Show ti p Stranded on Third by hIJ FRANK K BAKER BAKER- Athletes put a lot of or emphasis upon what they call cal the old hustle a lot of contests undoubtedly are arc won simply Limply because certain In Individuals individuaLs individuals in- in or teams hustle a little harder and nd a little more carn earnestly than the opposition Nothing Is more provoking to me than to be at a a. ball game in which one club loses interest to the point of ot neglecting the coaching lines at it att t first and third bases The coach is a valuable man in baseball if he knows th the game came and S. S the players will pay attention to him and rely upon his judgment I really believe many teams make grave mistakes in alternating the coaching assignments between the various men in th the game Some men are detriments on the coaching lines That's why clubs in organized baseball employ men to do nod nothing ng else eIse They know the men and what they can do and are therefore able to direct the mechanics of the attack better than the average player Waiting his turn at bat Granting that some coachers dont don't take their duties very seriously I Iam am sure that most teams can occasionally occasionally occasionally occasion occasion- ally find the extra pair of eyes on first and third an asset to the men on the base paths Surbaugh Deprived of Home Run Because Coach Was A W 0 O L LIf If It they dont don't believe so so they might take the recent case case of or Nick Surbaugh of the Thirty-eighth Thirty infantry in an amateur game carne here with Firemen Surbaugh gets a lot of or power behind the willow and on this occasion he sm smashed the ball baU clear o out t to th the cinder track back of or left field on No 1 I diamond at Municipal field Egbert th the Fireman fielder fell as he fielded the ball baU on the cinders Surbaugh was just rounding third base The Soldiers Sol had forgotten to put a coach there and Surbaugh in tearing around the bases had his back to left field where the ball was hem being fielded He started for home A voice rose rare out of the stands It have belonged to a Fireman partisan Go pack back it said Instinctively Surbaugh scampered back to the bag He could have beat the play with ease but when he lie found out he Was hoaxed it was vas too late He was stalled on third base when he C. should have scored He would have had a home home run in fact if it a acoach acoach acoach coach had been there as he have been to hand out instructions The game fame ended an 8 tie called on account of darkness A team in such a close game can ill III afford to pass up any scoring opportunities whether er they be fieldin fielding fieldIn field- field in ing a grounder stealing a base or putting a man on the coaching lines The coaches on oil a ball team are a lot like fenders lenders on onan an automobile You can drive the car without fenders but besides es keeping up appe appearances the fe fenders ders also keep a lo lot of mud from flying up JIP on the windshield Jess Jes Willard Jr son of ot the former heavyweight ht champion is the big biggest rest student in la the Citizens Citizens' Military 1 Training camp at Monterey Monterey Mon lon terey Cal n He lie is only 20 0 but Is 6 feet 2 inches tall taU and weighs lie He will wili be graduated from Glendale junior college Where he is a astar astar astar star hurdler next year car |