The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-27
DOPING TIL: N|OR|LD'5 SERIES
BIZ HUGH S. FULLERTON
ARTICLE No. 4THE SECOND BAsEMEN.

HUGH S. FULLERTON

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E's;"' Rel SIX =! =, :ri 'n,'~. 49, ~, =. .,,1
r!eer.a,A S.. ...- -. II ''!. !'s....-: - 49,
it-!ur = worlds >,r!"% II winch In.
,i"pc luG,rnt's that Drv"y Hhra". ":L>t
"tt' b. 1a,i =. d':'n major i".t::G" 'iL"$:
- ;i,... class &C three players VIII" hav"';t
rl,n,Icr !" rArtIrIra;" III III" contests.
SrrouI i.aS. IN" 'n">:r important o!
til. luI.v!d positions. 'hr k.%St":i" -! Tn
drfrnSC. the must difficult p"'Ii'''u "n 4
team t. play properly 'aitt"aSii short
stops will ar.a," ihi,l. with TWO nan 81
low power pilyiu.: :, Worlds scri"5. II
shows 70 what IN extent baseball has
.,lumpcd this season.
Tn. dom cures show tina; III" class
Of the second has"r,"n in THIS w"riaS
S-,ricS Is more thau Il hundred points
lower than III IN" 1"I1 series etnd II -
pusslhlr that thu Ii'!a! figures will indI-
cato that second hISc ~ the weakest
point in TIC t"s ms HH"a"'d. That ihct
rr';aliHr+ matters considerably hui ar-
cents thu opportunity for luck in hitting
anil lll" breaks Of III" .::Itnr - d"CIL" I
series; IT,. object of which was I" PROV
which IS Tho best team
DO 10 thiuk that This IS any sever"
criticism Of Sh"au I";!"r Turner.
They are all v"tor: faithful and h,r!
working. hut lacking IN qualities l!li
mako great stars IL hnS"hal.
shcru is r-,rhaps OIL" If the most in
,crre,inr >,s,s in tho history If nc
..,,,o MS, rd., al ,rourd .hc r,rrutt
h.r.auSc of weak hitting Il" has l""H 4
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= h"h!nd pitchers WI" ar" HflnS MI h;'r'!
All INC NHh"' '"T'h'r. inc P''h''%
aSl'NSt l %I'fnin% team always is SOL Ter
on III" average.
All ~ t'"Sc 'fi'FrS nave tended 10 I'M
prov" Sh"Hn'9 work. nut the great IN
cr"aS" i:a' h""n ~ spirit md c"ni;dcnr"
hc has found ~ lust.
Whoa "" CON" - aHTIv ihc$e 70 n
worlds s"r;"S however. tho rS"chnln!-i-
! cai rrfc,.. Hi:7ir,sh"s. Sn"ln has .-.ti:":l
som" points because tho pitching which
!, tGc luis VIII ~, ~ stop :.;:rh. NcInnrS.
Hooper nrii .hc rr.,.. hiLi.rS Of ;hr ton IT.,
.tl,:" will -! I. hc!p Sh,.an'& chances Of
hitting saC,.lv. You nftsn ind that IN"
supposed wax l;;tt,:, OF a worlds series
! team ar, IN. h.tt!,... heroes merely hy-
Cause tn, pitrh,rs exhaust themselves
and thri- arts 10 stun tho sI,:r-ors and
arn bumped by ,lii.sn nor ,,x,..I.d #, ii,
har,!
However, We cannot rjr-lrc cboon r.
do ,r,. ,--.,. .,,n,,,, 80 Li,,;,,.- .,,.i,r,
& ,ho INV ,,.;rro-r r, f,,, :. ILL.,. .
s II v,. mrs. c,u,nc,1c,I -, ,l,.,,. c,,..
? th., second b,srmnu ON. ~ ,hr ,,,,rl-
: They certainly do NOT fi..ar, 10 hnyc .
: place among the shorS ,rrors.
u hittr- ind often an rrra,i, rcIdcr h,It
: Ir,I,.r is , dangerous han shaver n,
is extremely smart. rrsnu-rcfuI anl
tricky. and # the rules permitted steal
Ing first base h" would ;cGay rank 4!
one Of the 'ry 'nhbS ~ the game. Tcid
= or has been hitting Wei mis- year 81
,, l.~,st better tnan usual. nd r3"ctiuG
Tho hall SIuar"ly while his auriacioUs
:. running on III" h1s"s has cont-ihui"C
largely I" il'' cab Su"""SS'S. II" las
broken up many games hy hIS Sthrtifi-
moves on IL" '''.''. H::d i!F fi:;Nf"f M
diC@t" that he probably has been sue
/ cc%Sful in larger percentage Of his Fl
, forts than any PLACER III "itii"r l"aEI"
y which shows w'-t, II" can u" I'
, reaches lIrSt base.
Against thr i.'S''h Gu" - '"'' VIII
! lat S,Hn"whAt h"ti"r thl'' =" """'
, hEh'hSi IN" ,.''N'''"' 49, :, ~
:. H"vii "SH". Norton an! i'i"NH I'LL " y, 3.
! tend. I" THk' max "A''' "ui ~ '"','
: IL" does H'l iiCur" |" mt nearly "S wa
! against tn" li"d Son r'''h"fS as a%i'hS
. III" tW!ri'rS 81 ms Owl ~, "N' -,
= Will irnuhi" n'H' 'r'Il'E' ~ ,t'.,.
: would MT against MA? ,".'''' '''' ,'''
: against Jones. III" ""'''"' /" "
:" '""! OIL i,uth VI 1,..
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