The Washington herald., 1911-08-13

much, but he can also be useful to Gin
| cinnati Some sarcastic sporting writer
has suggested that, since Fogel has
| failed to land Mclean, he might go
after Meyers, OF the Giants; Archer, OF
the Cubs, or Bresnahan, of the Cardi-
mails. Amy of these catchers would add
to the strength Of the Quaker City Ma
! tionals.
THE secret Of Lajoie's successful hit
| ting lies in the fact that he adopts the
| follow on style used by the golfers"
said former ball player. He don't
swing his bat from side to side, but
meets the ball squarely when II reaches
point in front of his chest, and then
puts his strength into a sort of punch
which carries the bat well beyond his
left side. All f1rst-class batsmen do this,
for it eanbles them to keep their eyes
on the ball and to put strength into
their bats when they hit the leather"
Here are a few facts that tend to make
Hans Wagner one OF the greatest ball
players living:
He is thirty-seven years old and is in
his fifteenth season with the National
League.
He Is the greatest batter the National
League has ever known.
In fourteen years he has never hit less
than 300.
He has made over 1000 hits and has led
the league seven times in batting.
He is one Of the most modest and un-
assuming players known to baseball.
He tries to retire from the game every
spring.
He began life as a barber.
He Is now fairly rich.
Hugh Duffy. of the White Sox. will not
acknowledge himself beaten. He says:
THE season is far from over. I realize
that the Athletics and Tigers are going
some just now, but there are three clubs
still in the race behind the leaders.
The Athletics pulled down the Tigers
from an almost impossible lead. Why
would It not be possible for either one
to drop?
we are not out of the race The White
sox are going to fight to the finish"
When basebaIps Rip Van Wrinkle
energies from his doze you may hear
him ask these questions:
Has Detroit asked waivers on Ty Cobb?
Has Ban johnson. retired as president
Of the American League?
Has Charley Ebbets landed a success
full manager?
Has Charley Murphy come to the point
where he agrees with other National
League club owners?
Has McGraw sent Big Six to the
minors?
Has Hans Wagner been benched for
indifferent playing?
Has Charley Doom offered to trade
Alexander to Chicago for bag Of bats?
Has President Somers, of Cleveland.
ceased purchasing minor league clubs?
Has Boston won game? Also, the
Browns?
Has Clarke Griffith been called back to
manage the Yankees?
Catcher Murphy of Champaign has
been taken on by the Reds. and so has
Catcher Murpny OF Dallas. Some bother
for the scorers and President Lynch IL
both the Murphys, catchers. should cling
to the team. II is quite while since
there has been Murphy catching In the
big leagues. Several Murphys were back
of the bat IN the long ago. Morgan
Murphy being the most renowned, and
and all Of them were corking good per-
formers. Only few years back the
Dalys and the Murphys were the whole
thing in the fast company. but these
noble sons of the Irish kings have been
growing steadily fewer.
A story published in an Indianapolis
paper OF recent date follows:
'T have information concerning the
system OF hitting Marty o'Tooie that
may be worth lot OF money to seven
club owners in the National League
when the ST. Paul wonder-worker joins
Pittsburg next fall" was the surprising
statement made here by Jimmy Burke.
manager Of the Indianapolis club.
.'Marty's splitter 10 started by mois-
tening the side Of the thisd finger of
his pitehing hama. when hs lets % ee