| Show n O OO O o o o o o o nu nOtO OtO A Baseball R I EVE R P I ft E 0 V Veter an S I lit n f lit i It in thu tho I 2 ot t tit t t i N OlD lut who I AN A baa haa the game TUY ery I Ir 17 it II rot got to 19 talking about Aboul hit his aport the ether day daylie lie He Is 18 1 a anti II 25 years MO MOWa Wa Urine In III St SI Louis loula n its seldom Wu Wll from 1 big in Ir ind 00 being In a player ha mingled with the boys The e turned 0 the nut inner changes that I Ii I V been mat In the I gan since ln be ulI to play II W We hear beer R a great gNal ot of the bunt floWn days day d h and It hu has done 1 a good dICI toward ball The bunt bUDt however w wab known and usi in the old days dalI tOO It II did not that until about aboul 1 a ago The Th lint man to 10 tomake make use JIlt of he bunt wis Dicky 1 Wh who us captain of Gt the lit t Lou Louis club In t 1 lie wl wa a gNat fielder And but hi he had hilI on unit hit hll learos WU was ahem buitt S 5 feet T 7 In height had a beti line ot of about 8 and close cloae on oa to 10 tot l VIcky fir could no DO more hit th bell ball ht he l fly lIy and always Jus put OUt him and allowed the bill ball to strike II The Th were all or on to him and 1111 h he ar r by any Chines tooth tool HI d them IJo by maUo malin a long hit bit 10 thai tty Ihy mad It a J i r tIrO to play In verY erI when he hC wax wt at al the hat bat There we U a St It lilt at that tin 1111 named Ed Il was IU a left Ift II fi and his hll great reat 4 se III ht wu was to pIt to Ih the grand stand It H would make ery chance hi h look Ilok al a as I possible Just to tn ItI due duce the to tf shout hou at w What t tJI JI med to It ii brilliant s1 II fort In th theme the ball had more mono itt In It no and consequent consequently ly Iy the hit Were It was AI CUth Cuthberts berts rt habit to 10 try ery deep In the tho fIeld at al slit JO O or 30 3 yards ar farther out than the hit would land ne lie had YeP Very accurate eye anti and could lal gauge to 10 nicety Jut just where lh the ball would dro drop When a hit bit was u made mad of getting under the bill ball a as quickly as possible he would stand tand where II lie was WIlS quietly it II Th Then n suddenly he sprint like a cannon shot a If he be bad lIall ml misjudged th the length of the Ihl bit n lie ald catch the ball hun hUl going IOIna at fun tull speed peed Jut just hen len It that h he be too lt Of would chair end clap and lIe be would woud be I have seen 11 him when h he knew the ball bail was II going to tall fall Jut just where 1 he stead run back 16 1 or 20 yards and then taking Akin another squint III at It un hard a b ha could to hi his old tinn and ID make what looked like a WI ery difficult catel Cuthbert was wa a very pry I nervous If h he had stOOd still while waiting for II a lIy ily to drop he 0 have sure ur to miss It Il anti and be In that fashion to 10 In Inu insure sure u When hen a ItU lit 11 1 nowadays which Is stopped tP by an infielder It I is the rule tor or hint him to itoh tb the hail bait for tor an Instant or to 10 let get lla hie bearings and then send It tab Calt and Ind square Into th the mitt of the first or Ond base baN man Inan or other player a is the oae they bt be In the old day however howver It wu Ih the rule for the fielder filder Just fUlt as s soon lOOn nu au h he got ot the ball slain It to 10 Its Ita destination without taking tint time to 10 ahn aim properly All As a re there were tar tic more wild throws than Ire are teen seen now The prominent to tb adopt tile the modern of holding the ball In this way before I throwing It tea 11 Sutton ot of t the o hague of the It t Louis club Imitated him anI the practice soon loon he be heam canu am general III alt over the hague HaRue was IVa greatly Aided In this new style tyle of play b by thie method a adopted opt by bythe the first fint base mon mall of at the team lila Than was nil he be aa called calle l lutch b InI p lie te Ih the peeked caps capA ale ted by or of bands banos man neer stood tood ut to receive the hall ball hallon ballon on the hue base but on one trace with the tOe lof of We shoe hoe on the bag baw he leaned forward for fer as 38 wite 1111 his hie lix Ix f feet t ot of length Thus ThaI Instead of having Ie Ic send end 1 a bell ball to him that Ihal reach him fairly high It had only to meet hl his hands near the ground which required considerable Ie less exertion The St at Louis tm ot of 1811 was B a crack and wu was the first t to introduce the colle college player to the pro arena Bradley the pitcher wu was 1 a college rl boy tall aunt And refined nned I r I J rn i I I I r d j I J I 1 1 I I II It j jj jI 1 I I j II I I j I I IJ J I t I j 1 1 J I I f 1 1 I 1 1 tJ t 1 t Ij J I I t J I 1 I I Ij II j I IH SJ I Jr X I I I IJ J t t th h I 1 I II I t tI t I IS S HENRY E DIXEY AS FRANCOIS One of Ib the treats ot of the coming season a on will be the stellar ap ot of unity E K Dixey In Mitchells ot of Dr S 5 Weir Mitchell and novel The Adventures of In the AIr Mr Diu II a shown hown In R as There I is probably Ably no actor In the States I Iio ho has bAS a larger l con coir of the transcendent Quality o of hi his genius than Ihan this same Ame E 8 0 and inasmuch as al the protean role ot of The Adventures of ought to lit fit him like hike tilt the glove Ion there Is II no reason why h Itt hi stellar venture should not lie be on one of the C conspIcuous successes of the season HalOn looking ml catcher was II Reddy Mil III ter wM who was MIl hi his very 1 antithesis In eY ev Ir cry wa way iIer 11 was stubby brawny brawn redheaded and 1100 rather tough Miller aft dIed die of at injuries received In a Collision O the ballfield I salted my friend what hat I lie thought wire were the principal reasons realon for tor the great of Interest In baseball of reo cent years ea Said Bald he Many Ian might be cited but In ins opinion two stand out outOn On Otis ot of them Is II or of course on the field the other is III one ODI that abl ably could not be Avoided now that baseball II I A commercial se e I refer to the constant trading of players from one club to another Just when In the people le ot of a town lown have hao come 10 like IL a certain play player lOr he I is sold or trans tran furred to 10 some other dub club anti there thereafter thereafter after II I acen playing against hi his old u as sedates This nil I is probably unavoidable but It hu has caused people to lose that patriotic interest In the home hom team tam that thal used to obtain when the majority of the payers were welt known by the nil lens Itna When the season wa was over they we were seen around the various arlou resorts and got ot to be known and liked and folka would go fO to the pm games to lo see their friends ait ael favorites pia play a 1551 goes IrOM to 10 a ball game not because lie I knows the Ilia play ere cis or ca particularly whether the home team wine or It not All h he cares II about I is to see a good lame game between ot of lI g no other 11 10 the or other he Is Ie not likely to go In I t The pty teul that I ever taw law that perfectly and off ott the 1 I a au the Detroit club ot of early arly eighties That WR an aI ag of member ot of which was l a One coUld go 10 goto to 10 n a game In played plad arid lit be that there would be nothing but straight lull playing from the word ro go roThe goThe The fact tarl I that hat they ther won the champion championship ship proves that 1 a team tam 11 need not stoOl to dirty ball bail DUll methods to win r I ha have rood rend several vera I times Umes In the tho that on one ot of the reasons for tor forthe the decline pt of interest is III the undue 1 length of lIt I think It Is to the I frequent InterruptIons rather than Ihan to the tint by the Li playing that the spectators object Dueball siesta will sit It and enjoy a good contest tt If It is II spun pun out over two to anti a ahalt abelt halt belt hours hourI It if they ar are watching eel d without annoying Us de Uslay lay lull due tu In iii my young days games am wel were usually longer than tit they are now and yet the spectators patiently eat at them out J I remember hItching In one une game that lasted from I halt half I 1 to 7 TIme re wn was IS gs to 10 OlIn oz In our favor ot Of course tho Those were enormous figures even een then Ihen but the Pitchers battles or of today are not nol nfl nearly r I so interesting to the as the olti time Ume contests In the there were plenty of jutting hitting and running WOODSON I |
