Spalding's official college base ball annual1911- . bsolutely to stand for senseless kicking orrowdy Base Ball. That is largely a thing of the past. Thecollege player can do much to erase such a condition foreverfrom the records of Base Ball. Six or seven years ago I was assigned by President B. of the American League to umpire that very importantevent of the year, the game between West Point and Annapolis,the two government schools. It was bitterly contested and filledwith close decisions, but not a serious objection was made byeither team. The game was played at Annapolis, West Poi
Spalding's official college base ball annual1911- . bsolutely to stand for senseless kicking orrowdy Base Ball. That is largely a thing of the past. Thecollege player can do much to erase such a condition foreverfrom the records of Base Ball. Six or seven years ago I was assigned by President B. of the American League to umpire that very importantevent of the year, the game between West Point and Annapolis,the two government schools. It was bitterly contested and filledwith close decisions, but not a serious objection was made byeither team. The game was played at Annapolis, West Pointwas the victor, and the captain of the Navy team was the firstman to offer his congratulations to the leader of the victoriousnine. It was a great game, a game played entirely on its merits,a game in which the rulings were accepted as just ones, and noattempt was made to influence decisions, through rowdy is the way every contest should be played. Such perform-ances by the college men will greatly help to bring about SPALDINGS ATHLETIC LIBRARY 19 Training the College Base Ball Player By Michael F. Martin,Trainer Washington American League Base Ball Club. The training of the average col-lege Base Ball squad should bedivided in two sections, the pre-liminary work being done indoorsat a period of the season whenweather conditions are not suit-able for open air practice. Thesecond section of the work comes,of course, when settled springweather is at hand and it is pos-sible for the players to leave theBase Ball cage or gymnasium fordiamond and turf. Much of thesuccess or failure of the ensuingseason depends upon the mannerand methods adopted for earlytraining. I am of the opinion that indoorpreliminary work is not, as a rule,very beneficial to a Base Ballplayer, but in certain sections ofthe country where winter and latespring weather makes it impos-sible for the squad to begin outdoor work until almost on theeve of the opening game of the schedule,
Size: 1263px × 1979px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectbasebal, bookyear1913
