| Show BASE RUNNER BUNNER HAMPERED BY FOXY PLAYER S ae I 1 N jfe biow manager joe tinker and al bridwell thare are more tricks worked by and aad upon base runners than there are in any other department of baseball the feet around that dist dalmond mond are filled with pitfalls pit falli and handi handicaps capa that make tipperary appear close at hard harl by comparison one would think that it ii la i i a simple matter to run around the bases when making a home run hut but against a trained and experienced team it la Is a hard matter the batter bitter drives a ball to left cen ter held field if it he does not got get away from the plate quickly the catcher will spring in close to him perhaps drop his mask in front font of him and try to hamper the start he ile swings out on to the edge ot of the grass so as to make a flying turn at first luge base without losing indich ground the first baseman remains on an the inside corner of the bag or near it giving the runner just room enough to patio and trying to force him to take a wide turn the pitcher it he is speedy enough will try to cut across in front of the runner to throw him off bis his stride both the second baseman and the shortstop will hamper him at second one holding the bag to make him turn wide the other trying to force him to make a still wider turn the third baseman holds him and makes him take the outage route and a wide wing owing and even then the shortstop will cut across in front of him as be he tears for home pretending to back up the plate and after all that louamy he finds the catcher squatted in the lino line two feet from the plate to block him hm al bridwell nc ng the feds pulled a clever one on joe tinker when tinker was with the cube cubs and Orl bridwell dwell with the giants glants and won a game by it bridwell was wom on first base when someone made a hit hil the hit waa was abort short and sharp and there was small chance for him to go to third on it he ile turned second at full speed tinker was watching him and placed him self exactly oa on the route bridwell would have to traverse to reach third and then turned his tits back to make himself appear innocent of intent to interfere ter fere i ilia object wae war to make bridwell turn wide to pass around him and loae lose perhaps three or fou steps in distance bridwell saw the move he ile also saw that it waa was hopeless to try to reach third instead be he turned second at top speed dashed up the line bumped tinker crabbed grabbed him and fell in an instant be he scrambled to bis his feet aej shouted to the umpire who turned just in time ticie to see the two men struggling to their feet natu rally tally he supposed tinker had interfered he ile lit ut bridwell go to third and he scored on a fly and if won an th thi I 1 came game not one of the chicago a player kicked they realized reali sed that bridwell bad had out tricked them at their own fame came and gare gave him due credit for it |
