Excerpt from How to Play Second BaseDabblers in the art of Base Ball are Often heard to remark that second base-is the position of the has-been. It may be conceded that it may be a last stopping place for the player who has physically seen better days; but it will never be covered satisfactorily by the player whose mental alertness has gone back or, worse yet, who never had any mental alertness. Second base is pre-eminently a position for a quick thinker, and while the player holding it may be pardoned for possessing an arm or a pair of legs that have slightly slowed up in diamond ser vice, the bonehead would better endeavor to hide his lack of light under another bushel.Glance over the second basemen of renown and, while they may have distinguished themselves in other departments as well, in the matter Of brains - in the ability to outguess and circum vent attack by skillful defense - they stand supreme. The names of Evers, Lajoie, Collins, Huggins, Miller, Schaefer and Wil liams will live long in Base Ball history.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.