April 20, 1913 - The Washington Post - ELBERFELD FAVORS VARIED PROCEDURE
ELBERFELD FAVORS VARIED PROCEDURE
Former National Teaching Chattanooga Players to Keep Opponents Guessing
Chattanooga, Tenn. - April 19 - There will be a whole lot of variegated baseball shown Chattanooga fans this summer. Manager Elberfeld is a determined opponent of the old "seven and six" stuff, bunting every time with a man on first and none out, waiting until two are out to steal and the like. Instead, there will be all sorts of things doing while the Chattanooga players are at the bat. The intention will be to have the enemy guessing at every turn.
Elberfeld was know as a hit-and -run fiend in the majors. He believes in this play, even as John McGraw, when a good batter is at the bat, one who is sure to hit the ball somewhere and on the ground. If the enemy's infield is playing back, of course, the bunt can be put on; but if the draw up in a bunt array, the usual comment will be to hit her out. At any rate, the locals will not play right into the opposition's hands, as they have done on so many occasions, heretofore.
The same policy of varied attack, as well as varied defense, will be carried out in other departments of play, most of which are too technical to be argued outside of the player's camp. The "Kid" spent many seasons with Clark Griffith, and Griff is known as the most thorough teamwork and signal manager in the majors.
Elberfeld has a superb set of battery signals this year, and there will be no signal tipping. The other signals will be hard to fathom also. Last season nearly every club in the league seemed to divine Chattanooga's steal signal, and the base runners went out at the the expense of many pitchouts.
Former National Teaching Chattanooga Players to Keep Opponents Guessing
Chattanooga, Tenn. - April 19 - There will be a whole lot of variegated baseball shown Chattanooga fans this summer. Manager Elberfeld is a determined opponent of the old "seven and six" stuff, bunting every time with a man on first and none out, waiting until two are out to steal and the like. Instead, there will be all sorts of things doing while the Chattanooga players are at the bat. The intention will be to have the enemy guessing at every turn.
Elberfeld was know as a hit-and -run fiend in the majors. He believes in this play, even as John McGraw, when a good batter is at the bat, one who is sure to hit the ball somewhere and on the ground. If the enemy's infield is playing back, of course, the bunt can be put on; but if the draw up in a bunt array, the usual comment will be to hit her out. At any rate, the locals will not play right into the opposition's hands, as they have done on so many occasions, heretofore.
The same policy of varied attack, as well as varied defense, will be carried out in other departments of play, most of which are too technical to be argued outside of the player's camp. The "Kid" spent many seasons with Clark Griffith, and Griff is known as the most thorough teamwork and signal manager in the majors.
Elberfeld has a superb set of battery signals this year, and there will be no signal tipping. The other signals will be hard to fathom also. Last season nearly every club in the league seemed to divine Chattanooga's steal signal, and the base runners went out at the the expense of many pitchouts.
