To Stahl's arrangement of his infield probably is due much of the improvement in the team.
Not so heavy a batter as some of his rivals, he covered a great amount of ground for the Chicagos and steadied the infield throughout the year.
Moriarty was pressed into service there and did good work in an unfamiliar position; then the infield was shifted several times without marked benefit.
Mathewson could not advance the runners and died on an infield fly.
As the season warmed into the hotter months the infieldhad to be rearranged.
This switch and the return of Stahl, who is a grand mark to throw at on first base, gave the infield the same dash and confidence as the outfield possessed, and the addition of some pitching strength in Bedient and O'Brien did the rest.
Philadelphia's sterling young infield seemed to stand up all right all the year, but the outfield and the slab staff gave Connie Mack sleepless nights.
The outfield trio of wonderful performers did not perform any more wonders last year than in the previous season, but what had been holes on the infield were plugged tightly.
Almost every member of the visitors' infield managed to make an error, while Tom's wild throw to first in the third allowed Lesterville to add two runs to her already swelling score.
The Point infield was playing close and Jack knew that a bunt would not help any.
But the infieldsteadied down then and only three runs came over for the Live Wires.
Iredell went out on an infield catch, but Mylert came to the rescue with a sizzling hit that brought Becker to the plate amid frantic shouts from the New York rooters.
Both the outfield and infield were on their toes all the time, and drives that ordinarily would have gone for hits were turned into outs in dazzling fashion.
In the first half of the eighth, Cooper, of the Bostons, knocked up an infield fly that either Larry or Denton could have got easily.
Mylert went out on an infield fly, but the burly Burkett clouted a screaming triple to right, scoring both of his mates while he rested, grinning, at third.
That one hundred thousand dollar infield of the Athletics is a stone wall, but I think the Boston outfield is stronger.
That mammoth hit should have been the beginning of a rally, but Rance tightened up and the next three went out in order, one on strikes and the other two on infield outs.
Then, too, the infield would have been drawn in for a play at the plate, and that would have given a better chance for a hit to the outfield.
With the infield pulled in for a play at the plate, Jackwell double-crossed them by a single over short that scored Burkett with the fourth run for the Giants.
There was a series of rapid explosions as the driver shut off his motor, the machine swerved almost facing the infield fence and slid around the bend with a skidding lurch that threw a cloud of soil high in the air.
Lestrange turned to make ready, but paused beside the awed Dick to look over the infield toward the flaming blotch against the dark sky.
Old Man Curry trudged across the infield in the wake of the good horse Elisha.
He was wiping his mouth with an enormous handkerchief as he headed deliberately for theinfield fence.
With the exception of third base, second is the most difficult of the infield positions; it has been called the "keystone of the infield," and that very aptly.
Shortstop was covering second, and the infield was playing close.
Although the infield was fairly smooth, the lot further out was rough and clumpy, and it was risky work running for high flies, as Jim had proved to his cost.
There can be no question, though, that I remember the night when Minister Malden came home from the Infield Conference, a father of two days' standing.
It happened from time to time, this mysterious retreat into the moors, more frequently as the Infield Conference drew on and the hollows deepened in the minister's cheeks and his eyes shone brighter with foreboding.
He learned of things and sent me a letter; it found me at the Infield Conference the day before I came home that time to see my baby.
Often he would go through an inning this way and the three put outs would be made by the infield on grounders and the outfielders on flies.
With Larry at second and Burkett at first, they formed a stonewall infield that seldom let anything get away from them.
The whole Boston infield joined in running him down, and despite his doubling and twisting, he was run down and put out near third.
Russell popped up an infield fly that Willis and Iredell ran for but collided, the ball dropping between them.
The management of the team had strengthened the weak point in the infield by a winter trade that had brought to them "Rabbit" Baskerville, the crackerjack shortstop of the Braves.
The next was a slow one and resulted in a chop to the infield which Larry would have ordinarily gobbled up without trouble.
I happened to be there at one of the games, and he showed them up--hundred thousand dollar infield and all.
And nobody has played the infield as Curry does since I've been manager of the team.
Hamilton, whose blood was up, put on more steam, and the third player went out on an infield fly.
He struck out the next man, and followed that up by causing Hammond, the fifth batter, to put up a low, infield fly, which Woods looked after himself and caught.
Then there was a kick, as Moslof claimed that Makune dropped it purposely, and, as he had thrown the ball over to first on picking it up, Edwards was out on an infield fly, even though he had reached the base ahead of the ball.
It was too late to stop him when they saw the ball popped up into the air as an easy infield fly.
He knew that the rules declared a batter was out on an infield fly that could be handled, providing there was a runner on first; even though the fielder dropped the ball for the purpose of luring the man off first.
The Home Base must be of whitened rubber twelve inches square, so fixed in the ground as to be even with the surface, and so placed in the corner of the infield that two of its sides will form part of the boundaries of said infield.
The infield (where wheat is sown) is generally divided by the tenant into four divisions or breaks, as they call them, viz.
The farm-rooms in East Lothian, as in other districts, were divided into infield and outfield.
With the head of the list following Springer, the Oakdale boys hoped for the best; but Phil put up a dead easy infield fly that was smothered, and the visitors had lost another splendid opportunity.
Two infield flies followed, and it began to look as though Fred's hit had gone for nothing.
The next batter went out on an infield fly that held Frank anchored to the bag.
Bobby realized the wisdom of this, and made the next batter pop up an infield fly to Mouser at second.
But Oakes remained on the slab, and Nelson, seeking to drive the ball through an infield opening, batted straight at Carney, who winged the sphere across for a put-out.
His wonderment turned to dismay when the Texan skillfully poked a safety through the infield and went romping to first, cheered by the crowd.
Springer's teeth grated together as he beheld the entire Wyndham infieldprepare to handle Rod's bunt, while Newbert drove Josh back and held him as close as possible to the second sack.
He was still all eyes to the infield where his predecessor was gyrating.
As it was, his collar-bone snapped and he was carried off the infield on a stretcher and hurried to the hospital; which did not tend to make the other riders feel more cheerful.
To wear such gloves is making a travesty of skilful infield work in stopping hard hit, bounding or ground balls.
If the third strike is called in accordance with Section 4, Rule 43, in such case the Umpire shall, as soon as the ball is hit, declare infield or outfield hit.
A bunt hit is a deliberate attempt on the part of the Batsman to hit a ball slowly within the infield so that it cannot be fielded by any infielder in time to retire the batsman.
One reason for this was the introduction of the catcher's "big mitt" in the infield work--something that should not have been allowed.
But with the speedy batting of the hard ball now in use, the stopping of hard hit balls in the infield becomes dangerous to the fingers without the aid of small gloves.
He intended to bunt, and the Place infield knew it and drew in closer.
Weir fouled out upon the first ball pitched, and Blake, following him, forced Reddy out at second on aninfield hit.
Then Dale and his men began to bunt little infield flies over the heads of their opponents.
Before Ken got back to his position the second batter hit hard through the infield toward right.
Ken, after pitching to Dean for a while, batted to the infield and so had opportunity to see the improvement.
The Place infield trotted to deep short-field; the outfielders moved out and swung around far to the right.
Illustration: The way he throwed bombs he couldn't of took a baseball and hit the infield from second base (p.
Peter Plum, the fat right fielder, followed, poling out an infielddrive which, to the amazement of the crowd, he nearly turned into a safety by the most surprising dash to first.
Not only did Oleson miss, but he swung in a manner that made it doubtful if he would drive the ball out of the infield if he happened to hit one of that kind.
With Dayly and Lewis gone, the whole side of the infield is wide open.
In the sixth, with one down, King beat out an infield hit, reaching the initial sack safely by an eyelash.
But what an infield it would be, with three-fourths of the players "unripened"!
Colonel" Rickey, leading off for the Wind Jammers in the second, hoisted an infield fly, and expressed his annoyance in a choice Southern drawl as he went back to the bench.
At first Locke had no relish for a trade that would add to the Blue Stockings infield at the expense of the outfield, even though in his secret heart he knew Brock had during last season shown vague symptoms of slowing down.
The soil of the infield was mixed with a form of clay which, when wet and then rolled, was almost as hard as concrete.
With the infield weakened by the loss of Devlin, the club began to lose with great regularity.
I remembered the time several seasons ago when Doyle took offence at one of "Bob's" decisions and wrestled him all over the infield trying to get his wig off and show him up before the crowd.
But each one who witnessed the incident knew that when Doyle doubled down, spiked, most of our chances of the pennant went down with him, for it broke up the infield of the team at a most important moment.
If the batter hit the ball, the runner was in no attitude to get a start, and, on an infield tap, it was easy to make a double play.
Devore beat out an infield hit, and Doyle bunted and was safe, filling the bases.
He struck out Snodgrass, and Hemphill caught Murray's fly far too near the infield to permit me to try to score.
McGinnity, batting out to our infield in practice, insisted on driving Chance away from the plate before the Cubs' leader thought his team had had its full share of the batting rehearsal.
So the best infielder takes time to fit into the infield of a Big League club and have it hit on all four cylinders again.
He also forgot to send word, and here was the pitcher's box standing up out of the infield like one of the peaks of the Alps.
Bresnahan redraped his infield to try to stop this onslaught, and then McGraw switched.
Infield looked up and saw the lightning reflected on the blade of a thin knife.
Infield reached toward it more in fascination than fear.
Running down the streets that were tunnels of shining tar, running into the knifing ice bristles of the rain, Henry Infield realized that he was very frightened of the lightning.
Infield stepped into the main stream of human traffic and tried to adjust to the second change in the air.
Infield wasn't a large man, but he had pressed two hundred and fifty many times in gym.
The man's face paled so fast, Infield thought for an instant that he was going to faint.
