Outing . f the latter organization play what iscalled a close game. Generally theyare more evenly matched. Often onerun will decide the issue. They are aptto be more conservative. Knowing that Chicago anticipatedsuch a style of play, the Athleticsplanned a gigantic double cross. Theydiscarded the so-called American Leaguebaseball, and played the slashing, take-every-chance game more characteristicof the National League. The Cubswere taken off their guard. Never hadthey dreamed that the Athletics woulduse such tactics. It was the element ofsurprise that tilted the balance in Phila-delphias favo
Outing . f the latter organization play what iscalled a close game. Generally theyare more evenly matched. Often onerun will decide the issue. They are aptto be more conservative. Knowing that Chicago anticipatedsuch a style of play, the Athleticsplanned a gigantic double cross. Theydiscarded the so-called American Leaguebaseball, and played the slashing, take-every-chance game more characteristicof the National League. The Cubswere taken off their guard. Never hadthey dreamed that the Athletics woulduse such tactics. It was the element ofsurprise that tilted the balance in Phila-delphias favor at the outset and by out-guessing the Cubs continually the Ath-letics applied more and more pressureto the scale pans. The game begins; so does the out-guessing. Schulte, the wiry Chicagooutfielder, reaches first base. Hofmanjumps alongside the plate, swinging hisbat menacingly. Out in the pitchersbox, Bender, the Indian, shows histeeth in a smile. But Thomas, thecatcher, is peering between the wires of. FRANK CHANCE, CUBS Whom the fans regard as the greatest exponentof inside baseball. his mask at Schulte, a dancing figure offfirst base. Thomas guesses that Chicagois about to try the hit and run play—Schulte is to run as soon as Bender ex-tends his pitching arm and Hofman isto hit the ball, wherever it may be. The catcher crouches and signalsBender for the pitch out—a ball wideof the plate that Hofman cannot reach,thus enabling Thomas to throw outSchulte at second base. So Benderpitches the desired ball; Hofman swingswildly and futilely; Thomas whips theball down to second; Schulte is cutdown. If Thomas had not guessed theplay, Hofman would have placed aground hit on which Schulte would havedashed to third. And so it went all through the examples are legion. But let usselect an example, afforded by twoother teams. From the foregoing wesaw how the defense outguessed thebatter. Detroit and Cleveland willshow us how the batter outguessed thedefense. It was in one
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