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 a wild throw Then with the
infield breaking, ] can either order
bunts or hits smashed through It. Tnis
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:
Let's bunt on this fellow. Every
body do it,
began it, with nasty little tap
that rolled elusive1y near the pitch
er's box. Big Rusie lunged after it.
slipped and fell on his head. When
he scrambled to his feet | was on
first base. Then came four bunts in
succession, and every man was safe.
It had put the New York infield up In.
the air.
II | see that an opposing pitcher is
wild, l 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 ii over
the plate. He knows that they are
making him pitch And when you
make the ordinary pitcher think that
he has got to pitch-why, he generally
i blows up. He heats 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
MeGraw 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 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 1t
is really means toward more eff
Gent coaching. When a game needs
concentrated attention and careful
thought, McGraw chooses to give 1t
these from the comparative seclusion
and quiet of the bench. rather than
while performing the duties of side
where concentration paid:
| remember. one game when we were
playing st. Louis and Sallee was an
nounced as ST. Louis pitcher. I'M
mediately gave my men orders to bunt.
Il 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 hts head
and tire him out The Giants hunted,
and to Offset this form of attack Bres-
nahan. the st. Louis manager. rear
ranged his infeld. 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.
tics.
"Hit it out. told the Giants.
A liner whistled past Mowrey, then
another. The game had broken, and
Bresnahan took Salee from the box.
We made 13 runs in that inning.
In 1904 I won the National league
championship with players who were
new to each other. The result was
that had to play the game myself.
BY this do not mean that occupied
a position on the team: directed Il
| from the bench. Whenever the bat
ter was uD in critical stage, he would
|, tie his shoe or tx his belt so as to
give him time to glance at the bench
to see what i wanted him to do. We
had system of signals that governed
Ievery situation on the field. / know It
Twas condemned by some managers:
/, but in our case it was necessary.
Whenever wanted the man az plate
to bunt used to blow my nose. Hon