How to play base ball . n the bases the player should be taught to get on his toesready to start quickly and not stand as though riveted to theground. It is not necessary for a ball player to take too muchground in order to steal a base, he can be careful at the sametipie. But the ball player that has developed a good set of sprint-ing muscles can stand on his toes and will always be ready tostart in an intelligent way the minute the opportunity comes tohim to steal a base. An active man, a man lively on his feet, willalso annoy the pitcher, because the pitcher will know that heis a fast man,
How to play base ball . n the bases the player should be taught to get on his toesready to start quickly and not stand as though riveted to theground. It is not necessary for a ball player to take too muchground in order to steal a base, he can be careful at the sametipie. But the ball player that has developed a good set of sprint-ing muscles can stand on his toes and will always be ready tostart in an intelligent way the minute the opportunity comes tohim to steal a base. An active man, a man lively on his feet, willalso annoy the pitcher, because the pitcher will know that heis a fast man, trained in the art of sprinting, and he wont wastestrength and time trying to nail him at first. Everyone who hasever attended ball games has seen some big lumbering fellowleave first to steal second and be easily put out, to the great dis-gust of the rooters. Now that big man, unless he has entirelyneglected himself in so far as his health is concerned, can beimmeasurably improved. Of course, if he is a man that is ad-. RUSIE. Position just after throwing a fast ball to the batter. How to Play Base Ball 41 dieted to dissipation he will hardly like to stand the strain totake a little training in the sprinting line, but a man that wantsto make a record as a base-runner and hold his own up in fastcompany must be in pretty good physical condition to run thebases, and it is about time that captains of a ball team realize thatin order to have a good lively game that the men should betrained and trained properly. I would suggest that if a captaincannot secure the services of a professional trainer he take themin hand himself and in the spring of the year insist that everyman on that team practice sprinting for a short while each wont be as hard on the ball player as it would be on the manwho never did any running; therefore, there should be a seriesof races—scratch and handicap—among the members of the team,and the man on that particular team that is noted as the fastestsp
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