Show s Q I INSIDE as iAU tol s n nv Pv Ei nm COLLINS baseball the I p posItion 0 s I Ion o second base Is COlli nt 0 n I y re- re referred referred rc to as thy 4 keystone of the th infield rho Tho ho In ference I li it that n a ns majority of paya I revolve e 0 I v e around second base hence hene the tho ho naming of o the position the kEY key- key COLLINS COLLINS stone of or the lie In- In Inner In Inner ner ncr combination One Ono thing that every second baseman should mould bear bearIn bearin bearin In mind is that ho should always over cover the bag bas make malee it a IL point tl togo go 0 over o to the he base on every play playon on oil tho the os assumption that it is not wise to take talle anything for fOl grante I In baseball It Is far best Jest to be ou the job able oble to make any pIa play that comes up I While bile the covering co of or the bag h most Important there here are when ills itis best that the tho duty b be del del- delegated del delegated 1 to the shortstop j Literal Literally on certain It I would be for tor the second ond baseman to do the covering poor baseball At At buch such times It Is up to the shortstop to cover the b For second second second proper guidance the basc balle- balleman base base- baseman man prior to thc the pitch should have havea a 1 simple but obvious o sign with the shortstop as to who will cover on every Cry pIa play There also must be a mount amount of ot co operation between the th second second baseman and the first or auck-or or or a runner en tn first 1 base ase and no one out the second ba baseman should always be ready to cover first on a a II bunt Sensing this play It Is atway best for tor the second ba baseman man to to move moie a few steps closer to first an and not playas play as deep as 8 usual This makes the of ot the pIa play much easier casler On the other hand land when there are one or more out and a I runner playa pinya on first It Is always well to play piny a trifle closer to second than Is customary unless the batter baiter Is A 1 notorious r right f field ld hitter |