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Show ISBELL'S WAY OF WINNING Challenge I very On Wat OppoaM Veo and Keep Fighting and Huttllng All th Tim. By FRANK lBSLL. Keep your dobbor up and challenge every one who oppoeet you. Keep fighting and hustling all the Urn. That tbe way to win. 1 have worked on baaeball club that hav beaten much atronger club, and the secret of our auccesa haa been, that we always hav kept In better1 condition than our opponent and fought harder. I think I thing clearer now that I am a olub owner than 1 did when I wa a player, belnt able to get both view of the game, , and the Brat thing that etrlkee m I Hi necessity of having a leader to keep tbe entire team moving at lop speed, and one who can gat the best work out of each man. Tbe game 1 a peculiar one, because the work oj. each man depend to much upon U .f. work of thot around him. Ii i Vh"' My Idea at a club owner of hotj win often conflict with th &ety I bad when a player. I have a theory 1 now that picking the men-eaore b J- cauao of their nerve, their ccnirsfej- and their dispositions than for theTtf playing ability I the winning lyatem. On the field I think I hav helped win more berauae of "Jollying" other playnra, watching them, stopping thern when they are going too fast, than I ever did by Individual bitting or fielding field-ing It wa th dovntlon to Jone and to Comlakey, and the confidence we felt In them and In each other that I won pennants for the Whit Sox, and If that spirit doea not exist In a team the team I beaten, no matter bow great It Individual elrength may be. A for playing th game. I believe In doing tbe unexpected and pulling oft playa Juat when the other team la looking for eouiethlng lae. I alway bar been a believer In the hit and run game, rather than aacrlflrlng, and alto of hitting th bill at unexpected time. For Instance, If runner are) on bases and all th rule of play teem to point to a sacrifice bunt, and If the other team palpably la expecting t aacrlflce, I believe It I good policy to play bit and run aa aooo aa th Infield In-field I pulled out of position. I believe be-lieve alto, and I think I may claim that I have won many games by It, that running wild on tbe batet I on of the beat ayatem of winning bate-ball bate-ball game. 1 know that whit I waa wU ) f Frank Isbell, In th major leagues I wa eeverely criticised many time for going from flrat to third, or from eecond borne, on ahort bit. Every tlm I waa caught I waa criticised for taking too reckless chance, and many defeat were blamed to me, and many time ! waa called bone head or worae. During my major league career, however, I think I won two gamea by wild running where I loat on. Th flrat theory 1 ever had In regard to baaeball waa that the team that make th other team throw th ball will . win. Nothing In th gam cause a vs , many wtld throwa aa wild baa run-nlng. run-nlng. T |
