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Show TAGGING OUT A BASE RUNNER vSmm&mF. yM uJ8pWis TVAUtJING a base runner Is ono of tho difficult tasks that tho player has to accomplish, and it Is one fraught with considerable danger. Players in tho outor field do not have to encounter this dangor, as their "outs" are made on Ales, The first baseman seldom has to tag the runner, as tho man headed toward him is out If tho ball la held by thy baseman whllo touching tho bag, It 1b at second base and at the home plate that most of the tagglrg Is dono, ttB the player is safe if ho can get foot or hand on tho bag without being touched by tho ball except in case of a force Boao runnors naturally try to Blido ito tho bono in ouch a. way as to mako tagging them as difficult as possible. pos-sible. Some baso runners slide in such a way 'that tho body is thrown to ono side and only ono foot goes toward the bag. This means that the baseman or catcher or whoever lo covering the base must slap tho ball against the foot or leg, thereby risking tho danger of being spiked. In a recent game In SL Louis Catcher Dooln of the Phillies was bumped by one of the Cardinals, and his log was broken, putting him out of tho game for somo tlmo Many other plajers have been hurt In similar plays. It requires considerable consider-able nerve to stand one's ground when an opposing playor weighing ISO or 200 pounds hurls himself forward feot first with the feot armod with sharp spikes. It requires moro nerve to thrust a hand with a ball toward the sliding player, and tho grip on the ball must be tight, because if It Is knocked from tho hand tho runnor is safe, even if the ball beat him to the base by feot. Tagging tho runnor Is a contest of skill and daring against skill and daring, dar-ing, and so far the honors aro about oven. jfr .jiui.u.auu,i.:..u-.. ? " 1 -" Xr' -VJl., .1, |