The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-09-01

, would place Charles \. ComiSkcT. and
/ nftrr MIN John J. Evers, Evan Howard,
tpel's. hrother) George Whitfield Tom
my Mccarthy. Herman Long and Ty
Cobb. Any fellow who knew all Tho
baseball! these fellows knew would know
| II all.
Why Yanks are Hitting.
NJ. lip>ky writes: How do you &C
count for the improved hiuing Of the
iankccs"' There are scveral elements
to be- taken into consderatIon--the live
lier ball. the handicap OF the pitchers.
the lare spring which kept pitchers from
rounding In best form oil helped But in
The case of the Yankees as club those
arr not al. | suppos" the confidence in.
| Sp'rcd BY victory and the example of
Ruth sp,irrrd them all to greater effort.
| In fact ! know il did Ruin IS Il great
. example. All object lesson. and. on top
| or Tint \" Is wonderful follow IN urG-
ing. encouraging and squirting others.
, mates a.: ne does for himself.
| Their" = \ point however. which has
been ovcrlook"d-and that applied csec-
tally 10 Pcckinpaush and R1dte. Both
| OF thts" men have altered their stance
at the plate entirely. Their Improvement
MS hittcrs Is due largely to this fact.
! Feck had queer half-crouching I'M
certain sort of stance and was pivot
! ing. His right foot was behind The lift
and he shifted the left foot back as The
bail was pitched. Eodic stood more
sclidly. hut when he thrcY back his
bat the hack of his left shoulder was to-
| ward the pitcher. Er was n :w,ngcr,
| and naturally. when IN" pitching got
fast. he quit hitting. because no one
can take The fun wallop an hit much
| against good fast pitching. l}od:C went
nv'r Ia TeitEcn and l.aNg'S shipyard and
learned 10 hit. II" learned II with a
slodge. He learned that hc could face
! the pitcher and hit. rrCli learned the
same thing in some way. Both OF them
are standing so rs /" face the pitcher
more aud are hitting sirnightawny.
| Oddly enough. FL the great old time
hitters stood that way, AMI IN this slug
| ging season .hn bor- -pprnr 10 have
learned that the old timers knew Their
| business.
Robinson a Great Manager.
/ Ed lInllen. OF Philadelphia writes:
| tn" most credit for this seasons work -
| in my opinion Robinson. Robhy seems
/ TO have been first among the managers
| 10 realize that conditions were changed.
! He purposely sacrificed defensive
strength on his team in order to get
more attacking power. He knew he had
str ing pa cling and figured that he could
affL-d 10 los" some fielding strength
| II he could get more hitting. He figured
this before tho season started. calru-
! lated THAI i would he n heavy hitting
year. and mad" up his team on that
| ba SIS.
MIST Consider AL Tactor1.
n. Lyle. st. Louis asks with run
nrr on nrGt. and the ball hit safe -
right. sending runner 10 third. should
The batter try TO go to second on the
| throw to third"
! Mr.. Lytlc fails to state the vital
| point az the question, which ts the
stage OF the game How many are out.
and what is the score" He has rniscd n
point which n lot Of the present day
Major League players mo managers
evidently never studied. | have seen a
number Of games that might have been
| won this season. lost because the runner
| took second on Tho throw 10 third or
home instead Of remaining on first base.
| In tho old days no manager allowed
Il runner to move down tn second in
such Il play or less his club was ahead
! or tn" gam" wRH extremely close ana
/ the hitting light. When club needed n
| bunch or runs thc play was always IN
| hold tn" runner at first so as to tie
up tho first haseman. f"rcr him To Play
| in front Of thc bag. md CIV" tho bat
! ter n chance TO nit through % right held.
/ bageman 10 his nag. more was gained,
! m da greater rhanc" created OF getting
Ia cluster Of runs than by sending the
| runner IN. ! looked up some old score
books and in ono game. played in Chi
cago in 1892 I find an Interesting eN-
| ample The score was TO in favor
| OF Boston In the seventh inning. Chi
! rago got n runner on first with one out.
Five hits were made in succession. all
to right field between first and second
first vert TO third and the batter stop
ped at first. Then along came a three
base hit. an error and a double and CHI
| cago had nine runs--all through hold
] ing the runner at FIRST base Copy
right. 1890, by The Bell Syndicate. Inc.