Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-01-14 | Page 8 | Utah Coach Starts Work for Baseball

UTAH COACH STARTS WORK FOR BASEBALL ; Indoor Batting1 and Fielding Practice in Preparation for Outdoor Season Indoor baseba 1 Is tl e latest ce of Coach Ne son H Norgren to prepare h s d amond me for the baseba 1 season The ndoo gan e is not s m ar to the orle p ayed by girls but is des gned to deve op speed dexterity n p tch ng and the open ng of the batters peepers It rece ved ts first rjout jesterday after noon in the un ers ty gi mnas um fol . owing the insta lat on of a bat ng cage near the batsman w ch does away w th a catc er The oppos ng pltc er s ands In the m dd e of the gymnas um floor fac ng the batsman in h s cage He t en v nds gracefu y as n bush league ball and fi ngs he sphere at the 1 ome plate tagne a the bat ts tfen ca ed upon o p a t t e ba square y and t goes PP ng over t e gmnas um floor to an a er fle de F y bal s are out of the ques o as t e oac has extended h a e o e t e batter s head to a d stance o we y feet In front of h n As a esu e oa as rong supporter of he a on game con r ves to de elop s men. n o sturdy 1 ne dr vers and n a-.h ng b nglers o pop ups o easy fl es a e a owed In the Norgren house ho d T e gan e jesterday -was purely a pa e affa a hough t e runners were ad o nt for fl st base by the m p os coa h as if answering a dinner be La er the coach may p ace bases a arious po ns on t e floor and have er a d an ond co es s on the usua ly u e gymnas m floor Whether ft ma es. h s n ovat on or not he w 11 h s men how to po e the ba bu s m ght y oward fl st w thout stop ng o d sen a gle the egs and vill a so eac ten the ""hecess ty of be ng o the r pins every m nute as the play. s mus nece&sari v be In close to t e ba. er he sma floor in order to field e ne d es or at least to get out of the r way