The sun., 1910-06-12
TOPICS OF THV DIAMOND
REMlRkS ~ M0RAW ON An
RANGING BATTING ORDER.
New Vera Americas Ter ths Firsi Time
Have = nellAhle ssuthDaw P1teheg
-rook I.oRg WhIie q Get Elim-Cosn-
parati,e speed &C i've Big Leagues.

-r0uk t.oaH Whlle q Get mim-N en-
paratiNe speed &C I've Me Leagues.
In the.s days When bassbail ID more
popular than ever. for the good and sui-
ncient reason that u \ more sCieniihc and
Interesting. the arrnnsement of The batting
order plays q big part IN the seisncs Of the
attack The subject gives the mAnagsr
much thought In the spring When he b
shaping up bis individuals. trying 10 bring
about an interdependence Of adjustment.
~ a. b. Sc the hesi resulis. The hattink
ability OF each hitter must b considered.
his hase running ability. bis skill In hitting
% certain fields and bis uharpneus Of eye
In waiting
i What the different men can do must
be- considered separately and ~ q whole.
and then they are grouped In the batting
order With relation 10 one anOiher's gtfts
ami the vhOls team. Primarily the idea
r. % bunch the good hitters a. much a.
possible fOF consecutive hitting is a way
of getting runs a. effective as 4 is ele-
msutaFy. The plan axes on q more subtle
aspect vhen individual peouliarities are
reckOned With. The JOB has q metaphyr-
ioai side remperament Il an nhuence.
a. well a. meChanicsl ability.
some players are 20 iituted that they
do better In one position than In another.
do better ahead Of a certain batter. for
Instance, than behind him Take q batter
vho doesn want 10 no hRmpened mach
vth Ord-r- and Who plays better when
allowed to do his Oun planning. and he "
do better 81 the hat and on the bases ahead
Of a man Wllo likes 10 work vith hia sncceasor
than behind him
Last wear Bridwell baited behind Devlin
in the Giants line up. but this year be IL
batting ahead 0f him. FoF that matter,
he h hitting better than Devlin. but John
McGrnS explained the other day that
smother reason Tor the change vas temper-
ament Bridpell doesn't Ike 10 Be inter
fered With a. the bat. Mo0raw says. and
Devlin couldn't run with him - he wanted
70. McGraw also aid some other thinGa
about = batting order a. fOilOWs
The lead on man should be rood a.
getting on Ne must have a good eye. be
fast and q hard man 70 pitch 10. In picking
she second man you want 10 loOk for ons
who is fast enough not % be doubled easily
and one who can pull a ball around 70 right
Geld 10 order 10 send the hrsi man around
10 third base on the hit The third and
fourth men are hard hitiers. and the fourth
man is the cleanup hitter Then with the
others the thing 10 do u 70 set the GOOd
hitteFs and good base runners together 10
ret the most runs possible
Il seymour a. good = cleanup hitter
! a. Murray!-
No. / don't know that he h. but the
reason Murray comes ahead OF seymour
IA that he is a better base runner and can
do more ahead Of than behind seymour
study Of the batting orders Of the big
league teams will shOW that the same IDEAS
hold for all The lead oH mon are almost
without exception fast, good walters and
mentioned Hes her. Burch, EreTs. Huggina
nevore, y. lones. Bates, Milan. Hemphhl
Hurtsel ana stone There are a lot oi leit
handlers among the .econe men. mn yho
can hit 70 night. such - Woiter, who hits
10 both nelds Doyle. sheckard. CLARKE,
LeliveH. Ellis DaubeTt and Niles or II
they aren ief, banded histers they are fast
M fbss sS'S com. M y,S Toar hsrd hHt.rs and clean.
up hittsrs, such ~ Murray Chasa, iapprts,
Chanre. Mitch hell. Gesaler Cobh, Crawford,
WAGNER. aho has heen shifted % third
sssS:S, rssn''I .ss sh % sas sPaiS aa. lS cara r.
ioie. Colilns and Davis
The New York Ameriosa Isasus Club
hRa 4 PLAYER this year that it has henn tFtine
ever since h. sxistencs 70 get. a reliable isii
handed pitcher F0r seven yearR the higp.
lAnders Wsnt along Nithout this easential
10 sai,,ess ~ course N a team had q corps
Fords Maiiins. Bsndsrs. Josses. lohRsons.
Overalls OF Walshea t could disnenae With
leff handler hut ID doean't 20 20 iced op-
p0nenis riEhi handlers AZ the !iIae The
measures % 70 the northpawa VII come
raurh nearer winning the pennant No veil
regulated ball family can AFFORD 70 be with-
out one
had Tor a eft hander Jesse Tahnehiil bui
Tas ave iI 40. b,s Ambrose Psitmsnn. Who
vas n ~ the club a couple of seasons Ne
and pitched several very Elective game.
but he WASN'T steady. not The man sought
for Doc Newton cane next and vas utth
he club OF and or iQr several seasons
ibs club csst about ior somsbody else
II Tried 10 ~ the breach With Pete wilson
frgm the Hartford club Wilson held an
for a couple of seasons. pitching oeeasi0n-
aily bat 10 didn't prove the man uanted
Vaughn vas dug up w he South. allowed
10 stay down there q year o. Two iof the
prnnsr seasoning untl he hlossomed fort n
hirh rlass ieft handler and by all odds the
hest the Nev York rluh ever has had
Dmins al this time the NeW York club
had riFhi handlers In drovea and Il n inter
eatinG 10 scan the liat of right handed
itWirlers on the lot In proportion 10 the leit
9f' % ssISE' o 1 SoIg gI'fSl sasSS SSS"s5 Bssa
Frfll Warhop. Manning and Hughes. was
formed he folloMing righi hand pitchers
came aud Weni Wolfe, Orinih, Cheabro,
Poweii' Ortb. Hess, Ciarkson. Leroy.
Kec;e. Bliss, Gooas. Glade Garvin. kitson,
Moore. Lake. nrOckett and Doyle
The 1T dives some dea u tho number
Of men Who have 20 he tried out 20 set
together a real piichinR stan
Ther. are several pitchers among the
starA uhcse averages may not show tnsm
factors 10 b. reckohed With when = hn is
needed badly phches who likely a. not
. vii hreak ~ a game such one h Gran
dan % he Gianis when ihs fellow gets
hold he drives the ball hard and FAR Op-
posing pitchers don't feel any too secure
when he comes up. knowing that there
h chanre Of suficient si1e not 10 oe trined
With of his slammins the bsll out q reach,
tendency. be might not he a consistent
batter we're he In the game all The time.
but be y one of ihoae tuirsera gho increaee
their teams batting strength Ehen they are
Quinn Of ihe Highlanders n another
pitcher Who a. q pinch hitter d above the
average Of boz men He lanea WITH fore,
DOESN'T s'riks or often, = q ~ aasgsr
they count most Joe Lake e . natural
hitler ard has q good averaHe 20 has
NafheWHon Wh0 usually has q high average
,Rs . Ps' '%S.S Ss1 ,s' .5s s,sA' aSTEs dsI aG;
make many hliE but gets q Hoedly ahara
N them When they count Auiln \ 3
! dangerous batter with men on baaes and
30 4 Coomhs of tho Athieties. Stlil there
aren't any Jack stivettaea among the pre-
aBt day pitchers. nor for that matter. any
/ All Ofths OF Bobby CaruitheraeH.
a-.- - "a :. :. A.. A. ,.-f-,..t =.
niece on the comparative strength of the
/ National and American Leagues ~ Which