| Show MORIARTY OF THE TIGERS A HOME PLATE STEALER NOT A FAST MAN ON THE BASES BUT ONE WHO STUDIES THE PITCHER 1 I here are taster faster base runners than george moriarty of the detroit team but mighty few fellows have a brain that moves more quickly at least five times last year moriarty pulled off the impossible teat feat of stealing home in each instance be he took a desperate chance and succeed ed he lie did not jump wildly at the deed but used every ounce of gray matter to make his efforts possible strangely enough in each game the stealing of home proved the turning point in the contest making a tiger victory certain moriarty always made a study of the pitcher when reaching first base if he was slow in delivering the ball i J george moriarty he was quick to tike advantage of the fact neither did moriarty pass up the catchers in his base running if he discovered that every now and then the receiver would just about toss the ball back to the pitcher he would start the delayed steal it its a safe to say that the riger figer s third hird t sack er pulled off the delayed steal as much if not more thin any other man in the country the five thefts ot of home made by moriarty were due to the big lead he secured and the lor lorg g swing indulged in by the pitcher preparatory to de livering vering ll the ball just as soon as moriarty Mor larty discovered that the pitcher was indulging in a longer wind up than usual he would start to slowly edge up to the plate allowing the pitcher to deliver sometimes as many as four or five balls before making the dash tor for home the detroit third sacker isn t slow on the paths by any means but the celerity of his brain andrus him a more dangerous man on the bases than players with much greater speed any time he reached third last year the umpire behind the plate set himself for a decision at the plate as he looked for moriarty Mor larty to take the chance |
