Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-04
MANY STYLES OF
STAR BATSNEN
~ an of the Hard Hitters Prove
To be Good
Ones.
rug PRESENT DAY SLuGGERs.
crawford and Harry Davis Are
Among Greatcst--List OF
The Leaders.

..o are good hitters and hard hit
=. baseball. Sometimes the words
Y. anonymous; sometimes they arc
~ The good hitter is not necessarily
w. bittor-hard being used in the
~ driving the bah away from
KAT hard. hitting II with great
,.c There are good hitters who 40
.o,d the ball away hard, but who
rrotcieut with the club because
aro skilrul and make many hits
Wy spea they make big averages
hard hitter, however, is likely TO
~" good hitter because the forciblc
Nosc, of bat against BAH often drives
hau with such speed that 1t gets
n the heders. !.
gtnne men produce their share Of
"a nitters. AS With the big men, it
he because of a hard swing or
ass ,,sa uf an accurate swing that
80 Inc ball squarely and thus makes
nm aimee OF exerted muscle tell.
v,nie Keller is an example of a player
nIsa GOOD hitter rather than a hard
st,sr Tic beats out good many IN
INA eroundurs with his speed In get
Ina 10 first base. ana he taps many
ssS hits to dnguarded spots, Fred
Tsnney is another who makes fewer
NV hits than hits in between" just
cyer the inheiders and just inside the
o0tieders,
Champion batsman. is ferocious hit
,sr He swings hard, though there is
nd great length to his swing and from
N. crouch gets 80 much weight into
NVhan hp hall
snsh 1t fairly huns. He makes many
line drive through the diamond; his
squarey met grounders so with such
forre that they are difficult to handle.
and when the ball lifts its force is
llsely to carry it over the fielder's head.
There is no harder hitter in baseball
than Justin Clark, the ball breaking
catcher Of the Clevelands, says the
Plain Dealer. He is a powerful bats
man He times the approach of the
bal from the pitcher beautifully,
makes the bat meet II so as TO get the
greatest resistance and just far enough
from the end of the bat to impart all
the force Of the swing.
Wagner a fine batsman and one of
those free hitters who connect with any
kind of a ball, is another Of whom 1t
may be said that he sometimes hits
bali too hard for distance. The ball,
having been reversed by the bat, may
go straight as a bullet. but having
started at a downward slant describes
n1arc at all and tears into the ground.
This naturally robs II of some OF its
speed and converts into a one-base
hit what would have been n two-bag-
Der or better had the bali gone up a
tribe as II left the bat. But the Dutch
man lands On hard fhnf ,phat xvpnI1 loa
an out for a hall struck with less force.
but In precisely the same way, becomes
a base hit with him.
WAGNER IS FREE HITTER.
Wagner's hard hitting prowess is
further shown by the way his curving
by balls carry when there is any sort
y solldity to the hit A three-quarter
inpact-the ball being struck below
he middle--would be an ordinary out
field fly and n sure out If made by
lnybody putting less force in the blow
han does the burly Teuton. Wagner,
however, does not always take long
wing. He can shift his style and
chop 4 ball. but he generally gets force
lld therefore makes more hits off balls
III on the handle than most players
hat Is, ball hit on the handle by him
more likely to go safe than if made
BY less robust slammer.
LARRY HITS EASY.
Iaioie is an easy hard hitter, so
% speak. He does not wrench him
At when he swings, Every part Of
nm Is under control and adjusted To
0hal he wants to do. He never is
que OF position, but with all the APP