Show HOW I 1 WIN by WILLIAM BULL DAHLEN manager Bro brooklyn national league club former shortstop anson a 9 famous wh te stockings Stock inea copyright 1910 by joseph B bowles the only theory on which I 1 ever have worked Is that every man on a team should work for the common in terest that each man should help out each other one and that eight men it strong ought to help out the weak one close attention to every move Is essential not only should a player watch every change of position of his opponents but he should watch his k 8 william dahler fellow players to see what they are doing the mind must be alert at every instant during a game there is 1 no room in major league baseball tor for any except fast thinking and fast moving placers players I 1 do not mean that a player must be a ten second man I 1 mean he must be on his toes ready a jump in any g ven direction with out the loss of an instant footwork in baseball Is one ol 01 the most necessary things A man who handles his feet well eather batting fielding or base running is a good player tor for footwork Is better than ability with the hands it is as feces sary for a player to be shifty on hia his feet as it Is tor for a boxer no one can be shifty unless he is on his toes all the time and a flatfooted flat tooted player la Is as bad as a flat headed one and usually the two things go together the batter who is on his toes bal alced and ready tor for the jump will hit for he can shift and swing and still get his weight behind the bat the shifty runner on first is ready to move either way to dive back to first or go on to second in the field he moves with the ball and is moving when it is hit so he covers more ground A young player starting in the busl bus ness should watch every move of the batter and poise himself tor for the start just as a sprinter does I 1 remember that one of the first things taught me after I 1 joined the old chicago club was starting and the crowd of great players under anson won many games because they started faster and were readier in seizing an opportunity than their opponents were another thing they taught me was sliding to bases not only so as to avoid being touched but also to avoid getting hurt or hurt ing any one that slide known as the chicago slide was the invention of kelly and adopted by burns william son and the great players of that day there Is more footwork to that slide than in any other depart ment of the game it consists in watching the position of the baseman who is receiving a thrown ball and throwing the body in the opposite di dl sliding on the hip with the leg partially bem bent under ard the toa hooking the baa beg |