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Show I BUNT TO BE CUB FEATURE Evers Plans to Develop Great Speed on the Training Trip. Mnnaper Evers of the Chicago Cubs 1b not a speed marvel on the base lines. He in not as fast as Frank Chance was when the latter first took Command of the West Ride team, but, he is better than the ordinary base stealer and probably will show great I er speed next summer, having gained his former confidence In the lee which he broke in Cincinnati In lf10 Evers. although not the fastest man in the leapue. probably beat out as many bunts If not more than Rob i Bencher, the league's leading base! stealer He alEo had better success in that line than Carey of Plltsburc and Campbell of Boston Thc .-ire close to 10-MCOfld men, but have not "fattened" their batting average by successful bunts Many of the hits in the list thn gave Evers an average of .341 las year were bunts Evers was not foi tunate in this because of his remor! able speed, but owing to outgucs-ri the third baseman. The third sncker in tho organization did not play u, for Evers all the time, as they dl not look for him to bun often. Pre quenth when he came to the plate thev crept up a few feet, thinking h' might try to slip one over Evers by 1 making vicious swats at the ball In duced them to no back to their original orig-inal positions No sooner had they returned re-turned than Evers tapped the ball nlons the foul line and was safe on first base. I Athletes may have lots of speed and may be like a flash in eolng down to first, base and jet they will not sue ceed in beating out as many bunts ns Even and the men who know when to bunt There Is an art In knowing when and how to bunt There is not a cleverer m.-n !n th- game than Evers Ev-ers In this department and it is ill due to his wonderful eye In following the ball Buntlnp is eoinc to be used io e-tremes e-tremes this spring nn the Cub training train-ing trip Eers has &eiral fast men in Schulte. Miller Saler. Bridv.ll Mitchell, Clymer nnd Zimmerman, all of whom probably would be able to develop into flrst-claas hunters If forced to do more of It Chance was not in favor of it. as he hHieved in I did this because he was a strum; ad mlrer of the hit-end run game Evers plani to have all of his men practice speed and particularly In go j ins to first base, as he believes it is necessary to perfect the team play I Miller Is a fast man In Rolnp to firBt, Mid after he perfects the art of kno.v I InR when to place a bunt should be one of the best players on the Cub ; roster Saier is also increasing In peed and, like Miller, he promisee to develop in bunting Clymer Is exceptionally fast and f perlenced, as he purloined 61 bases In the American league last year He also bats left handed |
