Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-07
TEAMS THAT TAKE LONG CHANCES
USUALLY GET THE BEST RESULTS
Run Everything Out and Take Nothing For Granted Is Good
Theory For Club to Work 0n-SucceSS of the ST. Louis
Browns Last Year Due to This Method OF Playing Game

played ordinary baseball, decided the
ball game
Won Title Of the Speed Boys.
Five or six years ago the Boston
team OF the American League was
known as the Speed Boys. Individual,
ly the players didn't loom up as won.
derfully fast men. but the club was
always cutting up capers on the bases,
The take-nOthing-for- granted theory
was worked to the limit. sometimes
Overworked, so that every now and
then some Boston player would be
made to look rather foolish, but a
greater part OF the time they were
placing the opposition in the unfav-
Crable light. Game after game was
won. not because OF wonderful pitch
ing, terrific smuggling or brilliant field
ing. although the club showed well in
all these departments, but most Of the
games were deciseo on the passes.
Every player on the club and some of
them were almost in the slow class
was taking advantage OF what speed
he possessed It was a ball club that
was constantly running Such clubs
sooner or later get on the nerves of
the opposition, and of course profit
greatly thereby. There was a change
OF management in the Boston club q
year or so later and all of a sudden the
title Of Speed Boys seemed anything
but appropriate to the Boston team.
1t was the same identical ball club,
but it was playing a different kind of
game. The speed was there, but
the boys were not taking advantage of
the opportunities offered.
Ty Cobb Gives His Views.
regard Ty Cobb as one 0f the
greatest base runners in the business.
He has the speed. the brain and the
nerve. There Is no risk too great, no
chance too difficult. He stretches
scratch singles into doubles. ordinary
doubles into triples and scant triples
into clean home runs simply because
he is always running, putting II up to
the opposition. One day last summer
talked over the take-nothing.for
granted theory In baseball with Cobb.
That Is the best as well as the
hardest lesson In baseball TO learn"
he replied. 1T takes a lot-q1f viii pow
hits: aifen Il III sa35nnSt q
cineh that YOU are going to be AN
easy out. No player does It because
he wants to. shirk. what he knows is
his duty, but SO acts. because he is
thoroughly disgusted with himself for
failing to, come through with a base
hit. Every now and then |, find myself
jogging to first base on a pop. fly,
when instead I should be running my
fastest.
by the way, did you ever realize
that the base-rdnning end of the game
was neglected more than any other,
feature?" remarked Ty, shifting the
conversation. "Players get a lot of
enjoyment out of batting practise,
there is thrill to every good stop or
hard catch a player makes in the
field, but one never sees a runner
practising sliding into the different
bases or learning how it is possible
for him to get a better lead There
is no particular pleasure in either
stunt, and both are rather dangerous.
Perhaps that explains why players ta-
boo the running and sliding game In
practise. Speed and making use of
it is certainly a great asset"