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Show SLIDING INTO FIRST BASE IS DANGEROUS Rube Oldring, th0 Athletics' "wolf hound" center fielder nnd slugger, says a man takes a chance of injury in" sliding to first, particularly if it is a bunt, and the pitcher and first baseman as well as possibly the second sec-ond baseman of the opposing team aro all playing in for the play. The runner is likely, not only to be spiked by one or two of the players, but ifl generally awarded the worst of the decision. "Take for Instance our team, which has been mixing In the bunting game with the other varieties," says he. "Out of about twenty attempts, Eddie Collins and Amos Strunk are about the only men to have landed safely this season, anj! I don't think. Baker and myself are such slow men pn. our feet, and neither of us has heat the throw out of at least a half dozen attempts. "Then again," continued Rube, "the game has gotten down to such a degree de-gree that It's next to impossible or else exceptionally good luck that a fellow can bunt sale, with such lightning llko fielding as the teams show nowadays." Oldring, by the way, comes across with the statement tha he feels confident If Strunk ever trained for the 100-yard dash he could easily make the Olympic team, or any other team, for that matter. "For that fellow Strunk," says Old-ring, Old-ring, "could beat any man in tho world for the 100 or 220-yard dash. Yes, I honestly belio.vc he'could cover cov-er the century in near nine seconds with the proper kind of training, and that's no kid, either." Amos has rounded the sacks in 13 2-5 soconds, which is 90 yards, with wide turns, making the distance about 112 yards. |