Evening star., 1923-02-05

Matty said to me one day. II wish
s0ms Nina Of yan them wSuia try Il on ,ns1 me-
Gut q way to beat that play within q
day or two after he first heard of Il.
That's the way he always figured. II
VIII give you an idea OF his Studious
mind.
"All a pitchers got to do" he said,
ds to keep his head up and pitch
out to the batter"
The expression keeping your head
up In base ball means being alert
and on the job. -
forrst rrstty ,s soon after that q teana-I
squeeze play on ,Mathewson.
How Matty Beat 1t.
out OF the corner of his eye he
ne noticed the batter make motion
70 choke his bat. Matty simply
pltched out-wide Of the plate, The
patter couldn't reach the ball and
sne man coming from third was
oauGht by ten feet.
or those great pitchers to outthink
Ike that. Other pitchers could do the
same thing today-but they don't.
Inc squeeze play is frequently worked
aurlns the regular season. 1t is even
"Srkeo IN the world series.
NOW, as I say. only q manager can
appreciate just what It means TO have
Two men who will really help out in
tne thinking department. A big ma
l0rity or them run a manager dis
has Gted told 1g ts.s even forgetting what he
BIZ Murray. who used to manage
the Phfllies, had many funny run -ins
Win some OF his non-thinking play
ern Ihe most amusing is the one he
,,ean, seis on Coveleskie, the pitcher, who
a lnrv 4
tnat season Of 1908 after the famous
ond. o"s See-
An Old One, hat Good.
Inc Philliss were in a close game
win Coveleskfe pitching and there
Mas runner on first base. Coveleskfe
WSeiioerately took a big wind-up.
araiiy. t.s the runner. taking advan-
sase OF that. got big lead and stole
second. pitcher. you know. never
taxes q wind-up with men on basesS-
az least, he shouldn't do 80.
nat DO you mean by taking a
T%lno.up Trs.a., like that with man on
when ne came back to the bench.
II didn't know there was a man on
nTst; the big Pole answered by way
You didn't know there was a man
didn't some Of you fellows ,.IIN ,IIy
NOW. listen fellows" he said. sar-
castically. to the otherplayers. who
were trying to suppress their smiles,
want il distinctly underwood that
hereafter wen have no secrets on this
eluo. Any time there Is a runner on
0ase you tip Coveleskie off. hear me
Wen have no secrets.'
That's what they ought to do"
oeolared Coveleskie, the biting sar-
easm OF Murray totally lost on him.
Old Cap. Anson's Weakness.
one OF the quaintest characters we
ever had In base ball was "Crsxv"
schmidt. the pitcher. Schmidt couldn't
book in his uniform pocket in which
ne had tabulated the weaknesses of
an the different batters. FreouentIv
ne would refer to this Hitchcock be-
fore pitching to a certain batter.
one DAY In q close game. when i
2 terrific hitter, as you will remern. !.
Der. came to bat There .were two
men on bases at the time
Schmidt looked at him q moment.
puzzled. ~
Wait" he called to the umpire
and deiiberateiy got out his little book.
which he carefully scanned. In The
meantime the crowd and the PLAYERS
were giving Schmidt the rag. II
didn't disturb him, however.
conference.
y got 1t. I got IT," he whispered in
the oatcher's ear. ''Dere Amt nodinas
here bout curve or a fast one-so'
us base on balls. Dots his weak :
SO deciding. Schmidt gave Anson q
pase on balls and thought he had
done a mastery piece OF pitch
ing. He probably had. at that. Be.
iieve me. that Cap Anson could sting
tCopyrixht. 1923. United States and csnada
by the Chrtsty Walsh Syndics To /