Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-03-22
It TAKES BIG MEN
TO HIT THE BALL
REAL HARD
But With All That There Are
Quite a Number of the Ne
dunn Sized Who Have
Made Good in the Majors.

The biggest hitting in baseball has
been done by the biggest men, says
an exchange, 10 put u differently
and perhaps q DIT more lucidjy, big
men have figured much more pro-
nouncedly IN hard hitting than little
men. There have been little men
who were as good batters individually
as any of the big ones. but there
haven't been nearly as many OF them.
Il does not necessarily follow that big
men are naturally better with the
cudgol than small twirlcrs of the
pestlc. for knack aud kcenness of eye
are not regulated by avoirdupois.
The fact Is that nig 20 meamm-siIcd
men greatly outnumber little men a.
baseball, and probably therein Is 10
be found the chief reason of big men
having contributed more good hitters.
It's principally a question Of num-
bers.
II isn't In the yearly records that
this condition makes itself manifest,
but in the record showing bis league
players who have batted 800 or bet
ter for five years or more from 1875
L. 1911, inclusive. TO get In this list,
which numbers sevcnty-one. Is pretty
good proof OF sustained ability 90 hit
the ball. A good test. one requiring
man 10 bat 800 foe five years. one
requiring more than passing ability,
real test Of durability and ona
which many really strong batteTs
have failed 10 survive.
Weight h an Asset.
In considering the batters Ia the
list referred 60 they are divided into
big. medium and small sizes, but u
isn't always easy 90 tell in which one
OF the three a man should be placed.
II Is easy enough. though 20 classify
the little men The peewccs stand
out clearly enough. little giants OF
the ash. but ln several instances %
Is hard to distinguish between big and
medium. The two classes sometimes
overlap. set this but calls more at
tention 90 the fact that size has gone
hand in hand with heavy stick work
more than tho lack of a.
The five years of more 500 per
cent battors are as Follows.
Big -Anson, ConnoE Brouthers,
Browning. Ewing, orr, stovey, Reilly,
Tom Burns d}rooklyn), Glasscoek,
Thompson. O'Neill. Larkln, Ryan,
Mexican, Tucker Clements. Beckley,
Pat Donovan, ssrlvetts, Joyce. Dele
hanty. Joe Kelley, Mike Kelly, Hines
Jim White, O'Rourke. n. Richardson,
LanRo, LsChancc Everett, Laioie'
Wagner seymour, Chance, Crawford.
Medium Latham Herman. Gore,
Dairymplce Tom DAILY, Griffin, Van
Haltren. Hamilton, Chtlds. Mcclure,
jennings. Georso Davis. stensel. Jack
Doyle, Lowe Brodie. Elmer smith,
selhach. Fred clarke. TepnoV Field
en- Jones. j. Collins Chick stahl, Mer-
Ger. Flick, Beaumont, Donlin. cobb
Little Lave Cross, puffy Holiday
Rurkett. McGraw, n. Thomas, kceler.
Mctsrnw iiit Hall Hard.
Anybody 90 look at Mcdraw now
with his 1S6 pounds might moi think
he WAS wlsp of youth when he
played. but Nc was. he didn't have
va much muscle to put behind drive,
but he could step in meet tho bali
squarely and send 81 mishiy hnrd
for a little man. Burkett ana Cross
were big little men, short bot sturdy
In build. as was Duffy. Thomas was
not particularly short in stature, but
below tho medium ana of slender
build. Kocler was well knit, put a