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Show BUNTING AN ACQUIRED TRICK Players Who Can Lay Down tho Ball Don't Do It Naturally Is Sacrificial Rite. It may bo truo that tho hitter In baseball Is born, not mndo, but not so with the hunter, snys n baseball wlso man. Tho successful bunt hitter Is n manufactured urtlcle. Hero tho wind plays nn Important part. Instead of going up to tho pinto with tho solo Idea of taking n healthy, tintrnmmctcd swing nt tho old apple, tho nrtlstlc buntcr must choke hlH bnt, hold It bo It will give, make a quick, but accurate, ac-curate, stab Into tho pathway of tho ball and let thu bnll do tho rest There Is still more, minting Is primarily pri-marily n sncrlflclnl rite, so to speak, and tho batter with orders to bunt must mnko his desire to beat out th" hit secondary to the proper ndvl-t9 nient of tho bnso runner. Tho troublo with most players who essay to bunt Is their tendency to start running before they hit tho ball. As n consequence, they either foul off, miss altogether or drlvo It directly nt tho , pitcher. They hnva no chance nt nil to place the globulu where tho luflclders leant expect It |