Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-09-27

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az, schultz and urig.H. COZ which
manner u, hitter was Gmp,. Beau.
mont Th,r. mur. u.ir. r.rr,.,ut
/ co.. euif swing. .uua ,as, sweep.
gathering speed a. 10 uaHr4 lp bait
and with 90 distinctly. follow through.
They dtIy, thc U3II I.us distance. but
so du batter. ,hu. haven't that sweep
land follow through THrr, Do,,. e.
auggor is suup hitter Vth q sharp
I bat not sweeping swing with NOR.
tcn.ity ana Ios- loos,ns.s thuu Schultz.
/ puN.r nr.uEs uis bat forward uu 10 Ini.
] 'r1l plano. more stun armed th1u
some. but not with Che h'd' swinging
/ Oh" arms with That peculiar push ''-
! feet which rh1rHDtcrH's ''lQVcN of
| thu highlands. puNl' IS 'tt't1. plane
meets Two u1ll sgunrc'N 'u.dNe.l 90
sturdy hitter is uuIi" '"rm.css. 1Wk-
ward. rr"u'hing aul Win %" ir''d"m
| of motion With Dim th" arms are
merely handles o." bold Tho bat NhII'
/ hH body. principally iNa shoulder 't
really the pr"prNiug force H' '- stun
armed and uug'lnlv hut h" bins the
/ ball
Fred M,rkf, puts body ls v'll us
NlIlIN lI.' N." 'N''t H.'' .. " N'. t'''
sViug,r There B. more Independence
so Gar us arms and body ar" concern
ed than iu hticrs OF DO" caldwell type
% frccr shoulder movement and Jess
reIdity 900 The arms. hut o. D'-ordina-
/ ton which gets ai| 1f his Wu.ght 100
10, swing whru hu lands Like other
powerful swing"rs Dr." De- so n'ni On
hitting th" BAN hard ih'i h' some.
'm's SWINGS u.' 'E' OBJ" ''' "''' ''''
misses % % n''.
Two of the best hiileis 'ohb aho
| Jackson. stand in an easy. natural po.
| sition So does laoic Tor that mat
ter. but q biz stralghter Than Cooh
| ANA feet MOI SO close togetheI ia
| joir can hit anything, ana perhaps
more than any other batter person..
| lies Torn. Yet he doesn IoiloN
through TO any great extent \ spien.
did eye and quick, well controlled pu'
not violent arm movement 90 the
work FOR him Ills body is turned to
! ward the pitcher more thnn Coup 5
or Jacbson's Cobbs swing Is Sharp
ana q1i'N ana MS postum S,Nrs n''''
eoh''oI OF nus ''''N ""' o,n'
! i'"'' pi'ol w nus '"''S Nv
! ne puts lh u may pun nl'l ." us
| nhldn'c TOT an l"S'"h'' uu' W" ~ "
! ne u U''N w position ~ o"''. ~
s'ahos sQuaIt, Us tue Eo'',s say n's
| uouN FACING '"e pla''' ms n''"' 80
| hGhilN loi"al" ~ 'h' Vino N''.''
] manner anu "I 'ouS' wv" 'u ~"
! "hlu tue pl''n'' I''7 '''' "'' p"'''
| sun anu MS rowing eye 7''H '''''
| lhlhs
Jackson a fine batsmhn, siarhs az
! the plate easily, quietly and very
| erect Ills position is much the same
as Cobh's, but without the slight Tor
ward stoop ana his bat dangling
Cobb's bat is held all The way from
his shoulders To his knees. whilc q
| peculiarly of Jackson Is that his bat
/ generally rs pointing toward his toes
ON the other hand the business end OF
l.aOie's bat points upward. Regard
Ing that one of the most peculiar
F, ways Of holding q bat was that ol the
obi Chicago player. Fred Pteiter tie
held his baton pointing straight up.
ward like a ilagpolc
MANY good batters keep their feet
close together. but Birdie Cree one
Of the best. keeps hs wide apart lie
faces the pitcher with body as well
as head, his feet one in front Of the
other both pointing outward the dia'
| nond Apparently he carries the
| weight on the forward tooi ana OATS
on OF one leg lie makes tihgpolc
out OF the bat aul waves II. gra'ping
yll al the end. Tie gets his Whole
weight Ia his blows. but without being
q BODY swinger. Hod'' legs ana
arms all play their part effectively
though nol gracefully, co'ordinated.
Nagncrs form varies according
10 MS mood. Usually the great Dutch
man stands win hts 'eet wen apart,
but he can hil from any position ana
sometimes changes. Ills body rs ia
~. WI anu W. "'.u' m"I 80
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