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Show TORES That mm RECORD of 'George McBride ners on Drat and third bases ner on first pretends to start About 39 feet from first quickly sad turns aa If to go Bn--equal- ed by Aay Player. For Threo FuHttaaono Clever WashIngtOft Shortstop Never Missed Gama and Haa Never Baan Baniahad by an Umpire. - George McBride, ahortatop of the Washington American league team, has made one of the moat wonderful records In major league baseball. Ia the live years that he has been with the Senators he has taken part in more games than any player in either of the big leagues. During that time the team has had the name of only one shortstop, McBride, In the offlctal averages. Joining Washington In the fall ot 1907, he Started active work In 1909, and took part in .every game played by the team that season. He duplicated his record in 1909 and 1910. During the seasons of 1911 and 191S he failed to take part in only five gum ' Only once In hie professional career has he been banished by an umpire. McBride'e fielding average since joining the team haa been in a claas by itself so far as the shortstops of the American league are concerned. His average since 1908 runs between .939 and .948, and his errors ' range from 62 to 68. The only players approaching this record are 1 locus Wackier of Pittsburgh, and Doolaa of Philadelphia, but neither of these National league stars has taken part In aa many games In any one season as Mo-Brid- Only McBrides batting keeps him from being classed as the equal if not the superior of the great Honua Wagner. Even in this, however, he shows consistency, as his averages for the last Jdvq .years range between .226 and .235. In spite of his low batting average, however, he ia considered one of the most timely hitters on the team. McBride broke into the National league in 1906, when he was purchased from the St. Joseph team by the Pittsburgh club. Later in the season he was traded by the Pirates to the St. Louis Cardinals for Dave Brain, the third baseman. In 1906 he waa tied with Tinker of the Cuba for first place in fielding, but because of George McBride. his weak hitting was traded, with Egan, a pitcher, for Bill Phyle to the Kansas City club of the American association. In the fall of 1907 he was, purchased by Washington. Since the passing of Ganley, In the summer of 1909, McBride has been field captain of the Senators, under three managers Cantillon, McAleer and Griffith. When McAleer bought an interest in the Boston Red Sox he offered the Washington club $10,000 for McBride, but the offer was turned down. OLD PLAYER MORE VERSATILE .Pitchers Worked in the Outfield and Catchers Filled In Infield Man Now Needed. Many The Baseball Primer By Hugh S, Fullerton (OoRfftaav hurry the play to throw out the run- ner. k la used chiefly to advance ru v nero who already are on baaea Bunt and run The term used te designate a play much used (a tbs more finished teams. The batters and base runners exchange algesia aa tb pitcher starts to deliver the baU to tbs batter, the runner or runners start for the next base at full speed. Tbs batter bunts as they go, and if ha pushes the ball fair the play obylates ,tja chance to force the other runner. The play is extremely dangerous to bad hunters, as a double play la almost certain if they bunt a fly fato the air. , Coacher A player or manager who, from the coachers boxes back jot first and third bases, endeavor, to guide and advise batters and hase runners, warning them of ths movements of the enemy and flashing tha manager's signals to players, as or ders for certain plays, in the early days of the game the duties of catchers were to play clown, make nolss and strive to excite or anger oppos-inplayers. The coacher in the pod-ergame usually ia quiet, studying thq movements of the opposing pitcher and catcher and assisting base .run t nero. to Control Ability throw a baseball where it is directed to be thrown. : g n ) ' '.J. V John J. ' ih One marvels bow major league teams a few years back managed to hatter. A11 other curves are go through a season with 12 or IS qualified as aldearm, out, barrel hook, players when today the average team alow, drop. No pne speaks of an 1st finds itself pushed for material even curve among tnajor leaguers. Bee though it carry 25 players on its list In the old days few players were Putting Something on It, nod The Jump. ever idle. Pitchers played the outfield Dirt (Hit the) Slide Usually heard when they were not pitching, while in connection with an order to a playcatchers were constantly being used er. Managers always reprove a in the infield when they could be who atop standing up, sad orspared behind the bat It would seem der them to "hit the dirt, partly be. that the players were more versatile cause (tending up ia a risky way of goIn those days or the standard of play ing Into a b&Je, and partly because was not as high as It Is today. so many players are injured by not The average pitcher nowadays can sliding. pitch, and that lets him out He could Double A two base hit, or two not fill any other position satisfacbagger. torily, and is idle about five days out Double Play A play in which two 1 of every week. When the pitchers runners ere retired or put out, before were forced to play other positions the ball 'Ceases to move, or ia one Jos Tinker. they naturally acquired ability aside continuous play. The - commonest from pitching, and this made them ot hands and allows tha ball to bound off double play Is from the short stop to ynore valae to their teams. his feet or legs, kicking or booting, the second baseman to the first it Why does be waste hia efforts Cause for High 6ky. baseballs Inquired Bore Bulbooting Double Steal A steal of base by Josh Devore of the Giants complain ger of a newln fielder, when Tale is two nipnert simultaneously. The steal made that fly ed about the high aky mourning- the lack of a punter? when ihade with runner on first and halls difficult to judge in Knoxville la Break (The) The turning point of second Is seldom called a double aa had Josh game. a spring training a game of ball; the critical play which steal, as the runner on secoad steals explanation that satisfied McGrow. starts n stampede of the defeated team third end the other runner merely here all the have the high sky They and n fusillade of hits by the The double steal, as meant trails, time. said Devore. "It has to be high club. Also the breaks are stacking hied to the Is by expression. or elee they couldnt get these moms expess the luck of the game. The ner on fleet and third.made'Vlth runThe runner tains under It Can you imagine any breaks were all against os means starts from first aa catcher and, the that in every instance in which luck throws to catch him, the thing quite as bad aa,thle? on entered Into the play. It favored the third trier to. score beforerunpar tb ball jpposifigt-eaca., Chanee Wants Hoap; ba returned to ths catcher, The Bunt A ball, struck with the bet fau Manager Chance offered $5,000 fot (play la used chiefly when tvanrt out the release of Shortstop Hoep of the with the Intention of dropping or roU-- and the chance of scoring in any other Venice team of the Pacific Coast tog it onto fair ground and only way Is small f ihcrt distance, forcing the lnfielden to Double Steal (Delayed) With run tear v right-hande- A play-er- base-man- . - r'- -. -- d HENRY" HOWLAND o d d ,N . McGrow. and to pitch it over the plate between the batters knees and shoulder when Control la ths pitcher's necessary. principal stock in trade, aa a pitcher who can throw the baU near where he wants It to go needs few curves and not much speed. Crab A crabbed player, a grouch,1 The verb to crab means to show i quarrelsome or complaining spirit Many of the worst crabs in baseball are the pleasantest and most genial when off the field, their crabbed-nes- s evidently being the result of the nervous strain of playing. Crash Verb used in baaeball, not to algnlfy a single eound, but a series of hard hits. A team starts crashing, when three or four batten in aucceeslon make bite. Crowd (Verb) To stand close to the hime plate when batting, the purpose being to hamper the pitcher and turret Boot An error, in the making of sometimes to force him to bit the which the player fumbles with his batter. The team that "crowds" persistently is a hard team to beat, aa in many cases batten will he hit, and many time pitchers, over anxious through fear of hitting them, will pitch outside the plate and give them bases on balls. Curve In professional baseball the only curve epoken of ee such Is the ' fact breaking ball, pitched overhand, 'v that darts down and out from a d , ' ' iKf , - run- tracts would not hold In law. The for see-en- metre clause wee placed in conbe stops tract to prevent the wrecking of back. If league by competitive bidding for the catcher relaxes from the throw- the services of the beet player ing posltloa, he starts for second at whereby the richest dubs always top speed and, as the ball la thrown, could win. the runner at third starts for the Scout A supposed judge of ball plat. The success of the play de- players employed by the larger clubs pends upon the element ot surprise to watch ne playing of men in amall end except against experienced and leagues, colleges and In Independent catchers It Is likely to be clubs-trecruit good players. more effective than the double steal Slider An injury to a player made in the ordinary manner. caused by scraping a segment of skin Fades ay A alow curve ball that off the leg or thigh in sliding to loses speed suddenly as it approaches bases Many players suffer much from the batter end falls, or "fades away these injuries, often having the skin at an unnatural angle. The fadeaway torn off their limbs la patches four Is accomplished by a jerking and hold- or five Inches square. ing motion of the fingers upon the South Paw A pitcher. ball at the moment of releasing it The term Is derived from the feet from the hand Christy Mathewson that moat baseball grounds are laid out so the pitcher "feces "west, and developed the fader into tta highest state of perfection. a pitcher's arm ia to the Groove An Imaginary paaaaga from south. the pitchers handover the center of Spikes (To Sharpen) The pretense the home plate. When a ball comae of a player to sharpen the trlangulai down the groove It ia pitched at to and heel plates he wears on hit the natural angle (that Is, without shoes, is a threat to ent bis waj anything on it") over the plate end arouad, or to spike certain antagontherefore ia easy to hit. Grooves also ists If they attempt tc atop or touch are the spaces between the fielders and him. Chiefly a form of braggadocio, between the fielders and the foul lines and seldom carried into effect. through which batted halls usually Spit Ball (The Spltter) The most pass out of the poaaible reach of the effective ball In the pitcher's repertoire. It ie executed by putting players. Rit and Run One of the most effec- heavy friction on the nnder aid oi tive styles of attack davlaed lu base- the ball' by gripping the thumb intc ball. The object la concerted action the seams, while the friction on the on the part of tha hatter and base upper pert ie lessened by the use of runner, and the runfier on the baaea ajive, slippery elm or some such oily may take two bases Instead of one substance. The eplt ball la used moat on a hit, or reach the next bate be- effectively by Welsh and Ford and its fore he can be forced. modern development was due to Hold Up Perhaps the moat impor- Elmer Strlcklett, who reintroduced II tant part of the inside work of the into the major leagues. Tha discov pitcher catcher and batsmen is to ery of the epK bell Ie e matter ot "hold up runners, or prevent them much argument Some claim til from "getting a lead off the baaea. honor for A! Orth, who used it in unHole (In the) in difficulties; in derhand pitching twenty years ago. Either the pitcher or it la claimed that Tom Bond, the dire straits. batter may be in the hole aa the bat- famous old time pitcher, pitched the ter ia in the hole with one or two ball in New Bedford in 1876, and uaed strikes and no balls called, and the glycerine, which he carried in bit pitcher when be has pitched two or pocket. three wide halls, and haa none or one Stuff The English, twtot or restrike on the batter. The object of verse which causes the bell to curv every good batter ia to get the pitcher or perform other unnatural more Tn the hole eo that he, in fear' of ments in the air. When a pltchet giving a base on balls, will pitch a has a lot of stuff he is making the over ball the fast givplate, straight ball curve or break more than be ordiing the batter much better chance of narily can do. making a aafe hit. Swinger. A batter who atrlkea a Hook A fast overhand curve that a ball with a full, long, sweep of the breaka downward and outward at an bat and arms, tnatead of choking up" The hook or shortening hla grip and. unusually sharp angle. just meet curve ie accomplished by a sharp snap lng it. The swinger" Is a type ol of the wrist at the finish of a wide player not wanted-I- n finished ball wing of the arm, which accentuate clubs. They usually are long disthe sharpness of the curve. The hook tance hitters, but uncertain and u curves of Brown and Overall, Joe Cor- ually finish with low average. bett, Tom Ramsey; Bill Donovan, Bill Texas Leaguer A short, week flj Terry, 'Walter Johnson, and others that dropa safe Just over the infteli have become famous tor their width. end too close In tor the outfielders U Hook Slide Also called the "Ch- reach It Usually an accident but A method of sliding to sometimes icago slfde accomplished - purpose!) bases which waa perfected by Mike by good battera who merely tap thf Kelly of Ansons White Stockings, and ball and float It safe. Tbe term orlgl taught to all the Chicago . player. Bated from tb feet .that Ted Bull! Inside A pitched bell that passes van, the- - veteran player-managbetween the plate end the battqr is magnate, bad e teem in the Texai ineide whether the hatter la right league thatwaa noted for that kind or but the "our corner of batting. , . of the plate Is the corner toward first A hit which enables the bat Triple base, and vice versa, when there ie ter to reach third base before the no better up. hall returns to the Infleldr-Al- ec Knuckle Ball A slow ball pitched celled Three Bagger. with the knuckle of the three middle Triple Play A play which retire fingers turned under and pressed Into three runners before the ball ceases the ball, which la gripped with the to move, or in one consecutive play. The There are records of thumb and Utile finger only. eight triple knuckle-bal- l la extremely deceptive, as plays mad by oneman unassisted, and it la delivered with a show of great about twenty triple pieye ere made speed and comes with extraordinary in each league every season. Summers of the Detroit slowness. Waste Pitching high or wide to teatp, perhaps, Is its greatest battera purposely. Tb pitcher often d wes.a Baseball needs a Webster and a standing-revisioboard to keep the dictionary of the game up to date. The sport ia building its own language so steadily that, unless some step soon Is taken to check the inventive young men who coin the words that attach themselves to the pastime, interpreters a ill have to be maintained ia every grand stand to translate for the benefit of those who merely love the game and do not care to master it thoroughly. Joe Campbell, the Chaueer of baseball literature, waa sitting la hia office one evening, lamenting to me that hla paper (The Washington Post) would not permit him to write ms be pleased, but insisted that he confine bis writings to straight English. 1 reached over and took tha sheet be Just had And Amle Basle it ran. finished. made a Svengall pass in front of Charlie Reillys lamps and he carved three nlcka in the weather." What could be plainer or more expressive of the fact that Ruale bed hypnotised Or what Reilly into striking out? could be more graphic than Lennie Washburns description of - ball that was hit bard and Instead of bounding, hugged the dirt, aa the players say, and tors its way through the grass. The following does not pretent to be a complete dictionary of the baseball language. It merely la the primer, containing some of the commonest words and phases, with an explanation of their meaning: Ajr (up in) Excited, unnerved. A term need to describe the condition of a pitcher who loses his courage or presence of mind at critical stages of a contest. Bean (N) The bead of a player (V) to bean to pitch or throw and bit the batter ' in the head (see Lima). Bean Bail I fast ball pitched at or near the head of a player who la standing too close to the plate with intent to drive him back. Often used to drive timid batters away from the plate, after which the pitcher usually throws a fast curve. Big One (The) The third strike. After two strikes are called the "big one ia left. The jercentage of eate hits made by batten after two strikes are called la extremely high, and the term probably results from that facL Single A clean base hit, the ball being driven clean over or past the fielder without presenting a chance for any poaaible play. Bite A term applied to batten who are weak In that they cannot resist the temptation to strike at a curve alow curve. The ball, especially at message "He will bite passed through a league among the players generally means the end of the usefulness of that player. Bleachers Uncovered field seats on baseball parka T ins originated in the south where the colored spectators were forced to sit in the sun, and were bleached. Boner A atupld play; a blunder in the science of the game. Term adapted from the idea that a player making a atupld play haa a bead composed entirely of osseous tissoe. Bone-hea- d A player noted for making etupid plays; one adapter spoke of a player's head as bis armored the My ys wot fair least She's flown lets ths was To dual with bar Tha dm aha Mas tha Each day, tha wlad Sha'll make a thrilUac Her tta tank Sited wHh And courage te bar O. ture acaln. fair la When you have Which othere ahafl Baata them alt eat ef Coma amllina back ebaan Whose steeples, sites aad white. Point up aa If to baaak year adage And spill you set tor ajdta. . O. Alas, alu. fair he She railed-awa- y wttb eoaw. Her engine working perfectly. Her tiller stanch aad etwma But those whs saw bar fad Ie earth Era she had flitted lead No doubt bad ' That sometbtad bad Farewell, fameO. fhlr team That vsaael Barer bate Bo fair a lady aa Ke Nor flew as far Alas, tha crank abaft brake la taro And through the rtggtad tore But fra been at It with aa as. ' And it win break as lore. l Simple Declarations. ' There are rassa wbe wIM mo he likely to approve of heaved If they find when they get there that they trill have no cbeac to prowl throogh other peoplee(hoMMB every spring. c Slander never haa to offer proof to left-hande- ter. Lead The distance from any hase that a base runner can gain before the ball Ie pitched. To "get a long lead' la the object of every runner. Liner A hard driven ball that is hit on a straight line to or past the infield before it touches the ground, i. Mound The pitchers foot plate, or leb. Derived from the fact that on most grounds the plate is higher than the reat of the Infield, to give the pitcher an advantage through pitching downward at the batter. The "mound ia elevated or depressed by some Iclube, high plates being used for tall overhand pitcher while low onea'are preferred for sides rm or underhand pitchers. Outlaw The club, league or player who offends Against baseball law Is or outlawed punished b being blacklisted. The alleged benefits of as are withdrawn protection punishment tb offending leagues or clubs while players are blacklisted There are several hundred players on the blacklist at present who cannot play in any club belonging to the national agreement until reinstated by the commission. , Outside The side of the home plate opposite to that occupied by the batter. If the term is used without regard to the batter the first base side of the plate Is outside. Pass A base onjialla. effective most Pltchout The method of meeting and breaking up the hit and run play. The ball Is pitched rather high and on the outside of the plate, to prevent the batter from bitting it and at the same time, to permit the catcher to receive it in perfect position for a throw." When Aitgnal isdet acted, or when the cateher and pitcher suspect that either e steal or the hit and run Is to be attempted, the pitcher Atchea out to balk the play. Putting Something On It Manipulating the bell so that it will curve, break, float or revolve In the air, rather than throwing it naturally. Reserve Organized baseball depends upon a clause in the players eon t ract w here by theclu b reserve their services for the following aea-soThe reserve clause reaUy act e perpetual contract and the legal adviser of pievere declare the con ia get Itself believed. AH the world la rapidly becoming Chautauqua teeter platform. a It requires a good deal of bora enea to properly operate aa automo- - Referring to a man as Ids ova wore! tnemy Ie usually a poflto era y of ear lag that he Is no good. , , There never waa a ana who willing admitted that be aver got seasick ot roaldnt ewlm.' !y Hla Lock. Weil theres an other case of the - Irony of fate. Where!" Thome, who haa always been a great lover of nature, haa married a woman who gets her complexion at a beauty-shoand her flgwtw at a dry p goods counter. Wherefore. For seven yearn he stole aaoaey from the bank, concealing hla thefti by cleverly manipulating the account At last he happened to hit the market right, hla winnings being ee great that he wee able to pat baca an ho ha ttolen and still be rich. Wherefore Im wee looked up to as a aaecseefal bus! ' neae man. Might Bo We regard It aa a great waste of time to have to spend twt hours every day la coming from an going back te year homo id. tbe aub "Dont you nrbar . dont waste two hoars a day Ton see only one of the boars to a peal In going home" "Oh, I Great "Wadletgb aever ban control of hit temper." ! know K. He would be able tc Self-Contro- l. -- gone fishing sad had bought a atring from boy hi wife atabbornly' r fuaed to cook then. i No Profit to H. have Just found oat that on ol there fought to will when he has the advantage of my tbe batter In the matter of ball and the Revolutionary war I suppose you are very proad ol strikes, waste a ball either trying to tempt tbe batter into striking wUdly, the fact" Welt that .doesnt get me aa aa Or striving to allow the catcher a play to catch a base runner. tomobile Water Bucket (Spiking) Drawing Some Women Are Hard to Plena away from the plate aa tbe bail Is A New Yorh woman to ealng tot pitched. Many battera draw bacK the foot an entire step, out of timidity or divorce because her bus hand read hb tbrough..pervo.ua hablt, and. thoaewho poems to her. e wcuHf be- mad'"Teirand m step far back are said to spike the der than a hornet if he retd then tt water bucket . Whip The throwing arm. Also acme other woman. called Wing and Soup-bone- ; Rube Merquerd.' 1 e beC-sh- - |