Clipping:The duties of the second baseman; delayed double steal
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| Date | Saturday, March 11, 1871 |
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| Text | [The second baseman] is required...to cover second base and to play “right short stop,” but his position in the field must be governed entirely by the character of the batting he is called upon to face. If a hard hitter comes to the bat and swift balls are being sent in, he should play well out in the field, between right field and second base, and be on the qui vive for long bound balls or high fly balls, which drop between the out-field and the second base line. When the batsman makes his first base the second baseman comes up and gets near his base in readiness to receive the ball from the catcher. ... When the first baseman runs after the ball hit by the striker the second baseman should at once make for the first base, as he is generally nearer to it than either the short stop or pitcher when balls are being hit between first and second bases. ... When a player is on the first base and another on the third, the second baseman should be on the watch, so as to make a prompt return of the ball when the catcher throws to the second and the man on the third attempts to run home on the throw. There is ample time for a ball to be thrown from home to second and back to put out a player running home, if the throwing is accurate and swift and the catching sure. This was a regular point with Allison and Sweasy last season. |
| Source | New York Clipper |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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