Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 147, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1918 — GREAT BASE RUNNING [ARTICLE]

GREAT BASE RUNNING

Arthur Fletcher, by fast sprinting and keen judgment, achieved a feat seldom accomplished in baseball in a recent game at the Polo Grounds between the Giants and Braves by scoring from first base on a single to center field by Lew McCarty. After Larry Doyle had popped to Herzog, Fletcher singled to deep center, after which Powell made a great catch of Holke’s long drive. On the next play McCarty dropped a hit in center field between Powell and W’ickland and Fletcher, who started with the pitcher’s throw, scored all the way from first. It was a great piece Of base running, the equal of which seldom has been seen on any ball field in the major leagues.