Base ball for beginners . handicaps most amateurs. But hit before youstart to run. Every batter should be a good hunter. Pick the exact spoton which you wish to lay the ball. Stand flat-footed until theball actually meets your bat. Then run. Do not run and try to bunt as you are running. JesseBurkett, a famous hunter of the old Cleveland team, lost timeby not running before he bunted, but saved time by laying theball where the fielders had trouble reaching it. If a battermakes a fielder go two extra steps to get a ball he can run tensteps while the fielder is running two steps. Bat always, not
Base ball for beginners . handicaps most amateurs. But hit before youstart to run. Every batter should be a good hunter. Pick the exact spoton which you wish to lay the ball. Stand flat-footed until theball actually meets your bat. Then run. Do not run and try to bunt as you are running. JesseBurkett, a famous hunter of the old Cleveland team, lost timeby not running before he bunted, but saved time by laying theball where the fielders had trouble reaching it. If a battermakes a fielder go two extra steps to get a ball he can run tensteps while the fielder is running two steps. Bat always, not for yourself, but for the team. Practise batting as much as possible. You cant get too muchbatting practise. The chances are that you never will get halfenough batting practise. An hours batting practise and tenminutes fielding practise for each individual is my idea ofproper relation of the two departments of Base Ball. Battingis difficult. Fielding is easy. So batting needs ten times morepractise than fielding. /J/i W.
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