The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-05-11
BY FRANK G meNNE

NEN YORK. May % 4 prunI of tho
mace welding r,co'i. urug, ou, , r'.
culU'rity II uncoy,rs tho n,t thft the
majority NJ 'h' gtonDsfi sugEoi- IN,
game lH- produced have been right
handed hht'r,.. yet the bulk Of high pen.
,onugc hit,crs are lcn handler.
The lett handed batting stare fur the
most part. are speedy afooi. o., right
hnndcrs are clumsy tu nm c,tfrmS. most
Of the right handlers have been biz men.
Tie lcn handler. run u the drrmutiyc
On the average
uli Cap Nu,"u. vHa 1 right handler so
WINS ~ n,l,hrut,. VITO could drive q
hall 'H ur u- amy man In the game L..
iuio ana Wagner a., Veterans are star.
hontd ulouD'fs Cactus CrpVtin. Nhu
hmmrd the icu,,- eve. and anon lnat
surm'r is q right -hnndrr tfrd M,fkl'
the long distance h,ugor NJ %, Chants n
q right -h1nd'f. Piano bg4' Hickman
famous slugg,r ut = f,V yeats hgu. was q
right-tnud,d svinr'r
On the other hand tobh b. suuthpuV
clnutrr So rIr Culnns. Rak,r. knun
Speaker. piuhc't LHirrus md poylr
with the exception NJ Baker and l.ud.fus
all ~, inst men EN,ortiug thcs. two
none ,nn be- ,llss,d bs o. t'uif, slugrri
ut least nonr b. in tho CnNBth i1luir.
Wagner. polonpuN division They MT
the hlll hard aud fnr bW u d. hof
speed nti enables them tn take unto
thcmvclNca each N'Hr u husky average.
Wllbert Roblnson's Advice
once upon % time We asked Wuhrtt
Robinson. the hruinr Dodge leader
III lomgsirr aspiring 10 become u
hlg league. askcd you from VhiUu side
he should swing at o ball. what would
you tell him
Robinson vino hps been In baseball
since 1881. answered
My nr., advice tn him would h, ,o
tving FROM tho side I'M which lc packed
tho mast shoulder power rhitt ,hr
main rsr'ntPl IN hutins In cases whore
NounsHtrr has almost equal power In
his shoulders. ! would sdyis, that be- h,t
lc', handed, especially " he Wcf, som,.
what speedy
a left handed hitter plNays ia frnn,
three to 'iN feet nearer ~ nrst base than
is the right handler when q light.
handler takes hts posNcn ne H. on thu
far side NJ the plate. the lei, .hnndct Ia
on the near side when the rislt hsndcf
hiis the hail tho swing pulls him farther
away rom first whereas ~ swing ac.
ualy sends q lci,.htnd,r bcaror To- lhc
Initial has
when YOU ukr into consideration
how often during s'1fnn that = throw
beats u man to first hN iusl unr stride
you can appreciate the rtcpi advantage
there is In hitting lctt handed
Hut this fact shouldn't influence ,
Young ster who bals tiFht handed nor
malN to shlft to the other side unlcs. h-
hss ~ much or greater power In his lcft
shoulder M his right
A, 10 Lsjole and Wagner
And then We shifted the subject n
Ia inic and Wagner
How much better do YOU think thnst
two men would have bat,sd " they had
been lett handed hi,,crs-snd fac, ntpo, ''
From 2u tv ~ puinta each season dur
ina their prime answered Robh, "nn,'
men tank among the steatcst slusrers M,
ssme ha. produced They never scored
fiuke hits when they made snfeiis,
they canned them by terrible walinplns
Az least twenty y.fivc tunes cash season
tsioie and Wagner have been beaten oul
" hits 90 the innrld hrrause the, aftivsi
~ nrst Just fraction NJ second be
hind the hail That means tho stride
Rattins from the lcf, side would ha,,
rw that t,ridc " their 'syuf and ihus,
outs would ha,, been hits.
llu, both those men nte normal flrNt
handets They have N, teal svingin,