| Show THIRD BASE THE EASIEST POSITION Charles utility man Is authority for fOl the tho assertion that next to the tho outfield third base Is tho easiest position to play on tho diamond Inasmuch Inns much as ILS has played eve eVo every eVory ry position on a Il ball team he ho should know what ho IH III talking about Tho catcher has to do tho most mORt work says S Happy lUck Hick Tho or 01 runs him a 11 close second Tho first baseman comes coines third The Th second base baseman man and hava helO about the tho samo amount of oe playing to do 10 and should almost work as ns ono man But Dut tho third n has hos a snap liua wa wn compared with tho other rs and battery In the old days tho first baseman must havo had a CL picnic Prom From what I ha 0 heard und and read up UI to tho time that Charley Charlo became b lUno a 1 ram fam famous ous tius player tho first baseman did not cover coer much lIuch round I They were ere up to catch tho ball whon It was thrown to them and to what grounders ers they thoy could and bent beat tho runners to 10 with tho bull ball hen a II player plaY r got bOt too slow for fa I any other position on un the tho team or when his arm went back on him they would still think him good h for COl base 1110 v 1111 n 1 that ho hu was WIlB u OW sticker But now a It first baseman must bo be ns quick as CI any other othor of at tho Infielders Ho II hat hall got to bo ablo to play y bunts just ju t a u third baseman but whore a II baseman In handling bunts rarely throws anywhere except to base the tho In milking making a II one handed pickup has all 1111 bases to watch on many man occasions Ho no may have to lo shoot U It to third or second or 01 again ur ho may havo to turn around and toss It to either olther tho II Itch or or second baseman whichever ono Is coveting II rs t Tho rho baseman has hns to bo on the watch for tor simp throws from erom pitcher and catcher ho must havo 1110 an under understanding standing with Ith tho pitcher r on fielding buntH grounders between them In addition he Is expected to cover moro ground than limn he used to and to catch every eVer thrown bull that come within ten feet of or him has never caught a 1 prates professional game of or bull ball but was WI the thc reg regular regular ular catcher for the University of at West Virginia team prior to going to New on as a 11 pitcher Beaton Hoston used him himas as CI iv outfielder and ho pitched one OliO game for that club In the Temple cup against Baltimore losing It by the tho of or 12 to 11 Then ho wont to tho Giants and actually played In III every position on tho team except behind the bat In n single year Ho Bo nt hort for tor nearly Davis who was managing tho Iho team at nt that time want waln wanted ed OIl him to 10 catch also albo but Happy de declined with While with ho played everywhere but behind tho bat short and He Hu played nearly nil all tho positions for Washington but did his hll best work ut bano when Lave Cross wax hurt That Is when Hide made mado up hla mind that third va such uch an easy ons place to III nil Ho lIe nayo he did not average over OHO error a II weak WC and Ind claims that ho dill did not any dun dim cult OUCH at that Georgo Stovall think that third is the tho and fir si the most dUll cult of ne all 1111 tho Infield positions to play piny ought to Know ow for ho has all tho way wn around tho and back Jacl |
