Identifier: howtoplaybasebal02murn (find matches)
Title: How to play base ball
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Murnane, T. H. (Timothy Hayes), 1852-1917
Subjects: Baseball
Publisher: New York, American sports publishing co

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e gives a player an opportunity to show up betteithan any other position, as it is truly styled the key to theinfield, and I believe a player will last longer in the game inthis position than any other, if he is a natural and not a madeball player. All the fine team plays of the game are made by first signaling.With a man at third and second, the latter will usually take bigground, especially when his run would win a game. A throwfrom the catcher would generally be a cue for a clever base-runner to go on to third, but in this case he is blocked off byanother runner, so that his chances are all in returning to thebase. I see the opportunity and tip the catcher to throw thenext ball straight to the bag and as soon as the ball is sent in bythe pitcher I am on my way to the base to head off the runner.Finding that he is cut off the runner will start for third baseand I have no trouble in getting the man nearest home. Thepitcher must be in on the play, and keep the ball wide of thebatsman.
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JAMES COLLINS.Natural position at the bat, ready for any kind of a pitched ball: firmlyset on the right foot. Perfect form. How to Play Base Ball. 87 BY WILLIAM GLEASON While I consider second base a very easy position to play,compared to third base, yet I believe more depends on the sec-ond baseman than any other position. A man must be particu-larly strong on his right side to play this position and be anaccurate thrower from any position, as the ball must be returnedto first and home from some very awkward angles when doubleplays are called for. A fielder should always go in to meet the ball and smotherthe bound, when it might take an ugly hop, if the long chancewere taken. Then, too, the runner must be sized up and theball played accordingly. A fast runner will often hurry you ona perfect bound, so that you must play the runner as well asthe ball. I believe in keeping in front of the ball and in putting twohands where it is possible. While on a run to the right I pickup the ball w

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