Clipping:Sliding technique; hook slide
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| Date | Wednesday, January 4, 1888 |
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| Text | Little Hugh Nicol, of Cincinnati, one of the most successful base-stealers in the profession, concerning his methods of stealing, says: “I play as far off of first as to make it nip and tuck which will get back first, me or the ball. Then I set my left spikes and get a spring in that foot. At the first and faintest motion to pitch I fire myself away from that left foot and make a gain of five feet anyhow, and then it's a spring for second. Most players began to slide to soon. You don't want to slide until within about eight feet of the base, for you're losing speed when on the grounds. Always, just the instant before making the dip, I look to see how the ball is coming. If it's coming high I take the bally-bust in front of the baseman, for nine out of ten of them swing back with the ball, and I ain't there. That fools them. If it's coming low I go behind them and twist out with my right toe and left knee. If it's going to a a pretty close thing and the ground is good and dry, I've got all my legs and arms to kick up a big dust, so the umpire can't see how the thing is, and my story is as good as the second baseman's when the cloud clears away, don't you see? |
| Source | The Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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