The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-07-21
NIorrie Uses Heavy Bat, Snort
err Swing and Stride, No Crouch
or Plate CrOwding
HAS RAISED PERCENTAGE
IS POINTS IN A WEEK
He Was 1875 Hitter a week
Ago Sunday-Now Average
Is .230
BY RALPH L. YoNKER.

A bfg heavy Larry Doyle mouel "a,
an abandonment OF his eNaggerH'eu
crouch. stance farther away ltoIi
the ni,cher and farther back III the
hox so that he doesn't cro"d INC
ulate. and a short stride have enapieG
George Moriarty. veteran Tiger I'M y
baseman, 10 hit .542 the nrst "eeA
he has tried the new form ana I"
raise his hitting for the season lIoin
1as where il stood week ago sun
dav tn .23O. where il STANDS toua! d
gain of 80 points, -,
This mean ga Who'll eliot TO me II
~ers II means that after all me
searching through the bushes ~,
third sackers who could MT anu INA,
after al 1.-The trials given various tnlru
basemen wit hthe club. the prooleni
of finding an infielder who conid nv
has been solved by Moriarty himself
Last Monday Morrie first tired OUT
his new style OF hitting. he nao peeh
working on II for several days ohl
hadn't had the courage To Try ~ OUT
in a real game. Monday morning me
Tigers were not required TO report
AT the hall park for morning practlce
because OF the double-header the DAY
before. But Moriarty was out mere
working away al his new style OF mt
ting
Monday afternoon he tried ~ out
for the first time In game. II net
ted him one hit. Tuesday he got Two
"wednesday he took there. Thursday
there was no game Friday Morrie
got only one hit but that was
double. He sacrificed once, tanned
once and drove stiff liner TO Lewis
once. In Saturdays doubie-header
Morrie got four hits, two OF them
doubles. Yesterday he tok two more
That makes Is hits in "a times az
bat. Morrie has one sacrifice and one
base on balls to his credit. He has
famed only once during the week
Moriarty was fearful when he tried
out his new style of hitting that ne
wouldn't be able to see the ball we'll
enough to pick out the good ones 10
swing at but he has had no trouble
along that line. He finds that he can
see the ball just as well from back
farther In the batter's box as he
could up close TO the pitcher and
crowding the plate. He hasn't been
fooled by the pitchers any more since
he changed his style than he had be-
FORE
The use of big heavy bat has
forced Morrie TO abandon the long
wing that caused him TO miss the
ball altogether or lift il. He has
shortened his stride with the shorten
ing. OF the swing. He finds, however,
that he doesn't need to take such
vicious swipe al the bal Ito hit il
hard. He. has been hitting IL hard
and ON. a line more than ever before
and when the balls are hit hard and
on the line they must fall safe part of
the time.
Moriarty will probably be kept bat
ting in eight hposition for some time
now until he gets thoroughly familiar
with his new form and gets greater
confidence in IT, His continued good
work has given him a starter for that
confidence, and once ne is sure OF
himself. he will undoubtedly be moved
up in the batting order.
A return OF good hitting viii make
Moriarty one of IN emost ,aluable
men on the club His fielding is al.
ways good He has one of the best
whips in the league. He is needed
badly by the Tigers 10 steady the in
field, and his baserunning ranks with
that Of the best men in baseball