The Brinkley argus., 1910-06-10

rail Amos went into the box, with l Buckley behind the bat and Louisville was beaten to 0. When the last one of the visitors had been retired Rusies father jumped back into the field, took Amos by the arm and walked with him to the dressing room. It was sentimental spectacle, the solicitude of the great pitchers father for his boy and his pride in the young Hercules work.
 Poor Amos. Had he only stuck by his good old father and ignored the al legged friends who got him to travelling in the broad road that leads to early retirement, not to say disgrace, he might be in the major league today as famous and as popular as Is old Cy Young; earning $S,O00 or $10,000 a year instead of digging ditches, as he is, for $1.75 a day"
 For the first time since the days in Cincinnati when Tony Mullane used to switch arms and rest one by twirling with t'other, there's an ambdextrous twirler in major league company. His name is Charles Friene and he is a member of Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics.
 Friene first attracted attention as ball player while pitching for Santa Clara college, the institution which produced Hal Chase, the wonderful first sacker of the New York High flanders. Then he broke into the Pa cific Coast league, and a year ago pitched a game for San Jose against the Chicago White Sox in which said Sox looked like deck of deuce spots They secured six scattered hits off the youth who switches arms while pitching.
 Whenever the opposing team threat ems with batting rally, Friene just uses the other arm, and it is said that this plan works as effectively as put ting new pitcher in the box with the additional advantage that the old one can be reinstated, as there is no rule in baseball that pitcher can't change back to the arm he had been using.
 That FTiene appears to have a good brand of goods is evidenced by the lact that Manager Connie Mack looked him over for several weeks on the spring training trip and then branded him with you'll do." Friene is still with the Athletics. He is the only ambidextrous finger in the major leagues. and possibly in all leagues.
 La1ole is hitting the ball harder this spring than he has in several vears and the prediction is made that inc big Frenchman will lead the league this year. Lajoie is said to be mucb lighter than he has been in recent years, and with the worry of handling the team shifted to Jim McGuire's shoulders, he is playing much better ball. What is more, Mcclure is not allowing Lajoie to play the hit-and. run game as consistently as he used to, thus handicapping his hitting. for on most occasions he had to hit at A bad ball. Now Lajoie just waits for what he wants and wallops. and he is getting hits in punches.
 Who, of all the batters you have ever faced, hit the ball the hardest to the outheld?" was the question an old time ian asked of Duffy, the manager Of the Chicago White Sox, and then the fan added: Of course. it was either Bill Lange or Larry Lajoie.' D "No,' replied Duffy, after reflection
 There never was, never will be and isn't now more natural batter than was Ed Delahanty. When you took a line drive from his bat you took chances of going to the hospital with a broken hand. Were it possible to measure the speed of batted ball from the time it leaves the bat until It hlts the fielder's glove or the ground or the fence, wouldn't he SIT prlsed If ball from the only Del,s bat would be found to hold all records for speed'
 , Tim Jordan made his debut in bip , company with home run. He also made his exit in similar manner The fast time he was at bat was at the Polo grounds, when he poled ons , over the right field fence for the cir eult' sending in two runs ahead Q. him. If Jordan comes around all rish, l he may be recalled by Brooklyn at the end of the Eastern league season.