Show STUDY WEM WEAK HIM OF ROBERT WALLACE THIRD basc bast MAN oi ST LOUIS BROWNS SAYS FIRST STUDY WEAK POINTS OF TWIRLER OF OTHER TEAM BY ROBERT Copy rig t 1910 by josep B bowles working together for one run at a time and hitting at the weak po in the opposing team is my idea a 0 how to win baseball games to me a baseball game Is just like a battle the effort should be to attempt to break the defenses some place and then attack that broken spot the easiest point to attack of course is the pitcher and every effort of a team should be concentrated to weaken the pitcher knowledge of a pitcher hi la Is wild whether he has good control whether he fields bunts well Is es bestial before a game is started and the attack should be directed at tho the weak spot run bases on pitchers who do not watch the bases care fully outguess the slow thinking pitchers and bunt on the bad fielders I 1 believe in playing hard for one run early in the game for the first run handicaps bandi caps the other team and forces them to hit the first run I 1 think is almost half the game and one run in tho the first inning usually Is worth three later in the game it Is nearly all a study of tad ind vid bals and experience helps a lot As to thild base it it one of the most difficult positions in flip field to play and when the other team is at bat a third baseman Is forced to do a lot of thinking or he will lose the game with runners on bases the chief at tack by the bunting plan is diorec ed d at third base and the baseman play ing lees less than 90 often only 75 feet fiem the baiter batter is in a tick ish post tion he must decide whether a cei eel tain batter will bunt or whether he hi will try to draw the baseman forward by pretending to bunt and then push the ball hard past him it if he decides wrong his chances of fielding a hard pushed ball while he is running for ward are slim it if he gets the ball it Is because he is lucky enough to have it hit straight at him because while coming I 1 d he is unable to change direction or to stop in time to field euch such a hit A wrong guess with men on first and second usually means the loss of the game I 1 know through experience what al at most every batter battor is likely to do but in baseball there is nothing quite so dangerous as thinking you know what a man will do because has done 41 N 14 0 abw AVIM N robert wallace that thing many times he ile Is I 1 kely 4 to change charge quickly and upset every thing I 1 watch the batters carefully especially in situations where two or three plays are possible and frequent ly can guess from the act ons or post tion ot of the batter what he I 1 ia go gb ng ug to fly to do he may hide his anten in ten eions perfectly and yet tip off h s plan through his very effort to conceal it A bist roI coition tion or an exaggerated 4 sa s1 1 ow of doing one th ng frequently means that the other is coming I 1 like to know what the pitcher is going to pitch to a batter in an important s tu aaion it is difficult for a third base man to get the signals because the catcher is covering up lip all the time in order to prevent the coachers from seeing it Is a big help to know what ball Is to be served especially if it the pitcher Is pitching inside or slow and giving the batter great opportunities for or pulling the ball hard over thud base as it gives a third baseman time to establish an alibi or fix up a self defense plea working with the short stop is nee essary and a third baseman and short stop must understand every in stant which is to take balls hit be tween them or hit slowly ly A single there will lose many games and the deats on must be made like a 2 flash these are merely pointers which I 1 hope may help young players who are studying the game |