Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-07-10

Russell Ford OF the New York Yam
KEGS, who is regarded as the pitching
find 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 If "Cinch" beats
"'Sure Thing" and Lead Pipe" throws
dirt in the eyes Of both Of them, 1t Is
as good as money in your pocket to
have bet on "Sinecure" when he Is
In q race with "Cinch" and Sure
Thing' because he has recently trim
med Lead Pipe" Sometimes 1t falls,
but more often 1t 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
Out" 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 Cut"
But in baseball you have to figure
on too many men. So when the sea-
son started there were few who
thought the Stallings bunch would be
such troublenakers in the American
league. 1t was because they did not
l,,,k Ford &c Snma
persons say he is better spit ball
artist than Ed Walsh. which is going
some. The youngster won seven
straight before he lost a game. 1t 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 1t is to dope base
ball team.
Umpire Bill Evans asked Ford the
other day If 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, It is not
at all hard to understand why he has
been meeting with such success.
Every batter Of any class can be d.
vided into three divisions, according
to some OF our most prominent um-
pires. Larry Lajoie leads one Sec
ton, Ty Cobb the second and Frank
Schultz the third, in other words,
these three great batters are the most
typical Of their divisions.
La1oie Of Cleveland, who has stood
as leading American and National
league slugger for years, stands up
to" the ball with only a trif1e of
bend, and swings his bat slowly. He
does not exactly walk into the ball,
being more Of one-base swatter than
q cleanup hitter. This is the most re-
liable type perhaps. The performer
being a surer hitter. Others OF the
same class are Wagner Of the Pirates,
Willie Keller, now Of the Giants and
Q former Highlander, and Johnnie
Evers Of the Cubs and Crawford Of
the Tigers. Gessler Of Washington
and stahl Of the Boston Red Sox are
other notable examples.
Ty Cobb, the great Tiger slugger. 10
the nervous type. His body forms a
sort Of an arch, and he swings his bat
faster and faster as the pitcher I'M
winds. He puts all the strength of HIS
body into the final swing, and II he
hits the ball It IL good night" This
n the cleanup type. Doubles, triples
and home runs often fall to the lot of
the leaders in this division. The Cubs
have many in their lineup who bat &C.
cording to this style. Manager Chance
q one and Joe Tinker another. Terry
Tuner Of the Maps falls into the
same category, and % does Killifer Of
The Senators.
; Thsn comes the silent type, best ex.
saps4aed By Frank Schultz Of the
o. 10 he average tan these bat,
fsE0 sDDsa1 careless. They stand lks