The Apache sentinel., 1943-09-10

are eight other players on his side
and they are expected to put in
some helpful licks. Several of Nc
Coy's teammates did put in some
good licks, notably Left Fielder
Wright, whose one-handed catch of
a potential home run down against
the wall in center field Che crossed
over for the scintillating play was
one Of the most sensational and one
of the greatest ever made.
Very Costly Errors
Third Baseman Moore, usually a
dependable player, had Dame For
tune" against him last Sunday. His
two errors incurred heavy toll,
possibly cost us the game. But one
never really knows about such
things! Moore'S home run and two
other hits merit special mention, but
one cannot forget his costly errors.
Catcher Leonard and the Umpire
did not seem to be getting along very
well, and this condition did not help
him to play steady ball, nor did it
help any of his teammates. Spon-
taneous anger and angry words are
practically unavoidable in the white
heat of team competition, but when
it is as noticeable as it was last
Sunday that a player is hurting
rather than helping himself and his
side it seems to PLAY Ball. that he
should calm down, and, in Leon
ards case, make every effort to con-
centrate on helping Mccoy get the
ball over the plate and also to steady
down his teammates.
Standing out like friendly light
houses in a storm were First Base
man Turner and Shortstop and
Captain Sgt. Young. Turner did a
right smart job, verbally and phys
ically, but his stick work, in a deS-
perate spot, fell down. He got two
hits, however. Sgt. Young was his
dependable self in the field, and he
hit safely twice, as did End Baseman
Luke.
(Note: All American honors for
glaring at the Umpire were captured
by Center Fielder Hinton)
And now Sou is at the edge of
another baseball adventure, i.e.: the
three-game series with the All Stars
of the 92nd Infantry Division.
Like Pearl Harbor," let's remem-
ber that we lost the first series of
three games, after getting out in
front with the. first game, and by a
score of runs to l.
Let's not forget that we lost the
next two by scores of to z Go inn
ings) and to 6, respectively.
Let's remember that we played
some bad baseball in the other series
with the All Stars of the 92nd In
fantry Division, and that we got
pretty 'hot," not once, not twice,
but many-too many-timeS at the
Umpires.
Let's not forget that we did not
win any worthwhile arguments with
the umpires in that, or any other,
series.
Let's remember that stupid base
running is NOT excusable.
Let's no forget that WALKS are
practically as good as hits.
Let's not forget that pitcher and
a catcher look pretty sour to their
teammates, and to their followers,
when runs are scored by the other
team-ON PASSED BALLS.
Let's not forget to run toward first
base, instead Of toward the dugout,
on a third strike.
Let's not forget to play ''heads up"
baseball from start to finish, re-
gardless of how many runs we are
behind, or ahead.
AND, lastly-let us NOT forget
Knute Rockne's most famous COM
petitive slogan, i.e.:
"Be good losers = BUT DON'T
LOSE!
(Not to the 92nd Infantry Divi-
sion's All Stars on September 18th
and the 18th, more especially. If
we win on these dates we will have
won the coming series.
Simple, isn't it, ..a-.kA Il