The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-07-31

watch those Giants.
MrL;rRU'S team has thrown n ok or
scare into the Dodgers and Reds oy ILs
remarkable reversal or FORM anu us
cess m the western trip. -,
\ month ago New york. so long 0't-
tprlv partisan, were almost ~ the poInS
C forgetting thu Giants ana ~ -
madness over Babe Ruth. transferring
allegiance TO the lah"S. rncS ~
vaken up to study the standing OF "a"
clubs One month ago N" Glan;S "ers
IN seventh place. juSt game ana HNt.
ahead Of the Pills. AS matter OK N"T
their standing WAS not az Hoou -
seemed. as they had q percentage 90 ~.
ard The leaders were punched only TX
t'e above the 80 per cent tnarN' NOV
trose Giants have lrepi up close 20 inc
500 mark.
4 month ago the team was lpst PUG
ring UP A bad hole in the inNeId. our 'hs
S;,rhjnr staff had not shown signs OF
.aSri1g Now the pitching Is close 70
thA hest n the National League ana the
team appears 10 have discovered ne"
spirit.
F@o- the last two seasons Nchr7"
foam, have set the early season pace.
Earh season the team has rushed oa'
% tIa front, opened up long teAd' the"
ralte5ed The reason IN each case ~AS WAS
a.. sams-the veterans. slowed up anu
tho pitching staff weakened uAue7 inc
strain. ~ % 10
r,yersirE the process. NCfraw mas
whipped the team into shape uNueF I" -
Tho pitching staff has p'tcaHd uS%'
Into condition. IN fact | know that NJ
Cav has los; p, least five games ms
season hy keeping pitchers on the SAP
merely 20 pitch them into shape
~ tho team can maintain through tae
remainder Of the season me "Nnnshs
percentage X established IN the series
n the west, K Will he first or second
IN the National LeaEQe--derend!ng upon
Uh..her they can finally trim Brooklyn
:, series Uncle Robbies team mas
whipped McGraws badly n the series
already PLAYED. thereby reversing tne
usual process.
feeders In the American League Ne
other day and listened 70 wall.
Tho pitchers are kicking on the new
rules and on the ball he said. lheS
riair, the rule makers have made their
work 10; harder but compared with the
on,ff.Iders thcv have a SOFT job. An
cutfieldsr this se,Son earns b. Is pay. !
have made the tour to the fenC" ana
back 40 often I know tho signs oF heaI {.
Eycrvonc - busting tnat oid rIi-. -,
course I have had N" satstac'ion -
r,aL.rc others do Il Tod MArtd'th 70 me
coma but sometimes 7 wish we'd Gave
ono Of those old fashioned pitchers pat
t,As 50 could ha"" = rest.
An outr,cdlcr this season runs a'm"s'
twIca as tac as n" did last; III nave 50
~ 40 more put Outs--anl would nav"
moro hut for the fact that ou':i"!d"rs
have had 20 change their entire sysi"I,
~ NAV. started 70 play N" Setu as
always have don" and discovered that
they were hitting them over mo TOO Of
ZEN Thev droS e'me back foot at a t.ne
rr,l nlay on an average about 20 feet
5ssper for batters than | ever had 70
before II seems 90 me that every Dat
ter IS hitting the ball harder and you
can't take the chance OF having !ons
M 70 over that you could IN othcr sea
The average fan doesn't figure what
playing 20 feet further out means. u
means that you must cover 90 teet moro
ground 70 right and left than oefore,
RssIdes that hatters are not hitting as
1Ssv d,d. There IS more stra 'ghtawoy
hitting 70 pull Us toward center tieid
That IS because tho pitchers are sticking
them over with less on them.
stopping the splitter and the FREAK
pitching gave bunch Of weak hitters
confidence IN them selves. Not so many
ara guessing and very few are stepping
back They are standing up 20 p!tchlns
because they aren't afraid OF heias h;
by Soma freak shoot.
IT haven't counted. but Il seems II
mo twice as many flies and line drives
are being made than ever before IN my
6ay. Tnev don't hit 'Nm on the ground
as they did. Smother thinG-the weather
has affected tho play. There has been
ro much wet weather that not d'a'
mond IN tho league had baked hard
I-suAllv byth!s tlms the inflsld Is baked
and very hard. Our team war planning
10 start "chopp'ng." that Is hitting on
ION OF the bail and bounding Il high
aKaInst some teams with waboly In
fields We tried u and the ground was
DO dead the ball wouldn't bounce high
enough so we fell back on snashing.
Slowing Up rnfisld.
ReInE Interested n the outfelder'S
jpla.nt I hunted up a coach. an old player
$.ho does a lot OF thinking. and asked
about the trtielders.
Tho slow condition OF tho iarIe,ds
hAs saved lot OF logs and lives" dc
LAUGHED. They are certainly hitting
them on ths ncss and the ball Is going
(ke a bullst on hard ground AT IN
G.elder would 30 lucky 70 get IN front