The state herald., 1910-07-15


KEGS. who is regarded as the pitching
nnd of the American league this year.
has helped to prove the oft-repeated
assertion that dope" on baseball
teams Is the most uncertain Of any In
sport.
There is the turf dope" for In
stance. The experts have been fairly
able to figure that II "Cinch" beats
Sure Thing and Lead Pipe" throws
dirt In the eyes OF both Of them. It is
as good as money in your pocket to
have bet on "Sinecure" when he is
in a race with "Cinch" and Sure
Thing because he has recently trim
med Lead Pipe" Sometimes 1t fails.
but more often It will not.
In pugilism Pug" and "Knocker-
out" battle to a draw. Left Swing"
hammers the life out Of Right Jab."
Then Right lab" turns around and
trims Pug" Along comes Upper
Cut" and he whales both Left Swing
and Right Jab." Then some pro-
moter matches Upper Cut" and
"Knockerout" Who should win? The
dope says upper Gut
But in baseball you have to ngure
on too many men. SO when the sea-
son started there were few who
thought the stallings bunch would be
such troublemakers In the American
league. 1t was because they did not
know Just how good Ford Is. Some
persons say he Ii a better spit ball
artist than Ed Walsh. which is going
some. The youngster won seven
straight before he lost game. It Is
agreed that his great twirling has had
much to do with putting the New York
team up near the top. thereby showing
how impossible It is to dope" a base
ball team.
Umpire Bill Evans asked Ford the
other day II he really knows which
way his spit ball delivery is going to
break. Ford's answer was that he
would demonstrate, and. according to
Bill. he broke the splitter Just as he
said he would. On the strength OF
what ball players and umpires say
about the New York phenom. II is not
ut all hard to understand why he has
been meeting with such success.
Every batter of any class can be d.
yidcd into throe divisions. according
TO some Of our most prominent UNI
pires. Larry IAjoie leads one sec
tion. Ty Cobb the second and Frank
Schultz the third. In other words.
these three great batterx are the most
typical OF their divisions.
Lsjoie Of Cleveland. who has stood
as a leading American and National
league sluggcr for years. stands up
20" the ball with only tribe of n
bond, and swings his bat slowly. He
does not exactly walk into tho ball.
being more Of onc-basc swatter than
a cleanup hitter. This il the most re.
liable type perhaps. Tho performer
being surer hitter. Others OF the
same class arc Wagner of the Pirates.
Willie Keller. now Of tho Giants and
a former Highlander. and Johnnie
Evers Of the Cubs and Crawford OF
the Tigers. 0ssslcr Of Washington
and stnhl OF tho Boston Red sox are
other notable examples.
Ty Cobb. the great Tiger sluSger. IN
tho nervous type. His body forms n
sort OF nm arch. and he swings his bat
faster and faster ns the pitcher un.
winds He puts NIL the strength Of his
body into tho ANAL swing. and n he
hits the ball Il II good night" This
IL tho cleanup type. Doubles. triples
and home runs often fall TO the lot Of
the leaders In this division. Tho Cubs
have many In their lineup who bat nc.
cordinE 10 this style. Manager Chance
IL one and Joe Tinker another. Terry
Turner Of tho Maps falls into tho
same category. and 30 does killifcr Of
tho Senators.
Then comes tho silent type. best OF.
emplined by Frank Schultz Of tho
Cuba. To tho average fan these bat.
tiers appear careless. They stand iits