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Show I STRATEGISTS I DIAMOND n Tricks of the Players Who I Never Overlook I a Bet to Win a 1, M I Game I BY BILLY MURI'HY. Every ball player, who Is a res I J star. Is a strategist. The merely mechanical player necr reaches the highest niche of baseball fame Take the behemoths of the gam Wagner, Cobb, Maibtwidn, Collins Col-lins or any of the stars. It Is their brain work that enables en-ables them to win their laurels. They aro always awake ready to take the greatest chance, If there appears to be the slightest weakness weak-ness or let up In the ranks of the enemy. They are the ones who can figure to the fraction of a second Just when to pull a startling Bteal or nomo little Inside work of which tbftlr brothers never dreamed. It is this Inside strategy that leads Cobb to stretch hits It Is a trick of the game, that leads another player to detect the Intention of the Cportrla Peach and play for him at tho base ahead. Even in Cuba, Cobb's reputation had preceded him. There, when he hit the ball, they made the play at home, figuring Cobb was apt to come all the way around on any old kind of a hit. There are many Instances of strategy wlnnlnsr ball games. Take Joe Tinker, who retired Roy Thomas four times in a row, because he knew whore to play for him. Devlin did the same thing to Johnny Bates of Boston In an Important Im-portant Ramo In New York. Tho famous "bone head" of Frpd Merkle In the game of 1908 would never have been noticed If It had not been for the quick wits of Johnny Evers and Artie Hofman. It was strategy that won that famous game In 1911 in SL Louis when McGraw ordered his men to bunt on "Slim" Sallee. That great pitcher had worlds of speed that day and plenty of curve. 0 But the hatters bunted and broke his heart. When Manager Bresnahan re-arranped his infield to break up the constant tapping, McGraw's men hit It out. The Giants made thirteen runs in the first Inning. In the famous year of 1908. the White Sox could not hit Jack Powell Pow-ell of the SL Louis Browns. In the seventh inning, Fielder Jfin?, one of lhr cleverest men In the same ordered his men to bunt. Powell wns a great pitcher, but he was fat and slow. The badly winded Powell could not catch the hitters at first, after making perfto t retrieves of the ball Chicago won and Powell did not - BBBBBflBH V M I show up afOund the Club hOUBfl for a month. For lnatanee, not long ago, tin-old tin-old Baltimorcs had a pitcher named M. Nalib, who could pitch, but could not bat and blocked traffic on the bases If he did get on One afternoon at a critical stage, Baltimore had men on second and third, none gone and McNabb coming com-ing up Han Ion decided that the only way 2 sssss5HiBBi sHflt " HBe jsBfi H m awn to keep MrXabh from gumming tho cards, was to make him strike out and McNabb was therefore told to fan. Remember Mr. Hanlon was olio of the greatest strategists tho game has over known. Tho one that McNabb made his third strike on got away from the catcher, who recovered it, drove back the runner who was on third niiri let McNabb amble unhindered down to first. And the next tnan hit into a triple play. That play was made possible only by the presence of Mr. McNabb on first and whi- h would have only boen a slnglo killing, letting In the tying run. If Mr. McNabb hadn't been occupying the bag. t ' ' )WUtl I ' 1 ft w |