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"Are you the same man who ate ■y mince pie last week?" "No, mum. I'll never be th' same ■an again."—New York Mall. Good Beat. Madge Did you have a good seat at tbe opera? Marjorle —Lovely! We were near ••oogh to one of the boxes to hear •rery word the society people said. — Mce Not So Polite as It Looked. Crowds were on the street car when wken the tall woman struggled un Ike aisle and grasped a strap. Twelve ■en were seated on each side, but aot one arose and offered her his ■eat At last a small boy touched her on the arm. "You can have toy seat, lady," ■ailed the youngster. "Thank you," said the tall woman, ••atlng herself In the vacant space; "that was very polite of you." "No," replied the boy. "it wasn't foliteness; there's chewing gum all ■*er the darned seat." Valuable Beetle New. 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"Two years ago," he stated, "he called me a hippopotamus." "Tmo years ago!" echoed Mcßey nolds "Why didn't you sue him aooner"" "Well, suh," Bald the Injured party, "mtll that there circus come through ktra lant week I thought all the tlmo IM was paying me a compliment."— Saturday Evening Post. > Breakfast A Pleasure when you have Post Toasties with cream. A food with snap and zest that wakes up the appetite. Sprinkle crisp Post Toasties over a saucer of Iresh strawberries, add some cream and a little sugar — Appetizing Nourishing Convenient "The Memory Lingers" SaMkr Cracws. qgasgi°Siiy- How to Win Games \ Some Genera! Rules that All Players—Both on the Field and in the Grandstand—Should Understand • By Hugh S. Fullerton Detroit lost a world's championship by doing olio little thing wrong. Chi cago threw away two by wrong ae lectlng. Pittsburgh, with the highest honor within grasp, chose wrong Just once and was beaten. Philadelphia's great Athletics came near defeat at the hands of a much weaker team by two bits of faulty play. Not one of these vital things that affected great series was an error that showed in the scores. They were examples of how the wisest of players and man agers will make the >rong choice when one of two things must be done. The plays considered here are those that are played over and over when the "If club" Is In session. For, given a situation and the stage of the game, nlnety-nlno out of a hundred major league players can tell you exactly bow that play should be made. It 1s the purpose of this article not so much to show how plays should be made, us when. A perfectly executed play may be correct at one time, and entirely wr6ng a moment later. I am going on the assumption that every boy In America knows how to play baseball, and understands the rules, which are the baseball primer. This tells how tho primer is Interpreted and applied by major league players. As regards offensive baseball, the making of runß. There are two great types of teams; the teams that play for one run at a time (a class now heavily handicapped), and those that play for runs In bunches. Inside the last two years a change In conditions has forced a revolution in play and ban brought a period of systematic attack with a view of making a bunch of ruiiß at one time. Roughly speak lng It may be said that for live years the American league has been devel oping this system while most of the National league teams were "one run at a time" clubs. The exceptions were the New York (Hants In tho Na tional, which played the bunched runs game, and the Chicago White Sox, a team that, being strong in pitchers and weak in hitters, played for one run. The team that plays for one run at fr must confidence In Its pitchers. The entire system Is based on the supposition that the pitcher Is strong enough to hold the opposing team to n low score. I have seen Connie Mack's Athlet ics, three runs behind, perhaps In the fourth or fifth inning, supreme In their confidence In their pitcher, make the one run safe, and crawling up run by run, tie and then win out. The Chi cane White Sox, ifhder Fielder Jones, and the Chicago Cubs during the time that Chance possessed pitchers upon whom he could rely, played the same style of ball and won. Hut as condi tions of the game change, the style of play to meet them must also change. There are three ways of reaching first base: A base on ballß, by being hit by a pitched ball, by hitting the ball. The first two methods are so closely allied' as to be one, and they form by far the moßt important part of the system of attack of any club. No team ever won a pennant that was not a "waiting team" —that Is, one that could compel the opposing pitch er to "put 'em over In the groove." It does not necessarily follow that to be a "good waiting team" a team must draw many free passes to first. Tho object Is not so much to forco the pitcher to serve four wide pitches as % v JAB| Itlß* IB H * ' "Robber!" to force him to use his full strength, and to get him "In the hole," which ID baseball means to force hinrvlnto a position where, to avoid giving a pass, he must pitch the ball over the plate. If the count la two and no strikes, the batter la morally certain the next ball will be over the plate, whether it is straight or a curve and he alao knows that, in hla anxiety to make certain of throwing the ball over the plate, the pitcher will not dare "put as much -on" the bail as he -would do if there were two strikes \nd on* or two balls called. Therefore he la : ' \ , (Copyright. IMS. by W. U. Uuvoul practically certain that the next ball will be a good one to hit, and he will "set himself," "grab a toe hold," and double his chances of a base hit. Ordinarily both the Detroit team and the Athletics are good waiting teams, teams that have opposing pitch ers In distress perhaps as often as any clubs. Yet Detroit threw away a World's championship that looked easy, and the Athletics came near the same fate, by lapses in their system. In the World's series between Pitts burg and Detroit it looked as if tbe Pirates did not have curve pitchers enough, or of sufliclent quality, to pre vent Detroit from slugging Its way to victory. Fred Clark was forced to fall back upon Adams, a fairly good, but not sensational curve ball pitcher, who was young and Inexperienced. In the opening game Adams was as nervous and shaken as any pitcher ever was. He was trembling and white from nervousness and the strain. He passed the first batter without getting a ball over the plate, and with Bush, one of the best waiters and one of the hardest men In the business to pitch to at bat, Adams seemed In dire straits. There Jennings made the greatest mistake of his career. He Manager Clark of Plttaburgh signaled Bush to BacrlAce on the first ball pitched. There was a groan from a dozen baseball men who realized that Jennings practically was refus ing to let Adams throw away hlB own game. Hush bunted, Detroit scored, but had Hush been permitted to wait, Detroit probubly would have won that gamo In the first Inning, driven Adams off the slab, and, had they done that Adams never would have pitched again In that serleßi as It was he steadied, won the game, came back stronger and again still stronger and won the championship for Plttßburg. In Bplte of lesson Connie Mack did exactly the same thing In tho World aeries In 1911, refused to let Mnrquard throw away his game In the first inning, and almost lost the game by It. One of the mysteries of baseball for many years has been the excessive hitting power of every team Connie Mack, commander of the Athletics, leads. I believe tho secret of his suc cess lies in this jockeying with pitch ers, waiting persistently to get the pitcher outguessed and puzzled and then breaking up the gamo with long drives. I believe that Mack has the following system of upsetting oppos ing pitchers, no matter how effective they may be: His team starts to do one thing In the first Inning. If It starts to wait on the pitcher It waits consistently, every batter doing ex actly the same thing. Perhaps for three Innings, every batter will wait as long as possible before hitting. Then, just as the opposing pitcher be gins to figure that the Athletics will take a strike or two and begins shoot lilg the first ball over, the Athletics change and each man swings with full force at the first ball. Sometimes they do this for two innings, until the pitcher changes; then they will let the first ball go and every batter will hit the Becond ball. They keep at it un- til, in some inning, they get the clus ter of drives tor which they have been playing, pound out a bunch of runs and win. There Is no way of proving the theory, except by the scores, as Mack Is about as communicative as a deaf and dumb diplomat, but In th« scores I analyzed It was remarkable to *ee how many of the Athletics did the same thing, and hit the tame batl In certain innings The Idea of the sys tem seems to be to force the pitcher to do the gueaaing, rather than to try to outguess him. And such a system, persisted in and changed suddenly. would explain the bit!*"** fruitless in nings during which some pitcher seemed to have the Champions at hla mercy, and the sudden, slam-bang on slaught bringa victory. There ia science and skill in the actual hitting of a ball, but the real value of hitting lies in advancing run nera who already are on baaea: The sacrifice bunt, tbe bunt and run, the hit and run and hitting runter starts, aa differentiated from the hit ud run. No club that stoutly at tempta to drive the ball aaf« can win consistently. The batter muat help the baae runner and cover hie movea Just, aa surely aa, In war, the artillery must cover a cavalry or Infantry charge. The bit and run conalata of the bat ter giving or receiving a aignal ao that both be and the runner know that on the next pitched ball the runner la going to atart for the next baae. The duty of the batter then la to hit the ball —and toward the apot moat likely to be vacated by the inflelder who goes to take the throw at aecond baae. But the hit and run, effective aa it haa proved, baa been found Inferior to the run and (lit. The difference ia that the enemy haa no chance to dls cover In advance what the play la to be. In the hit and run the paaalng of algnala often warna the oppoalng catcher or pitcher of the Intent to make tbe play. The reault ia that the pitcher "pitchea out" (that la, tbrowa the ball to tbe catcher ao far from the plate tbat the batter cannot bit it) and the catcher, being prepared, throws out the baae runner. Bealdea, either the runner or batter may miaa the signal, with dlaaatroua reaulta. Still the aignal la abaolutely neces aary when new playera are on a team, and often between veterana, especially when the runner la a dashing and in ventive player. The greateat of teama and playera have been for a number of years abandoning the hit and run and playing run and hit i that la, the runner starta when he aeea the beat opportunity and the batter, aeeing him going, protecta hlirt by hitting the ball or by hitting at It, ao aa to hamper the freedom of the catcher's move ments. Crawford and Cobb, of the De troit team, have used this system with wonderful auccesa, and Crawford ael dom fails to cover Cobb's movements. The "All Star" team of 1910, which prepared the Athletics for their first championship, was composed of about as quick thinking a crowd of play ers as could be assembled. They held a meeting before they went Into the first game against the champions and discussed signals. The secopd base man, shortstop and catcher agreed on simple eigne to notify the Infield whether the shortstop or second base man would take the throw at second. Then they decided not to attempt any other signal, but to play run and hit. Not once, during the entire series in which Ihey beat the Champions de cisively, did any batter fall to see the runner start, or neglect to pro tect him. The run and hit 18, of course, ex tremely difficult for Inexperienced players. It requires a quick eye, a quick wit and a quick swing to hit the ball after catching a fleeting glimpse of the runner moving. The run and hit la the most lve style of attack yet devised, and es pecially adapted to the Dew conditions, Itß usefulness as a run producer ami In advancing runners being greatly Increased after the adoption of the livelier ball, late In 1910. There Is not, nor ever can be.any flxod rule regarding base running. It Is all a study of the stages of the game. When one run is needed, any way to get to second base from first is the proper way. Remember that, in base running, the more the situation seems to call for an effort to steal the less chance to steal Is given. The oppos ing pitcher knows that, with two out and a run desperately needed, the run ner on first will probably attempt to steal on the first pitched ball; therefore he watches the bases more closely, the catcher is expecting the attempt, and is fortified, the second baseman and shortstop exchange «lg nalß and decide which will receive the throw. Therefore the runner who steals on "the wrong ball," that Is, steals when the best authorities de clare a steal should npt be made, Is much more likely to accomplish the steal than is the one who runs at the proper Instant. In other words, when you must you Beldom can, and when you don't need to It Is eaßy. During last Beaton In both the major leagues the runners violated every previously ac cepted rule. They stole with none out, with one or two out, stole on the first, second, third or fourth ball pitched, stole even with the count one strike and three balls. The season was a reversion to the baseball of 15 years ago In base running. After reaching second base the prob lem of the steal Is much more compli cated. Most managers oppose steal ing third, except in rare cases, on the grounds that the risk does not Justi fy the gain, as a hit or a bad error will score a runner from second as easily as it will from third. * In regard to the stealing of third. With a runner on second and no one out, the sacrifice bunt, «ven with the new ball, seems the play if the score la close —that is, close enough for one run to tie, or put the attacking team in' the lead. With one out the steal la justified, especially when the fielders around second do not hold up runners or when the pitcher notoriously Is weak tn watching bases. In that sit uation I would advise attempts to steal at every opportunity provided the team is ahead or only one run be hind. If more than two runs behind, .stay at second and wait for hits; the chances of scoring on short passed balls, wild pitches, or fumbles that would not permit scoring from second are too amall to be counted on. The only justification for stealing third with two out. In my mind, la that the runner Intenda to bump or Interfere with the third baseman and strive to force him or scare him into letting the ball go paat far enough to > permit eeorlng. This evidently waa McOraw'a Idea in at leaat two cases during the last world'a aerlea—either that or hla base runners blundered most aston ishingly. Stealing home la Justifiable only on i ■ • * % . . I ' r der the most desperate condition* or against a pitcher who palpably Is so "rattled" that he Is blind to every thing except the man at the plate and allows the runner a flying start. Then an Instant of hesitation by the pitcher may make the steal a success. It is good Judgment, at times, for a fleet, daring man who Is a good slider, to steal when the batter Is helpless be fore a pitcher and when two are out. The double steal, executed with run ners on first and third is, according to the cloeest students of tbe game, proper under tbe following conditions: When two men are out and a weak batter or a slow runner is at the plate, and when one run la needed to wln-the game—the play In the latter case be ing Justifiable with no one out, or with two out—but not with only one out. Many Judges object to the play unless two are out —but last season I saw It worked repeatedly by clever teams with no one out. With runners on first and third and a decent catcher working, the double steal worked to get a runner over the plate, ought not to succeed In more than two cases In seven. in the defensive end of the game every situation is a study of the bat ter, and, going beyond the individual batters it is a study of the stage of the game. The great problems of tbe game are: When to play the infield close, to choose between attempting a double play when runners are on first and third and letting the run count, and above all to place the out fielders with regard to the stages of the game. The commonest blunders of really great managers and players are made In the disposition of the outfield. A great many captains who arrange their Infield carefully pay little atten tion to the second line of defense, and really they rely more upon the in dividual brain work of the outfield than they do of the lnfielders. This Is partly because they are more close ly In touch with the infield and partly because of the fewer chances for the outfield to get into a vital play. The outfield problems really are more vexing than those of the Infield. The situation mainly Is forced upon the infield. With a runner on third and one or none out, and the run means a tie or defeat, the infleld Is compelled to come forward. In the early stages of the game the manager Is forced to decide whether to allow the run to score, or to try to cut It off, and must base his judgment on the ability of his pitcher to hold the other team to a low score, and of his own hitters to bat In enough runs to win. Teams such as Detroit and the Athletics, hard-hitting and frcescoring teams, can afford to let the other team gain a run, rather than risk Its getting two or tlirue. as they can score more later. Teams such as the old Chicago White Sox, "the hltlesß wonders" of the American league, could not allow the opposing team a run and had to play the closest Inside game. Many of the better major league teams, that Is, those possessing fast lnfielders, will vary the play when runners are on first and third, one out and a run to be cut off from the plate by playing the first baseman and third baseman close, and bringing tho short stop and second baseman forward only part of the way—holding them In position either to make a long fast throw to the plate or to try for the double play from second to first. 1 have seen Evers and Tinker make the double play from second to first even when both were playing close, chang ing their plan like a flash, covering second and relaying the ball to first at top speed, although they had played In to throw to the plate. One of the greatest variations of the play I ever witnessed was made by Mclnnls of the Athletics. Collins and Barry were playing perhaps twelve feet closer to the plate than they ordi narily do, runners were on first and third, one out and a run needed to beat the champions. CoMlns and Bar ry intended to try the double play if it was possible and to throw home if it was not. Mclnnls and Baker were ■b am ■ - BBHBBBU Connie Mack. drawn close with intent to throw to the plate. The ball was hit to Mclnnia on the aecond short bound, or rather to hia right, and as he was coming for ward and scooped the ball perfectly, he had an easy play to tbe plate. In stead of throwing there he flashed the ball like • shot to, Barry at aecond baae, whirled, raced for first and caught Barry's return throw on top ot the bag. the double play. It waa a wonderful play both in thought and execution, but I do not advise any other first baae man to a* tempt It * Pimples—Boils mm daw stcnsls liasd tho warnin* la On. 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