How to Win Games General Rules for Playmakers in Baseball
This 1918 essay by Hugh S. Fullerton argues that winning comes from strategic choices and timing in base running and hitting. It contrasts waiting teams with aggressive play, outlines the run and hit systems, signals, and double plays, and notes how managers adjust to pitcher strength and game stage.
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Detroit
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Athletics
America
New York Giants
Chicago White Sox
Connie Mack
Jones
Chicago Cubs
Chance
Pittsburg
Pirates
Fred Clark
Adams
Bush
Jennings
Marquard
Mack
Crawford
Cobb
McGraw
Sympathies by Grace Evanson
Maria and Silas run a farm and shelter Uncle John who turns out to hold a tontine worth twenty thousand on his eighty-ninth birthday. He foils their plans, leaves them only pennies, and bequeaths most to his young wife Mary Callaghan Smith, exposing deceit and charity in a small New England household.
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Silas
John
Maria
Mary Callaghan
Mary
Uncle John
Long Falls
Mary Callaghan Smith
W. G. Chapman
Prankster Confounds Doctor With Mock Artificial Arm
An elderly physician parts with a patient’s joke as a well dressed youth asks for treatment of a supposed psoriasis and eczema. The doctor estimates two months to cure and the lad reveals his left arm is artificial, painted for the ruse, then departs.
Glimpse of a boy in window causes quiet crowd
A line of small boys crowd the cottage gallery peering inside where a younger boy lies with his mouth held open. An eager crowd outside asks can you see him while instructors show the doctor says he has white spots on his throat.
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Hugh S. Fullerton
Evers
Tinker
McInnis
Collins
Barry
Manager Clark
Grace Evanson