The Washington times., 1915-07-16

blQ you ever see l.VO nltter /! biu
you ever see two 1000 hitters? have.
l not only saw two perfect hitters, out
both men played on the same team.
Think that over, you old-time baseball
fans. and you ambitious youngsters!
Just imagine. II you can, two men on
one team hitting 1000 Think what that
means 1t means that two players on
tho team would step up to the plate and
hit safely every time. What lot OF
games they would win
This story deals with the wonderiul
batting prowess OF FRANK lspen, tne
cid Chicago National Lacquer s and Whl1s lii,;s
Everitt third baseman of the chicago
Ne tionals.
i think I hear old-tme fans remark,
! ing that they never knew isoeii ana
Everitt were perfect hitters,' and' per-
haps they didn't. for sad to relate, bili
| and Frank were 1000 hitters for very
| short and fleeting moment or 10 put !.
in other, words, until they ran up
| rifle speed of CIV Seymour. who was
pitching for the New York Giants.
To begin with. we, meaning the Chl-
| caRo Nationals. were on an Eastern
trip. when Isbell and Everitt suddenly
developed wonderful hitting ability.
| They were going UP to the plate game
after game and slamming the ball to all
| corners of the lot. Both had evolved In
| to hitting, and, strange to relate, these
| Ideas were working out In an uncanny
fashion. They had the rest of the play
ers sitting up and taking notice
After a particularly successful day at
the plate-I think he got four hits out OF
five times up-Isbell delivered a short
| lecture at the hotel that night on hitting.
Nothing to IT, got the, the pitchers IN IN
han
to eat out Of my hand. Me and Bill
here" pointing to Everitt, who had also
secured three or four hits that day,
have a new system. We have just per-
fected 1t, and from now on we are 60
| Ing to set this old league aflre.'
Bill nodded his head with a look Of
! infinite wisdom
Il can sure hit anything they serve
up to me with our new system. he
! announced. with becoming modesty.
or dopey balls said fsbelI, who was
even more Of "shr linking violet" than
Of the system they had invented.
I'VE can hit anything, speed, curves
| or dopey ball." piped Everitt.
"or any pitcher pitch E who VIC ever stood In
"Or any pitcher who ever stood In the
box" confirmed Everitt.
This was too much for Jimmy Ryan.
| one of the listeners, who had been hit
| ting in hard luck for a month
he remarked to Everitt. "All you can
do is to repeat what that tall gangling
make me sick. Both Of you ought. to
be hitting about .o5o II you were gong
your natural gaits."
II amt got no handle attached to
torted tor Isbeli, taking fire at once. III
/ couldn't hit any better than you are
l would keep my trap shut when
was around real hitters.'
Ryan's nickname Of "Pop-up' had
lust been fastened on him by sarcastic
en- up In the air." and the words stung
msksS sm sS sMay .Rat he e hish dudgeon N e anu
Say, ! think you fellers have the real
dope Let me in on it." hastily inter
posed Tim Donahue, who could not hit
lick. and who would try anything to
help his batting. even to carrying a
| rabbits foot In the hip pocket of his
This sincere tribute mollified the hard
hitting duo. and 1sbell took 1t upon him,
self to explain just how he and wild
Bnl' were galvanizing the league with
their hitting.
You see it is this way;" a;, ,r. oracpariy Har,y
we can hit Get me? We sit on the
| bench and we just know we have got
that pitchers number. ~,
" We keep that there idea we can hit
buzzin' round in our noodles all the
time. Then when we go up to the plate
we got confidence, see? We got conf
dence we can sure slam that pitcher.
When we go up to the plate we don't
get into the box rightaway. We mon
key around little. knock the dirt out
of our cleats. and waste little time.
All the time we are~lookin' that pitcheI
straight in the eye we keep sayin' to
ourselves, we can hit you. you big
bum Now, that pitcher natcherly. gets
, nervous, see? He sees us swingin' our
bats bold and confident like. He sees
we are gain him straight in the lamps.
He gets the same idea we got In our
noodles. He says to himself This guy
can hit me. He is goin' to bust two
Dagger or something, and l sure can I
stop him.. When me and Bill sees that
pitcher gets the IDEA Ena. =. we just steps up
| "If / ever tried to make pitcher
think that he would get sore and un-
| cork fast one and crack rib Tor me
It don't pay for me to get too fresh with
marked Donahue.
] You and Bill are using little telep-
athy," interposed Bill Lange.
! mo telegraphing. just maxim 'em
rected 1sbell.
you got to show me more than you
: have Just told me-" remarked another
player.
Tomorrow me and Bill will sure
show you. We will show you some
hittin that will paralyze you." conf
IDENTIFY boasted Isbell.
The next day we played Brooklyn.
Kennedy. a good pitcher, was in the
box against us, and the eyes of every
man on the team were watching Isbell
and Everitt. will never forget that
, day II I live to be a thousand There
was something positively awe-inspiring
In the way Isbell and Everitt hit that
day. Both were up five times each, and
| each had five bats to his credit.
THE lucky boobs," was Lange's conf
ment.
They got the system. They got the
SYSTEM" excitediy cried Donahue at
the end of the game
| New York was hardly big enough for