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Show First Baseman Merkle Mas One Vital Weakness j Fred Merklo of tho New York Nationals, Na-tionals, a good first sacker in other respects, re-spects, has one ltal weakness In his play which will loao him many a runner run-ner before the campaign is over. You can figure it out for yourself. In place of stopping out from tho lnsldo of the bag to meet the throw, over notice how Merkle takes an Infield peg from the other side and then Jumps backward out of the runner's way 7 Ho plaa Infield In-field throws from the outside In placo of the inside, losing at least four feet by this system. Now, figure out how many runners joU hao seen caught by four feet, or how many ouhave seen safe by four feet a) good Tnany In the course of a week's play If jou UecD the proper tab. An,Inflold throw IT t uuicr mm. uiisemun playing uio !," JjJ In the upper corral. In addition to los- ' lng all this distance, ho works also , k from the most dangorous angle for a & collision, as the base runner almost la- j variably wheels off sharply to right or ? toward, the outside corner of the base, i rfc |