El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-01
COM|SKEY HAS LIVE
one IN BATTER
PING BODIE
Has a Gibson Girl Walk But
Can Everlastingly Swat
the Ball.
tBy w. S. Farnsworth.)

New YORK, N. Y July l.-Old Roman
Comiskey certainly landed a live wire
when he signed France to Sanguineta
Pazola-no, don't crowd, men; give him
air-for the man is none other than
Ping Bodie. For the first time since
| Chicago has had berth in the Amer
lean league the team is possessed of a
real smuggling outfieider.
Bodie punched out 80 homes runs for
| the San Francisco club in the Pacific
Coast league last season and scents
from every big league team were on
MS trail. But Comiskey's gum-shoe
artist beat 'em all to it, Then the
| other scouts began to claim that Bodie
wouldn't do in fast company; said that
ne was a mighty walloper when he
connected. but that, against first class
twirling, he would be an awful boob.
Duffy Gives Him a Tin.
Bodie in those days took mighty
swings at the pill It was a case of
a home run or Whit But Hugh
Duty took the young man aside and
instructed him in the art of chopping
his stroke. And the result is that Bo-
die is hitting just as hard as ever and
much more often
Today he is one Of the most dreaded
batters In the American league.
Russell Ford, the Yankees great
spitball twirler, is one of Bodies best
boosters
Bodie connected with my spitball in
New York one day when it broke
yard, said Ford. while have made
such great batsmen as Collins and Cobb
miss ones that were not half as de-
ceptive. Bodie is one of the most nat
ural batters I ever pitched to. He Is
student besides for he is always trying
to outguess the pitcher
Bodfe got away to a flying start
with the White sox and has never
shown any sign of falling off in HIS
work. He PLAYED his first big league
game on April 81 and in four games up
he cracked out a double, a triple and
two singles, which is sure going some
for a starter.
Is n Sure Hitter.
The Bodie of today is sure hitter,
and he will not do the fan many times
this year if he sticks to his present
form at the plate
Ping is built like an egg, but this
fact. taken seriously, in one way ac-
counts for his accurate knowledge of
the balls flight. His eyes, when he
is IN position at the plate are nearly
on level with the pitched ball, and
he can therefore follow its fluctuations
readily.
Bodie has a regular Gibson girl walk,
very much like that Of Lewis, the for
mer Brooklyn shortstop- But when |
ne arrives at the batter's box he digs
a hole to plant his feet and. having |
done this, gradually telescopes him
self. and. with waving willow. awaits
the pellet.
His ability as a cIouter owes itself
to the muscular development of the |
man His shoulders. chest and bieeps |
are herculean-he looks Ike the back !
of hack as he stands at the plate. |
Ping is a very modest young man and, !
when anyone speaks about his develop |
ment. he says it's fat.
Although Bodie is a most happy-go- |
lucky chap off the diamond, he growis |
and fumes all the time he is. at the /
plate, very much as Big Ed Delehanty |
used to. Ford jolxingly says that sBo- |
dies eyes shoot fire while he is watt |
ing for the ball to be served.
And Bodies batting is not his only |