"Speed alone doesn't count, while strength alone isn't of much value. You've got to use your head. The team with the noodle is the one that invariably wins in the long run. The theme of baseball is much like that of prize fighting. Speed and strength must be mixed thoroughly with brains."
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, as quoted in "Why Chicago Wins Games; Fielder Jones Divulges His Secret of Winning Ball Games," Detroit Free Press (April 28, 1907), p.&n bsp;20
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