Identifier: howtoplaybasebal01murn (find matches)
Title: How to play base ball
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Murnane, T. H. (Timothy Hayes), 1852-1917
Subjects: Baseball
Publisher: New York, American Sports Publishing Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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e hold of the bat several inches from the bottom.This gives them more control of the bat and a better chance tomeet the ball with a short swing. Standing up to the plate is the first requirement of a batsman,and the player who cannot overcome the habit of pulling awaywill have no chance to become a first-class man with the stick.The aggressive batsman is the winner and not the man who goesto the plate hoping to work a base on balls. Players should never work for records, but go for everythingin sight, for games won will count more than fine fielding aver-ages, where the players failed to take chances and often lostgames in consequences. The great army of ball players, young and old, amateur as wellas professional, are not always placed where they can see andlearn the fine points of the game, therefore a careful reading andhonest digestion of the advice found in this book should be ofgreat help to the ambitious ball player who cares to shine as anexponent of the national game. T. H, M.
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LAJOIE. The greatest batsman of the age. Stands in a position to go after anyball sent overthe plate. Holds the bat well up the handle. His own style. How to Play Base Ball. I 5 I HOW TO BECOME A GOOD BATTER g The most natural batsman the game ever produced is withoutdoubt Napoleon Lajoie of the Cleveland club of the AmericanLeague. He says : BY NAPOLEON LAJOIE *I go to the plate with the idea of hitting the first good ballsent )jp, as I believe in working on the aggressive. In this wayI am seldom caught for a strike unless where I miss the ball.Every man should handle a bat in the most natural manner andnot try to copy others in the business. Foot work has a lot to do with the success of a ball player,and especially at the bat, and the pitcher is more apt to find thisweakness to his liking than any other, I am ready to step in anydirection with my right foot for pivot. I bat mostly with awrist movement, as you can get a quicker move on and allow theball to come closer before timing i

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