The art of batting and base running To which is added the art of base running . HIT-TING, SACRIFICE HITTING, WITHNEW BATTLVG RULES FOR iS86. TO WHICH IS ADDED HE ART OF BISE RUNNING TOGETHER WITH INTS ON PLAYING POINTS IN THE GAME—HOWTO MANAGE A TEAM—HOW TOCAPTAIN A NINE, Etc. ILLUSTRATED BY GEO. H. BEIS^EDICT. /^N^^^^ MAY 1 ]m. (Copyrighted.) V q, ) ^ ^ ; I PUBLISHED BY A. G. Spalding & Bros., ^41 BROADWAY, 1Q8 MADISON ST. HEW YORK, •,,.., CHICAGO. PREFACE. This revised work on Batting and Base Runningwill be found to be greatly improved over the sepa-rate books on the same subject of 1885. E
The art of batting and base running To which is added the art of base running . HIT-TING, SACRIFICE HITTING, WITHNEW BATTLVG RULES FOR iS86. TO WHICH IS ADDED HE ART OF BISE RUNNING TOGETHER WITH INTS ON PLAYING POINTS IN THE GAME—HOWTO MANAGE A TEAM—HOW TOCAPTAIN A NINE, Etc. ILLUSTRATED BY GEO. H. BEIS^EDICT. /^N^^^^ MAY 1 ]m. (Copyrighted.) V q, ) ^ ^ ; I PUBLISHED BY A. G. Spalding & Bros., ^41 BROADWAY, 1Q8 MADISON ST. HEW YORK, •,,.., CHICAGO. PREFACE. This revised work on Batting and Base Runningwill be found to be greatly improved over the sepa-rate books on the same subject of 1885. Especiallyis this the case in regard to the additions made to it inthe form of the new features of the best batting aver-ages, and in hints on The Points of the Game, andon the management of professional club teams. Thetwo books, Nos. 3 and 4, which include Pitching,Fielding, Batting and Base Running, in fact, form alittle library of instructive chapters on every point inbase ball, useful as well as interesting to every player,whether professional or amateur. ?K-:. ROGER CONNOR, CHAMPION LEAGUE BATTER OF 1SS5. Roger Connor hails froin , Conn., and he first played withthe Monitors of that city in 1S76. He joined the NeW York club in 1SS3,and he has been in that club ever since. His play at first base in theNew York nine has been up to the hig-hest mark, while as a heavy hitter atthe bat he has no superior. His honorable conduct on and ofiE the fieldmakes him a valuable member of New Yorks League team. INTRODUCTION. A noteworthy feature of the improvement whichhas taken place in the general playing of the game ofbase ball, has been the marked difference in the ad-vance made in the fielding department compared tothat of the batting. In the progress of education inthe knowledge of what may be termed the scienceof the game, the art of batting has greatly laggedbehind that of fielding ; and one reason for this hasbeen the fact that but little attention has been paid to
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