The chronicle=news., 1913-01-08

all out Of his l...sebaIl gathcriLs'.
Remember the time when he had Il
hand in almost every league that
ever happened. and what great eX-
citement there was when /, was re-
ported that u new league had been
formed In Aro0stock county. Maine.
aud that &. Tebeau actually didn't
have club In the circuit?
| see that Frank ORourke, who
was II mighty slusgcr in the Conncc-
iirut league and IA mighty Joke In
the National. says that John NJ.
Ward. by forcing him TO change his
style OF batting to suit the Ward
ideas due.rcd his hitting. | fire.
arcntiy noticed the vague aud inef-
icctiNc manner In which young Mr..
.Okourkc was prOlIinS the ball dur
ing his service with the Boston team.
and there certainly seemed something
wrong. something weak or faint
hearted. about his hitting. II Is "a
sad fact that. except In n few isDlat-
ed eases. an old star canno, teach n
kid to hat lf YOU get hold Of boy
who Is hitting away low In til" minors
you nry educate him and make u
better batsnian out OF him. but when
you tax. u fellow who Is batting
away over 800 among the small
FRY. and then try to make him shift
styles. YOU ruin his ability 30 times
out OF 100.
They don't bat IN uniform grooves.
They don't happen that way. and
each boy has his own method. with
which II. has been making good. Why
force him to change aud confuse him
IN h. can't hit $50: lie hit them
hard by using the way that came
most natural to him. O'Rourkc was
- man who swung hard with u biz,
sweeping swing. Ward. who mad.
his reputation by II quick. choppy
slash ut I'll. pili. tried TO max.
do III. same. Whcr. would
Ed D".ehanty have got off II he had
tried to take little s,abs at the l.ath-
"r In the Ec.icr fashion,
Speaking OF tii. D.l.hanty." says
sir. Hill.ri"h. the hat maker. III.
WIS an old chap OF odd IDEAS. Once
II" ,an" to me for u special bat. and
! mad" him one with much ear. and
labor. Then burned the firm nam.
on til. bat. at was ever tn. custom
nnd Dcl.haniy ret up \ road. You
didn't need TO puf an ad Oh that
bat. he protested. II til. bat makes
good. III tell everybody where I
bought It-don't YOU think am
square enough to give YOU crcdi, II
its coming To you.
10 You know remarked u vc,.r-
an the other day. that tn. spit ball.
in Its peculiar curve. Its final drop
To tn. glove. is id.nticaIiy tn. same
ball that was thrown by Toad Ram.
say. g: years ago? q battcd againsl
me- som. In practice. The curve and
the amount Of tn" drop arc the sane.
hut Ramsay always threw u perfect
ly dry ball. Ramsay. II Will be re-.
mcmbcrcd. had pcrhaJ~ the strong
est grip GU u bali that ever n left
owned. That grip. when he
threw days. gave II an extra hop.
aud II shot downward exactly rs tn.
spit ball does today. I wonder what
Ramsay could have done II he had
known uf the xpi, hall. aud been
able to uId IL to the tremendous
dow shoot that he already I,osscss.-
cd-''
Cincinnati IL all lit up over III"
final capture of Ior Tinker. and
great plans ar" being completed for
y grand reception to be given him
when Il" arrives. Til. program. rs
near Ms can b. CLEANED this far ahead.
viii h" about ~ follows:
Grand inarcl, of the Ohio militia.
Mayor aud city officials. ia red
autos.
Procession OF rnyiuus actors. In
Mcssrs. Herman. FIciscimann.
bancroft and f!nk". In purple autos.
Ball players. singing songs OF wei
come.
Mounted police. guarding cages
containing umpircs.
Police on foot. guarding auto con
tanning e. Murphy and J. E.vcrs.
Mr.. Tinker. in white uniform.
with golden crown OH bcan and city
kcys in hand.
I:asc ball reporters. with ropes
around their neck
Citizens and human beings.
l; will he n glorious celebration.
and will appropriately welcome air.
Tinker TO the city where his fortune
will b" staged In future.
Rub. Maruuard SAYS he won't
pitch FOR McGraw mex, season unless
he gets o.ouo--that II he doesn't
recciv. this modest allo:ncn of the
Jingle. h. will keep right on In
vaudeville. The idea IL excellent but
rpr one suI mint tnn,IeyfI,. won't