New-York tribune., 1916-02-27
Kauff, Magee and Mattv
Figure in Much
Betting. d
BENNY LAUGHS AT
AVERAGE OF LEE
Former Cardinal Will Be R,o
Help to Yankees Even II
His Hitting Slumps.
BY LEE ARMS.

matters 1910 IAN season In New Yo-.
is going 70 be predicat.d upon ,br,
more or less opposite questions Som.
what in the order Of their inoor.s,..
they are:
I. Will Matty come back,
2. Will Lee Magee hit $50 n,
more with the Yankees?
3. Will Benny kauf hit .3l0 a,
more in the National League.
One may find the afirmatiy. ,,s
negative sides Of these highly acsdsrl.
propositions backed. not only by fsuI,.
less logic, but By fall money, where's,
the diamond virus has begun asserting
itself.
"Matty will come bock,r declared =,
gentleman into whose voice creepsd Az
unmistakable challenge in the Giants
Office yesterday.
They never DO" returned an a..
ditor, dismally.
lie pointed out the Fact that Chicss,
had waited patiently as a subway ps,.
ser ger for a seat, in the hope that "a
Walsh would come back. And cis
{ Walsh come back Not so far as M
Spaulding's impeccsble guide was sbl.
to discover.
There was this difference, though
Big Ed tipped his wing into the base.
ball morgue by the use OF the spit bal.
Matty, however, never had delyed irn
the study Of hydraulics a. applied 70
horse leather. Therefore, Matty wosla
come back, whereas Walsh couldn't
Matty was pitching exception, and
| ne may continue to be so much so .hs.
he can jump back into the winning
pitcher list against the laws Of aver
ages and experts. Much Of Nathsg.
sons success during the last few sea-
sens may have been based upon tao
traditions surrounding the mere name
Big league bats have separated Ms,y
from that psychological advantage
Weak hitters have had good days OF
Matty. Confidence is now on their side
Matty's way back IS admittedly a path
OF thorns.
81 was .alking TO Benny Kaus ths
other day" said a scribe. Benny said:
And so they think Msgee will hit 800
in the American League. Oh, ny
Listen Magee won't hit .215 in .hs
American League. On the level, they
gave him hits IN Brooklyn last year
vixen he could have been thrown oei
by Mrs. Pankhurst. | seen Msgee hi,
an to an infelder On one hop and be
credited with hits when the nfeldsr
began stealing Fields's stuff. II Aagss
hit $3.50, hit .5S0.''
Benny's monologue might Be di''
carded as purely an eX-parte opinion
and not very chubby one a, thsi'
were il not for the fact tha, ne j:
backed By statistics Records iai 70
show that Magee ever hit 800 IN ne
National League. admittedly an easier
league TO slam In than the Amenean'
Magee was a 260-.2SO hitter IN ne
/ National League and never seeoun'sa
OF the walloping type. lie was, sna
/ is. turnover hitter. and me pofo
was lacking in the left shoulder; =
3 IL is with so many batters VINO SHes.
a left-footed stance that they NAY
reach first base more quickly
But" Ed Honey said some time ago
} "Mscee. in all his career. never "a
I hit so terrihcally against lef,-n shees ai'i
ritching a. ne did ~ the NauonA
League. He simply murdered 'A'
southpaws.' ,,.. L..
OF il. 10 hit 300 in the Aule'''s,I
League he viii be valuable IN ne CO...
umn of aggression. n he nits 20 n'
will be of great value 70 the lahsees'
for he is a dangerous man once soN'y '''t
+ Nagee will be bigger equation vii ,
the Yanks than the mere figures vi"
show. .hl,r
Benny Kauff is more Of proosm'
Rennv never played in a major lesg1,'
yet all experts who nave seen r,,i
agree he is one Of the most ns'.,iV -
hitters il the game. Benny oah Is,r
/ en- off his ankles or intercept L;,
bells with an accurate SWING .. -, -
hat that made him 4 .3is terror " Wv
Federal League pitchers last seslOn., ses.-,s
On hitting form alone haun az. ~,
no a 40 batter In the Natonal SeSsI
unless eccentricities yet 10 oe ~, ~
served intrude themselves upon a.
work at bat. The self-sufhcient Den.s
min will 90 into the National Lesf..
a marked man, and n any one .r. p,,s|'
1 in the National League ols.0.s ~ rilI
single weakness in his nitlins i.srrsnl ~
incinerate the underground telss,sr ~.
wires advising his brother eluomsn ,i.st gas
cisely where that weakness is supp'''
TO exist. s-,i.s "a 4,
q Federal League pitchers isilee t',,s, y
:, KauF was A free swinging NY"
and not much concerned a. 20 W." h
kind of a ball he hit, they ,i9 io9na. s.,rr Il
other words, no pitcher pulled i.i, Pa bsi
ores ore . The ball had to be at des,, ~, !,
the same congressiona, dlsT.', II.
the plate before he would ,s onv aal \,
Mathewson. Magee and haIn ha,;ng N,
the object Of special STUDY ouI'" .Ir plsy
treining season and the e''''
Upon them depends.