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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
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Illustration No. 3—Roger Bresnahan of the Cubs giving signals. Ob-serve how he has his fingers hidden with knees, body and flap ofchest protector to prevent batter seeing signals from aboveshould he turn around. Correct form.
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Illustration No. 4—Roper Bresnahan of the Cubs. Note positionof thumb close to hand to prevent injury. Correct style. THE CATCHER 9 the proper conditions. Throw directly at thebag and not at a moving infielder, having pre-viously arranged with the second baseman andshortstop by means of signs which one willcover. The player covering is supposed tobe there when the ball arrives. Make yourtarget the bag about a foot above the ground.This requires a great amount of practice. Thesame applies in throwing to third base. Drivethe ball at the bag. Many boys complain when they first startto catch that they cannot help blinking theireyes as the batter swings at the ball—a trickwhich makes them worthless as catchers andgreatly increases the dangers of the job.There is only one way to overcome this blink-ing tendency and that also is by practice.The boy must get used to the hitter swingingthe bat and pay no attention to it. The goodcatchers hardly see the bat swing. Most anyboy can overcome t

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