. The Chicago amateur base ball annual and inter-city base ball association year book. t of play, the batsman stands in one posi-tion only, the varying forces he uses in timing his hit, when bring-ing the forward swing of his bat into play being governed by his desireto place the ball either to the right, the center, or the left portionof the field. The above diagram refers only to the timing process andnot to the other importaut part of timing the hit known as facingfor position, which latter point involves the changing of the positionof the batsmans feet acording as he may desire to place th
. The Chicago amateur base ball annual and inter-city base ball association year book. t of play, the batsman stands in one posi-tion only, the varying forces he uses in timing his hit, when bring-ing the forward swing of his bat into play being governed by his desireto place the ball either to the right, the center, or the left portionof the field. The above diagram refers only to the timing process andnot to the other importaut part of timing the hit known as facingfor position, which latter point involves the changing of the positionof the batsmans feet acording as he may desire to place the advantage of the first movement lies in the fact that it is dis-guised from the pitcher. The appended diagram shows the three different movements of his 10 fePALDlNG a AMATET R BASE BALL YEAR BOOK feet in facing for position for eacli of the three lilts in placingthe ball. It will be seen at a glance how different the two strategic move-ments are. and how far more difficult of attainment the former isthan the latter. Here is the diagram illustrating facing for position :. \ SPALDINGS AMATEUR BASE BALL YEAR BOOK. H THK POINT OF TEAM WORK AT THE BAT. Team-work at the bat has been a sadly neglected element of suc-cess in pennant-aspiring teams for years past. In fact it is only withinthe past five years that its importance has been realized. Given twoteams in which the battery forces are equal, and the field supportof the pitcher of the same order of excellence, and tlie nine whichexcels in team-work at the bat will win the race for a surety. In-deed, if one takes a team which is stronger than another in pitchingand field support, and the latters inferiority in these essentials isoffset by special excellence in team-work batting, the nine thus handi-<apped by the lack of team-work at the bat will lose half their gamesin consequence. Team-work at the bat involves just such skill in handling the ashas is shown in place-hitting, in intelligent hatting, in well
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