| Show I I COBB EXPLAINS BASE RUNNING By Bv TY T COBB conn Greatest t flail Ball Getting back for a II moment to malting making a study of ot opposing pitch pitch- pitcher pitch ers er In order to matte maKe your b base lse runnIng more mor effective I have In mind a peculiarity of ofa ofa II a certain pitcher who Is still astar astar a star tar that made mad It easy for me to decide when to try to steal on hIm I discovered that this PItcher Invariably threw to first base once on any fast runner who reached the tho bag He lie would never fall fail to deliver the ball to the batsman on the next pitch When I reached first base with saId pitcher working and an at attempt a- a tempt to steal was was the proper play I always alway m JD ce It a II set et rule to go down on OIl th next n pitch after the ball bail had been once n nto to first Ho lIe has baa ha never failed tailed m mc Never Kever have the feet widely spread when about to attempt the theft theet of a II base This makes It Impossible to get away quickly it 11 I also slows the ho runner runnel down In gettIng back to a II base when the I pItcher throws throw oVer over to catch eatch hint napping In rn other words you are oft off b balance lance Spreading the feet teet too when about to steal 18 is l a a common I fault with most young players who come coins to the tho major leagues league Keep the test fet close chose together This gives you ou better control oC of the body antI and permits you OU to get getaway getaway away awny much more quickly Front Froma Fronta n a wide spread the runner really has to readjust his stance before he can make the tho break for tor the next base Such loss of ct time is 19 usually very cry costly Get an Idea o of the tho direction of the throw from watching the eyes of the fielder handling the balm ball throw the body In just the opposite site direction thereby givIng tile the fielder as little as possible of ot your our hn v tn It Is a perfect slide It If be lie has only the spikes of your shoes Oh whIch to put the tho ball Many fielders are ar splice shy shy hy and sucha such hUch II a slide slid Invariably assures safety An infielder who after getting the ball straddles the b bag bac with his feet and places the ball bail In front J of the bag makes the task of the Iho ot runner most difficult Such a a player with lila Ills arm as asa asa asa a pendulum can shift the th ball bali In Inthe inthe Inthe the gloved hand to meet the slIde ot of the tho runner The master handles In In- In Infielder infielder fielder handles the ball that way a n |
