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Show DELEHANTY DID NOT UNDERSTAND BUNTS Couldn't Make Sacrifice Hit as Ordered by Manager. With Runners on First and Second and No One Out, Instead of Advancing Them, He Lands on Firt Ball Pitched for Home Run. CIkii-I.-s UVI.I, .Murphy, 'who still liins M'vcii chiy.s n wi'i'li, HiiiiihIi Ii- Is Dill III' llllNI'llllII, U'llS Willl'lllll CiicIiis Criiviilh nf tin' I'hlllii-s lilt lliosi' Iniif,' ilrlvrs nl' IiIh during t-; i -t In; lit 11n; CiiIim' J i: i rk III ('hlc:iu I'lTi'ill ly. "Nunc nl' llii in run sunt llu; hull lllin I ii'lrhu nl y cuiilil u hi'ii Im uns wilh tin? li'iiin," snlil Murphy, "lie had sorni-mail's sorni-mail's who cuiilil go too, I-'i I k , Iajulii anil nlhrrs. "I onri: heard how Hilly I'.arl fnu'ht his llrs I auii- against 1 (ivlcliiiiity. It ii'i'ins lli.it. Iii'l crai'ki-il tin! Ilrst hull, a IiU'Ii lino, way on tho oulsiih', for a iloiililc Ni-xt liuio up, Karl uiive an-oIIht an-oIIht signal and Del naih'd out; low on Iho inside lor a triple. "On Ilelelianly's third journey to tin; plate the pili'her threw u wild one that hit in front of Del. The hatter r'auyht it as he would if lifi were playing iTlrlu-t, and converted It Into a siimle. "Karl was plainly amazed. So when Delehanty appeared for his fourth effort, ef-fort, Karl asked, 'Don't you ever wait till tlie hall comes across the plate?" "Delehanty grinned. 'No,' he replied, Only the poor butters wait for that liind.' "Another time, when Shettslino, now secretary of tlie Quakers, was manager of the team, an important stage came where runs were badly needed. I'hilly got runners on first and second before anybody was out. It was then Dele-hanty's Dele-hanty's turn at bat. "Shcttsline called Kd to one side and said, 'You lay down a sacrifice bunt now, and I'll have tlie next fellow try to knock one out and score both men. Delehanty nodded. 'All right,' he answered. an-swered. "Sliettsline was surprised when Delehanty Del-ehanty laid on the first ball pitched and slammed it out for a home run. As be rounded third Shcttsline called out, 'How was It you didn't bunt?' " 'Oh, I never bunt,' laughed Del. 'I don't even know how.' " |