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- The body protector and Catcher's mask
The body protector and Catcher's mask - The Catcher
The Catcher - The Catcher
In catching a high ball the hands should be held in the position shown in the following cut of Bushong, the fingers all pointing upward. Some players catch with the fingers pointing toward the ball, but such men are continually being hurt. A slight foul-tip diverts the course of the ball just enough to carry it against the ends of the fingers, and on account of their position the necessary result is a break or dislocation. But with the hands held as in this cut there is a "give" to the fingers and the chances of injury are much reduced. For a low ball the hands should be held so that the fingers point downward, and for a waist ball, by crouching slightly it may be taken in the same manner as a high ball. - The Coming Game - Yale versus Vassar
- The Crowd went wild
The Crowd went wild - The Manager of the team
The Manager of the team - The Umpire
The Umpire - The umpire did not see Gardner at all
The umpire did not see Gardner at all - Third baseman intercepting the slide of a runner from second
Third baseman intercepting the slide of a runner from second - Throw to first
Throw to first - Trying to steal home
Trying to steal home - Turning an error into an out
Turning an error into an out - Waiting to bat
Waiting to bat - We crossed the home-plate within three feet of each other
We crossed the home-plate within three feet of each other - We’ll Enter to Win, Boys!
- William Ewing
The accompanying cut of Ewing is an excellent representation of a batter, in the act of hitting. He not only swings the bat with the arms, but pushes it with the weight of the shoulders. The position is a picture of strength. In hitting at a high ball the bat should be swung overhand, in an almost perpendicular plane, and so, also, for a low ball, the batter should stand erect and cut underhand. If the bat is swung in a horizontal plane the least miscalculation in the height of the ball will be fatal. If it strikes above or below the centre line of the bat, it will be driven either up into the air or down to the ground. Whereas, if the bat is swung perpendicularly, the same mistake will only cause it to strike a little farther up or down on the bat, but still on the centre line, and if it misses the centre line it will be thrown off toward first or third, instead of up or down.