How to play base ball . CLARENCE BEAUMONT The heavy hitting centre fielder of the Pittsburgs. who was among the first ten batsmen in 1903. How to Play Base Ball. 23 at the art o£ laying the ball down. The bat should not be heldfirmly, and the ball should be allowed to hit it. The most essential thing to watch when desiring to bunt isthat the ball be over the plate. Dont go after it unless it iswaist high, until you are forced to. Trying to bunt wild pitchesis a failing which many players have and they are the ones whonever learn to bunt. When a pitcher expects a bunt he keeps theball high, for
How to play base ball . CLARENCE BEAUMONT The heavy hitting centre fielder of the Pittsburgs. who was among the first ten batsmen in 1903. How to Play Base Ball. 23 at the art o£ laying the ball down. The bat should not be heldfirmly, and the ball should be allowed to hit it. The most essential thing to watch when desiring to bunt isthat the ball be over the plate. Dont go after it unless it iswaist high, until you are forced to. Trying to bunt wild pitchesis a failing which many players have and they are the ones whonever learn to bunt. When a pitcher expects a bunt he keeps theball high, for it is almost impossible to bunt a high ball. Whenit comes to bunting, the left handed batsman has so much the bet-ter of the right bander that it is seldom, indeed, that a righthanded man beats out a bunt. The left hander can place his batagainst the ball and be away from the plate before it has hit theground. The right hander can hardly do this without making afailure of his efforts to bunt. It is not a bit harder to
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