Base ball for beginners . -<to«4^^. The Cut. Ball hit after it has passed the center of the plate to cutover third base. SPALDINGS ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 47 Very few Base Ball players cut well. Yet the stroke is avery essential one. It demands a fast ball, a quick eye and apair of strong wrists. The arms and body cut little figure inthe cut s-troke. As the cut of a left-handed batter attacks theweakest spot on the diamond, third base, it should be practisedby left-handed hitters. Jesse Burkett, a great left-handed hitter,was almost entirely a cutter, ^ BE A GOOD WAITER. Try to be what is known a
Base ball for beginners . -<to«4^^. The Cut. Ball hit after it has passed the center of the plate to cutover third base. SPALDINGS ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 47 Very few Base Ball players cut well. Yet the stroke is avery essential one. It demands a fast ball, a quick eye and apair of strong wrists. The arms and body cut little figure inthe cut s-troke. As the cut of a left-handed batter attacks theweakest spot on the diamond, third base, it should be practisedby left-handed hitters. Jesse Burkett, a great left-handed hitter,was almost entirely a cutter, ^ BE A GOOD WAITER. Try to be what is known as a good ball hitter. Make thepitcher pitch until he gives you a good ball to hit. Do not bea bad ball hitter. Make him put them over the plate. A goodwaiter, a batter who makes the pitcher throw from seven toten balls, is a valuable man on a team, even if he does not hitvery heavily. Learn to get away quickly after you hit. A slow getawayafter the hit handicaps most amateurs. But hit before youstart to run. Every batter should be a g
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