The Washington times., 1914-03-01
Admires Bobby Wallace

Bobby Wallace, for several seasons
the shortstop of the St Louis Browns,
has much of my admira ton and re-
spect for his ability. In the first place.
Wallace has been working with lad
legs for several Eeasons. but he has
been doing as much damage as any
shortstop with whole legs, and a team
around him OF the calibre OF the st.
Louis Browns. could he expected to do.
lie is very orainy. and the one man
playing shortstop who absolutely knows
how to cover the position with the
greatest effect all the time. lis bra.ns
have kept him in the game for a long
time after he became badly worn and
frayed physically.
Wallace started in baseball Il pocd
many yea ago as a pitcher. and. then.
when he had lost his effectiveness in
the box, he was shifted over to third
base, where he WAS star. Next, he
moved to shortstoD. which is TIL" posi-
tiGn that he plays 'rith the greatest
finish. and where ! got my real lin. OIL
him after enterin-; the league.
In running backward through M
mind for the i'ays Wallace has made
against the Detroit team. | do not re-
cail q sin2l" instance where he has
been guilty OF wrong move And
bones" generally stand cut im the
memory. too. in spite OF the great nun
ber of games n big Lacquer takes part
in each season.
To my mind "BIlly" sullivan - the
Chicago White soX was one of the
smartest ever to work in the big
leagues. He was II star backstor long
.ifter he had lost his speed aud ginger
and when h" naturally moved about
stiH legged beca the YEAR, of service
ehind the bat had crampcd his mus
CleS. Sullivan was always thinking up
ways to cross Lis opponents. Which is
the secret of shrcwdness in baseball. \
man must pull the unexpected 20 ross
up his opponents.
7 recall one cay when we were play-
ing the White Sex and | was on second
base. with crawford on first. Two wera
out, and ] slipped Sam the sign to Il V
for the double steal. We needed ;wo
runs to tie the score at the time. and
with men on second and third. Il hit
would do 1t. with men on first and =. e.
ond. as We we're, single meant that
we would still u. one Iun bcl.iud and Il
was against th" Law Of chance that
there would bc I 20 safe hits In success.
sion with Ed" Walsh travelling 1T fulI
speed. I got 4 coed start off The. bag
aud dug Tor third at fun speed figuring
Of course. that the piav would be mad.
for IN" as usual. | hooked the base
with one toe il" slid in. and was sur
I,rised to Sc that no effort had been
time to SEE sam crawford heinz
tagged out ut second.
How the Play Worked.
on this play. tho runner on first geu-
orally loafs to second. figuring that the
ball will be thrown to third in an effort
to stop the farther advanced runner go
ing TO that bag. Sullivan realized this.
figured that era wford was a slower rrIu-
ner than ] was and that lie would loaf
down anyway. and took a chance lie
knew that his chances of getting Craw-
ford at second. with sam" not expect
ing play there. were better than his
chances OF nipping me at third, when
was looking for a hard lob to make it,
The thing worked out az he had planned
II. he got Sam and retired the side
The same batter who was up wien
Crawford was put out for the third man
Of the inning opened next time with a
hit. 80 I figured that Sullivan's brain