The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-10-21
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POSE DIFFERENT
no TWO eATsMEN STAND ALIKE
At PLATE
y Cobb ard hans Wagner Rave
stciSngly Different Poses while
az Bat.

similar results 100 batting good re-
suits That is are obtained from many
dlrer'rr STYLES Good form poor
form aud 49, al ecf There with the
bat aud each contributes ne quota 10
thr .uD division. The thing ~ form
40 thr bat U.s. largely shlbbolc'h
based ON roth.us Do other sports
form may o." more or less ~ a
branohe- of sport iay more on the
niceucs OF physical Poi,e than there
ls occasion for
TAX tlai chase. for instance Many
- 5he spectator Who saws he doesn't
see how Chase hits the ball Yet he
dos hif %. keeps ON hitting DO and
ALWAYS has been FIRST class hitter
The batter Who steps away from the
plate Us VIGOROUSLY poor hitter. bat
Whii" chase doesn't step or pull away
he Is fidsetty with his feet. and sug-
gests that he Is about TO step away
" h. wants 70 hit he'll hit az any
thing. like i.aloie and Wagner. and
he's liable 10 HIT anything He doesn't
swing hard BE- the sense Of having a
long swing. but swings with good
deal of snap His eve and arm do the
work without much use Of the body
100 adding force 20 the crIye
Entirely different STYLES % hitters
are schultz and Ilsrfzell 81 which
manner ~ hittcrs was tiinger Beau.
mont Theirs more nearly represent
m" golf swing a louE. easy swesp.
gathering speed as 10 mars the ball
and with a distinctive follow through
They drive the bah lous distances. but
20 do hattcrS Who haven't that sweep
and follow through Larry DOYLE. a
-luggcr. i@ @ snap hitter with "a sharp
bur NOT sweeping swing. with more
teusify and less I0osenr.s than
schultz Doyie brings his bat for
ward ON lateral plane. more still
armed than som. but not With the
body swinging tho arms With that
peculiar push effect which character
ICES Caldwell OF the Hghlanders.
Fred Merkl" puts body as well as
arms into iis swing. and OIL vicious
sUinEer There b. more indopend.
erce So FAR as arms and b0dy are
concerned than Boo hItter- ~ The Cald-
well type. a fraer shoulder move.
ment and less r.Eidity Boo fhe arms.
but q coordination which gets a1 OF
bis weight BOO tho -NIuF when Doe
lands Like other powerful swings.
he o. so bent on hitting The ball hard
'haf Do sometime. swings bis eye OF
DO" ball aud misses 10 milo
Two ~ Do. best h.tftrs cobb and
Jackson. stand in an easy. natural
eay. but Jackson stands Die
straiEhter than cobb and feet rot
80 close together f.aio.e can biz
anything. and. perhspa more than ~
other batter. pcre0rifes form "
Vet DO doesn't follow through t0 any
great extent
Jackson a frc hafrman. stand af
'le plate easily. quietly and very
erect llis position is much tls same
al Cohbs bur without The SLIGHT flr.
ward s'oop and iis Bat DANGLING
Many good haffera keep their feet
close together huf Birdie Cree. one
ri 'fr best Keeps Die aide apart
Wagurrs form varies according
'0 bis mood Usually fha great
Dufchmau stands affh bic feaf e..I
apart. buf Boz ram h.t from any rnaI
f0r and sDmcfnrs change Ole
body .s Ir fhr swing. and Dbl. arms
more POI Sometime Do swings Or
har1 re 40 tn' fsI- doan 10 te doe
not land. and sometimes ha takes a
a.0E aaIrE
Aroftr STAR hitter. Ed4e C1r-a
s .ooee and -Famblrg af fhn r.rfr
H.a movement. however. arc under
perfect rUrfrn.