Base ball for beginners . ny bat and hit with and take care of your own bat? Take it with you every-where you play. You cant do yourself justice with any butyour own bat. Yet many professional players yi^ill go out with-out their own bats and pick up and bat with any bat they canfind. This is doing themselves a great injustice. Own, prizeand take care of your own bat. PROPER GRIP ON THE BAT. The grip of the hands on the bat is important. The bestadvice that can be offered is to grip it after the fashion thatfeels best to you. Many great hitters grip the bat with thehands some distance a
Base ball for beginners . ny bat and hit with and take care of your own bat? Take it with you every-where you play. You cant do yourself justice with any butyour own bat. Yet many professional players yi^ill go out with-out their own bats and pick up and bat with any bat they canfind. This is doing themselves a great injustice. Own, prizeand take care of your own bat. PROPER GRIP ON THE BAT. The grip of the hands on the bat is important. The bestadvice that can be offered is to grip it after the fashion thatfeels best to you. Many great hitters grip the bat with thehands some distance apart. Cobb is one of these. Othergreat hitters place the hands as close together as possible. Ifavor this last grip. Cobb is unique, a freak, so to speak, inBase Ball. He bats with his head, his feet, everything. Mostplayers bat with the bat. If you are a Cobb, all right. Do asyou please. But the average boy will be an average player andshould follow the average, standard style. If he is an excep-tion, he will show it. -J. :i^^^ F^ WsBSr w \\ w ^ How Ruth starts his swin. Note that the forward foot and shoulderare far into the line of the pitch. Ruth waggles the bat and goes backfor his swing. ]\Iark the tremendous power Ruth gets into his right armand right side. Like a good golfer, he pulls the bat through, instead otshoving or pushing it Dcly. Thus Ruth gets his entire body into his swing. SPALDINGS ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 33 HOLDING THE BAT IN BALANCE. It is of the greatest importance that you shall grip the batso that it will balance well in the hand. Most boys grip thebat too close to the extreme end. Some bats balance well whenheld by the extreme end. Most bats balance best when held four or five inches from theend. A good deal depends on the strength of the hitter. Somebatters handicap themselves by holding the bat at the extremeend. This seems to make the blade of the bat too heavy andto have the effect of making the bat swing the batter instead ofthe batter swing the bat. F
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