Spalding's official college base ball annual1911- . sterday several of the players made some wonderfulstops, and every time they were at the ball. Their throwing isgood and accurate on the whole. Their worst tendency is theyplay the batter instead of the runner when men are on of reliable coaching is responsible for this. They still havemuch to learn in the art of batting, but even so they did fairlywell with the willow. They meet the ball too high and the conse-quence is most of their drives go high for easy outs. Buntingplays no part in their artillery attack, their main desire be
Spalding's official college base ball annual1911- . sterday several of the players made some wonderfulstops, and every time they were at the ball. Their throwing isgood and accurate on the whole. Their worst tendency is theyplay the batter instead of the runner when men are on of reliable coaching is responsible for this. They still havemuch to learn in the art of batting, but even so they did fairlywell with the willow. They meet the ball too high and the conse-quence is most of their drives go high for easy outs. Buntingplays no part in their artillery attack, their main desire being tohit the ball as hard as possible. Also their hits are not wellplaced. They do not look for the weak spots. When they dohit the sphere, however, it goes sailing, for they put every muscleinto play in an endeavor to hit it hard. On the bases the men arelively, but there is no thought attached to their movements. Theyare reckless base runners and easy prey for cunning pitchers andquick infielders. With better knowledge they would do \l^<MMi^.s^ml A. Asam, Kan Yen Chun, F. Toon, Albert K. Akana (Capt.), Sing Hung Ho,Hoon Ki, Hong Chack, V. Ayau, Goo Sun,HIGH TOURED THE UNITED STATES IN 1912, 42 SPALDINGS ATHLETIC LIDRAKY. The Advisability of the Collede ManEntering Professional Base Ball By David L. Fultz, New York. In recent years the college man has grown to be a very im-portant factor in professional Base Ball. Many of the starsplaying the game to-day received their early training at ourinstitutions of learning. Twenty years ago almost no collegemen entered the professional ranks, but to-day, owing to thesize of the salaries paid and the high position the game holdsin public favor, it is proving a most attractive employment forthe college athlete who is sufficiently well equipped physicallyand temperamentally to make good. Whether or not it is advisable for the qualified college playerto go into professional Base Ball is a much mooted question,and one which
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