last moment was
detained. and Eustace PeiXotto OF
San Francisco is taking his place.
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