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m?- ww" -- v - THE McHENSV PtXlNDEALER BATTING By * Rogers Hornsby From the book "How to Play" published by @J)c Sporting New* Chapter 4 THINGS TO REMEMBER Touching a Base many The small distance of a foot or so may be considered u n i m p o r t a n t a s a b a t t e r changes to a base runner, but many games have been won by the small margin of a foot or so. In touchi. " fhe base--first base, sectina ^ase, or third base--learn to master a pivot as you tag the base. In approaching first base be sure to cut a few feet on the outside of the line so that you will be able to touch the inside part of first base as you round the bag. This will enable you to save five or ten feet in your attempt to reach second base. A single is changed to a double on many occasions when a batter learns to touch a base properly as he rounds the base. This same advice is to be followed when you approach second base with a view to advancing to third base. Take the inside corner of the base at all times. You are then straightened out on the run for the next 90 feet to the following base. If you are trying for a home run inside the park, it is important to save ground in rounding all bases. You may beat the throw to home plate by a fraction of a second. In other words, you have beaten the play at home plate because you have saved important steps in rounding the bases. On the Hit-and-Rnn , Now for the hit-and-run, and the art of place hitting. This will be easy to master as soon as you have learned the value of keeping your eyes on the ball after it has been delivered by the pitcher. The start of the hit-and-run is governed entirely through a signal from the manager or coach. The manager or coach will flash it to his batter and the batter will give it to the base runner. The base runner in turn must flash it to the batter, indicating that both the batter and the runner are ready for the play. With a runner on first base, the batter should try to hit "behind the runner." That is, toward right field. In many cases, the second baseman will cover second base as he sees the runner breaking toward the base. This gives the batter more open space in trying for a base hit as he "hits behind the runner." By "hitting behind the runner' This is the fourth in a series of articles to help give proper instruction to boys in How to Play Baseball. Future columns will include Pitching, In fielding, Catching, Outfielding and Base Running. you will not hit Into double plays. The hit-and-run is used with a runner on first base, or with runners on first and second "occasionally. The battel: must be certain that he has received the signal and that the base runner or runners received the signal. With the runner at second base starting to third and the runner on first base starting for second base as the pitcher starts his delivery, the batter has the option of trying to hit through the territory vacated by the infielders or behind the runners. The hit-and-run is one of the most effective pieces of batting strategy, but it depends entirely on the ability of the batter to hit the ball. The opposing side may sense the hit-and-run. In that case, the pitcher may deliver pitchout. Nevertheless, the batter should try to hit the ball, at least taking his swing so that he may disturb the catcher and cause a wild throw in trying to retire the base runner at second base or at third base. Many hitters find it easy to develop place hitting. That is, trying to drive the ball to a certain part of the field--say left field or right field. If the defense has moved more to right field, then the batter should try to hit to left field. If the defense is more to left field, the batter should then try to hit his drive to right field. Things to Remember Do not swing too hard at a pitched ball. You may be thrown off your balance at the plate. Realize that it is ix&possible to get a base hit every time you go to bat. Do not lose your confidence because you have struck out with, three runners on the bases. You may deliver the hit that wins the ball game the next time you face the pitcher. Play with team spirit and not for individual glory. If the manager orders you to bunt for a sacrifice, although you would rather take your full swing in trying for a base hit, then you must try to bunt. Keep your head up and your eyes open at all times. You must always know the score of the game, the inning that is being played and how many are out. *As related to Sid C. Keener. NEXT--"PITCHING." by CARL HUBBELL •How to Play," consisting of 112 pages, is available from the publishers, TAX SronnfC NEWS, St. Louis 3, Mo., for fifty cents a copy. SPORTS FLASHES h*m «je Spotting Strata by J. G. Taylor Spink Hen rich Expects Yankee Plumage to Help Byrd Sing "I don't know this Harry Byrd personally," mused Tommy Hen- I lich, who gained fame as the I, Yanks' Old Reliable outfielder, j "but. I believe he's a cinch to become a better player when he puts on- that Yankee uniform this year." Pew players of our generation were better analysts of the ' science of baseball and the patterns of human behavior, so Henrich was the logical expert for • The Sporting News, the national baseball weekly, to seek out to explain the "magic" inherent in the Yankee uniform. ""The/ first thing Byrd will learn when he joins the Yanks," | Henrich predicted, "is to hustle. Not just for one play or one inning, but all the time. If he doesn't, the other players will crack down on him. They'll give him the 'freeze' treatment. Their one idea is to win the pennant, and if anybody stands in the way, he's sure to be ostracized. "Don't forget, too," added Henrich in The Sporting News, "that the Yankees have a pretty good policing system from General Manager George Weiss down. When a player doesn't do his job, they warn him, warn him . . .... then sell him!" So the secret behind the Yankee dynasty is nothing more than the hackneyed word "hustle?" Isn't it a stock phrase for every club to boast of its hustle? "Don't kid yourself," smiled Henrich. "Other fellows who come to the Yankees from different clubs have told me that their former teams didn't operate the same way. On the Yanks, there is always one idea -- to win the game. Anyone who doej* not pull his share of 'the load gets the quick treatment from the other fellows, to let him know they won't stand for it." Henrich closed his interview with The Sporting News reporter with: "Yes, . other teams think they know how to win. Their pJayers may know how to win for themselves. It's different, thinking in terms of 'team' all the time." Thursday, April I, 1854 < i i t i i i - t u n i m i i u i COMING EVENTS |. | if. fi ij. < i 1 i l i ••| |i <|i |i 11, f April 1 Junior High School 8tudy Group Meeting -- 8 p.m. -- High School April 1 Study Group Meetings --- High School April 1-S Rummage Sale -- Methodist Church -- Sponsored By Circle 3, WACA - April 2-8 White Elephant Sale -- St. Patrick's Church Haii -- Sponsored By Mothers Club April 6 iFox River Valley |S|mp, R.N.A., Meeting Hrfc fcarl Brown Home April • Initiation Of Women Of the Moose -- Moose Hall Ringwood Unit* Home Bureau -- 1:30' p.m. -- Arthur Hoppe Residence April 7 Adult Girl Scout Meeting -- Legion. Home -- 1 p.m. April 9 Annual Easter Communion Of Christian Mothers And Altar Sodality -- 8 O'clock Mass -- St. Mary's Church April 10 Square Dance Program -- Edgebrook School April IS Circle 1, W.S.C.S. -- Mrs. P. W. Heide Home -- Dessert Luncheon At 1 p.m. O.E.S. 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