The reliable book of outdoor games. Containing official rules for playing base ball, foot ball, cricket, lacrosse, tennis, croquet, etc (1893)
Chadwick, Henry, 1824-1908 · New York, F. M. Lupton · leaf 12
he bat in a matchgame ; the result is that batsmen learn to batballs in the air instead of batting them to theground. TEAM WORK AT THE BAT. This great essential in successful batting isonly accomplished when the batting side go tothe bat solely to bat base runners around thediamond, and not when… … forward runners on the bases ; and this is bestaccomplished when single base hits are made,for then the least fatigue is encountered in run-ning bases. Long showy hits to the outfieldaffording chances for catches do not count inteam work at the bat. It is only the placedball from the bat that tells…
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