El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-20

1 have thought the matter over and am
heartily in favor of any scheme which
will give someone in authority on the
field the power to compel the players
to keep the game going under a full
head OF steam from the first inning 10
the last
DiIatOry Tactics Affect Performers.
Another angle to the dilatory tactics
is that they affect the performers more
than you would suppose For instance,
George Cutshaw and I do not have far
to 20 from the bench, and neither OF US
is prone to loaf Not infrequently We
have reached our positions and couldn't
see an Outfielder- but not often I have
seen IL occur much more often on other
teams.
Now, suppose Cutshaw and I are
ready. but the Outfielders are dawdling
10 their positions. We naturally begin
to talk. He viii say, for instance. DID
you take your family down to try that
shore dinner at SkeeZick's last Sunday -
I might answer. No I found a place
that beats-Skeezick' a mile. They have
a great bathing beach and they cook
fish just the way 1 want them and
so on
Takes Mind Off Baseball.
an other words, the delay in starting
the inning has taken the minds Of the
early birds off baseball, and whenever a
man on the field begins to think Of
culiarities OF his pitcher, the hitting
tendencies Of the man at the bat. the
sun, the wind, the number out. the num-
Der on bases, the count on the batter,
the weaknesses and the strong points OF
the men next to him. and the hundred
and one other things big Lacquer or
small Lacquer. either. for that matter.
has TO keep at his fingers ends, then
that mans usefulness is distinctly i'm
paired He may not pull an obviously
bone stunt but he may lose 4 chance to
pull smart stunt OF decisive impOr-
lance.
Baseball needs every ounce OF gin
ger that can be injected into it in these
hard times, and il viii not be the fault
Of the fraternity II we do not have
marked improvement next year
Dauberts Valuable Opinions
It is because Daubert can size up
in such fashion and not allow
mental bunk, that his opinions are
valued so highly by the fraternity.
The sinful might make a small bet. il
ne reformers are in the Offing. that
steps will be taken this winter 10 hus
tie the athletes in the games Of 1916.
A perfect Illustration Of Daubert's re-
marks concerning how thinking about
other matters may queer a fielder's
work was furnished in the ninth inning
Of a recent game in Chicago, when the
Superbas beat the Cubs to 5.
Frank Schultz, the Cub left fielder,
was called out by umpire Al Orth in
the seventh on an exceedingly close
play at first base. It was about an
even break, and il is more than posi-
bic that Schultz really was safe In
stead Of forgetting il. Frank nursed his
wrath. and the more he thought of II
the madden he got His mind was fully
occupied with the grievOus wrongs he
had suffered at the hands Of the UNI
pire. and il was by no means on the
Superbas.
How II Works Out.
With two down in the ninth, RucSer
on second. Stengel at bat and Schultz
still boiling over with indignation,
StengeI hit a terrific line fly to
Schulte's left It was a hard chance,
but not TOO hard for a fielder OF
Schulte's ability. That was proved
when. after a slow start, Schultz
reached the ball. but merely knocked il
down instead OF catching it. StengeI
thought the leather had been caught
and stopped, but eventually started
again and reached third. Rucker lop-
ping home ahead OF him. Wheat popped
TO Fisher and Stengel was left
Schultz confided to Rube Marquard
that the fly would have been compare
lively easy for him except that he was
so angry about Orth's decision that he
was paying little attention to the bat
ter. and did not get away in time to in
tercept the ball properly. He told the
exact truth. II was a complete lesson
In the necessity for a player keeping
his eve strictly on his number every
second il he is to produce the best re-
suits.