Show I o y Ti C A IDE I IN Jy E EA fl U ny Dr Most Valuably Valuable mer lean lean ican League Play the bait bail always Never let It play you By lly that I X mean study th courso of tho the ball carefully and so position tion ion yourself that you ou receive It iii the the high bounce It Is almost always a a miscue when a or any other In fielder In-fielder fielder trici to handle the ball be between t tween bounds as wo sayan say la In base baseball ball This happens when a plaYer comes in a trifle too fast on the ball balland balland balland and Is III forced to handle It just jut as asIt asit asIt It hits hit the ground Likewise It if 1 hu backs up on the ball he gets a short nasty bound to handle Getting the ball on the high bounce Is la the proper and easy man manner ner ncr of handling a ground ball Tak Taking ing trig It on the short hort bounce caused by letting the ball bail play you II is the thu hardEst po possible way IlY to try to hun hen hendIe handle die dle any ball that Is hit on the ground It i is also well to handle the ball ballIn ballin ballin In such manne manne- that you ou are In a position to throw without any lost motion This Is Ix very Important it Ir the batsman In Is a fast tast runner and anda anda a hurried throw Is necessary to complete the tho play Equally Important as the proper han handling of the ball Is the study of the batsman Learn whether he Is Isa isa Isa a right or left leU field hitter and shift accordingly A step or two In the proper di dl direction often orten makes possible a play piny that otherwise other couldn't be turned It if the shortstop played his regular position Dont Don't be stationary a shortstop by that I 1 mean playing every Cry bats batsman man from front the sale same position In my next article I will tell why th the successful successful shortstop should play I every batter batler differently 00 |