. The Chicago amateur base ball annual and inter-city base ball association year book. thebat. Timing the hit consists of so measuring the force of the blow 5nhitting the pitched ball as to enable the batsman to place the ball as*he may desire. THE POINT OF TIMING THE HIT. In acquiring the art of timing the hit in batting, the batsmanshould first learn the bearings of the natural swing of the bat inmeeting the ball, and the different effect of a swift and a slow strokein forming these bearings. Measuring the semi-circular line of theswing of the bat from its position as it is held over the sho
. The Chicago amateur base ball annual and inter-city base ball association year book. thebat. Timing the hit consists of so measuring the force of the blow 5nhitting the pitched ball as to enable the batsman to place the ball as*he may desire. THE POINT OF TIMING THE HIT. In acquiring the art of timing the hit in batting, the batsmanshould first learn the bearings of the natural swing of the bat inmeeting the ball, and the different effect of a swift and a slow strokein forming these bearings. Measuring the semi-circular line of theswing of the bat from its position as it is held over the shoulder, tothe point of its meeting the ball, it will be seen that the swiftness ofthe stroke has a great deal to do with giving direction to the slow stroke will meet tte ball back of the base ; a medium strokewill meet it on the line of the base, and a quick stroke in front of lines of these strokes are shown in the following diagram. Theslow stroke would send the ball toward the right field : the mediumstroke toward the center and the quick stroke to left field. ^-ri. In studying up this point 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 mo
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