Base ball for beginners.. by Sheridan John B

Author:Sheridan, John B. [from old catalog]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Baseball
Publisher: New York, American sports publishing company
Published: 1920-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

Bad stand and bat grip. Forward foot and shoulder away from plate. Bat held out of balance.

bat too close to the extreme end. Some bats balance well when held by the extreme end.

Most bats balance best when held four or five inches from the end. A good deal depends on the strength of the hitter. Eugene Paulette apparently handicaps himself by holding his bat at the extreme end. This seems to make the blade of the bat too heavy and to have the effect of making the bat swing Paulette instead of Paulette swing the bat. I think that Paulette would be a much better hitter if he held the bat shorter, in good balance. Fielder Jones once made Paulette hold the bat in balance some four or five inches from the end. The player looked much better batting that way. But he must have disliked the style. He returned to his old habit oi holding the bat by the extreme) end. Frank Schulte, a great hitter, held his bat at the extreme end. It balanced there. Schulte's bat had but an inch or two of hitting face, right on the end. Only a man of great wrist power and of extra good eye could use such a bat effectively. The average batter will find a medium bat', which balances four or five inches from the end, with as long a hitting face as possible, most serviceable.

Many good hitters "choke," that is, hold, the bat far up the handle and hit with a short chop rather than with a swing. Billy Keeler, a great hitter,, was the leading exponent of this style. '^Choking" the bat is advisable for boys who lack really good eyes. A "choked" bat and "chop" swing, a wide stance and shortened hitting step, are to be recommended to boys who lack good eyes and who have a habit of stepping away from the pitch; also for boys who look for bases on balls. Miller Huggins was a good exponent of the Keeler "choked" bat, chop-hitting and short-stepping style.

THE WAGGLE AT THE PLATE.

While standing to the plate, awaiting the pitcher's pleasure, the batter "waggles" or swings the bat tO' and fro. A few batters hold the bat on the shoulder without motion.

Which method is best?

There ca:n be no harm in the waggle or gentle horizontal motion of the bat to and fro, provided the motion is not violent and is to the rear of the batter rather than in front of him. A quick or violent waggle is bad. It tends to throw the batter off balance, enables the pitcher to catch him off balance and interferes with the surety of the eye. Never push the bat out in front of you and shake it or waggle it there. A quick delivery will find you unready to hit—"tie you up," as Base Ball players say. If you do hit, you hit late, then your swing is "smothered" by the ball and you put up a fly ball

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