Identifier: howtoplaybasebal00mcgr (find matches)
Title: How to play baseball, a manual for boys
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: McGraw, John Joseph, 1873-1934. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Baseball
Publisher: New York and London, Harper & brothers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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and bring-ing him back. Do not let him take too big alead on a critical play, and have a sign ar-ranged with the catcher so you can ask for athrow in case you think the runner is goingdown too far each time the pitcher delivers theball. You must hold the runner up to the bag.I am not going into the intricacies of thirdbase play when the double steal is discussed. Ishall take up the double steal—that is, withrunners on first and third bases—under thehead of Team Work. But I shall say herethat the third baseman plays one of the leadingparts in breaking it up. His duty is to stickclose by his bag, because one of the best waysof stopping a double steal is to have the thirdbaseman cover the bag and instruct the catcherto hurl the ball to third instead of second, aftermaking a bluff throw at second to draw therunner off third, who has been led to believethe catcher will really throw to second. ManyBig Leaguers are caught by this trick, and itshould be very effectual in the minor leagues
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Illustration No. 25—Great form and style to copy. Eddie3Collins of the Athletics, a light man, meeting one with allthe power of his body and arms. The ball goes fromhis bat like a bullet from a rine.

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