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Show RAY W. SCHALK The umpire "will have anotlicr ball for you. "You read about a. pitcher ivinuinrr this piinc and that "inie, how he shu out his onj'onejiis and lite i;reat slut'l lie used. The pitcher is tli'e one who is put in the center of lihe nu.-i. Lo is blamed when the other team hi!,s them iijXainst the fences, hits him for liase hits. The caicher is hc one who works with the pitcher, and my advice for catchers is to si ui.1v not only your pitcher, what he has, but study i he 'bat -tor in front -of you. "Study the character of your pii-ber. because you will find that you cannot use tiie same system wi;h all pitchers. You will have one who is iet ! r,-T hit, who will take fire and tighten. You will have a no; her war) wi i ! eollas s- sulk and fret when yon "h e him a calf. " In deali ng" wi tli pit c hers T do not want to ive the inipro-sion lhar I atn talking about tin1 pi!(.h'-7 i have caiiL'hr with the Chicago ':ite Snx, t simply want you to belief:; by the lips I have receive.!. " j "I have found pi;-hers who know more about the i,;amo tha:i I dn. "'When a vouul: catcher is working with a ju'riier of exp:'riene tlicn hr i him use his iudmciu iu deaiin wi;h j tiie ba.tter. i "Tt you believe yen know move, i about tiie bar,e'-s ihnu 'he i.;;c:u-r, tin n j eo through wit!: ymr si'.a;;:-. j ''It isn't altogether v;!;:r the pi;.-;wr' has. but f n-lin l. tin- Weak sr"i for ilwj batter. This is wl,erc ii;(-h"r r:nd i catcher must work t"::--'ker. 'h -:i .1 I joined the V"hi;e So- 1 :v::.. it a be bit I of assoc iat in wi.h th.i . h.-r cf," of; the field, Fre"'-n I y v,.- '..li-;. over sanies dnriuL: the c'.e-.iir--we -e- 1 hearsed all of the b:,;;. . .,, .j -1ut what titev hit ami wh.-,t they v.i- j " Don "r reviov- :)) oi r. f : -1 "ii :r- of your pi.eher wh,:itevcr you o.i. If ., has a irood curve and :: contr-d it. rhen let hiai use i: wh' a lie is in a j lineh. Important Piny for Catcher. j ' ' There is o n p l r e a : 1 r :.- 'he Americ-an lea::",'..' who hi; d n, j I won't meir.i'Ut hi- ii:i"ri ije li;('s a ! ball a bit. hi-h on the -m : - 1 h ;v0 1 eiveu hiui wiia' he waats If ir-.r.l v, l.;u he has been fooled because he is expecting ex-pecting us to keep it ou the inside. One will go rijeht.in his proove, and .he will take it. The next thing he sees a low one, then one on the inside, and if we don't strike him out we usually get him. on. an easy pop or a, grounder. "Keep mixing them on the batter and before you give your signal to the pitcher watch the batter watch how iie grips the bat, how he stands and where you think he's going to try to hit it. The hit-and-run is the dangerous play for the pitcher and the catcher. Lt is up to them to break it urj not par; icularly a pitch out, but where the batter will not be able to get a good swing. I agree with Bob "Wallace on his way of playing the double st eal with a runner on first and third. I believe be-lieve in making the long throw to second. sec-ond. Some favor the short throw but the short throw usually misses the runner run-ner uoin g 1 o second if the runner at third moves away. The long throw, 1 believe, is the winning percentage because be-cause with two out it will get the one going to second before the one at third can cross the plate if he is running. "If they try it with one out the one who lakes the throw at second is able to get it ba-'k to the catcher in time to prevent- the run. ' Don 't lie a fraid to snap the ball down to first base or to second. Kun-nTs Kun-nTs always are trying to get a big lead o.f the bau'S ami when they know a : 1 1 her will shoot down at them you wiii s'0 that they will respect yon and i-; :y 1 1 oo to the bag. The margin of om yard saves many games and many pi a vers have been thrown out at the ol.i'o in our games by trying to score !"n;n second on singles by a foot or so. The outfielders help, too, with their arm-:. It is tho same going from first to third on a. single, and if you can kt'CTi T he runners close to the bass you're playing an important part in w:nnr: g the games. Coachevs Have Eagle Eyes. "In the guestion of signals mv sug--'ct'i'-in is tii have different sets be-cause be-cause tic- catcher has to be on guard for the signal tipper. The catcher mnv not know it, but the coaeher is on the lookoiu for the signals. In this respect i |