Base ball for beginners . Speakers standard stance and beautiful swing, started at the level of the shoulder. It is hard to imorove upon this. SPALDINGS ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 35 interferes with the surety of the eye. Never push the bat outin front of you and shake it or waggle it there. A quickdelivery will find you unready to hit—tie you up, as BaseBall players say. If you do hit, you hit late, then your swingis smothered by the ball and you put up a fly ball to theinfield. Most good batters use the gentle, easy waggle while atbat. A few hold the bat perfectly still, as far back as theyintend to
Base ball for beginners . Speakers standard stance and beautiful swing, started at the level of the shoulder. It is hard to imorove upon this. SPALDINGS ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 35 interferes with the surety of the eye. Never push the bat outin front of you and shake it or waggle it there. A quickdelivery will find you unready to hit—tie you up, as BaseBall players say. If you do hit, you hit late, then your swingis smothered by the ball and you put up a fly ball to theinfield. Most good batters use the gentle, easy waggle while atbat. A few hold the bat perfectly still, as far back as theyintend to hold it, and are always ready to hit from that position. If you must waggle the bat, do so easily, to and fro, along thelevel of the belt. Do not take up the bat and waggle it at thelevel of the shoulder or of the eyes; shake it at the pitcher, so tospeak. A low ball will worry a batter who waggles the batabove his shoulder. A fast ball will catch him unready to meetit. Similarly, a high ball will bother the batter who
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