The Washington times., 1922-12-10
NEED AT LEAST us POUNDS
TO KEEP UP HOME RUN PACE
.sf You Haven't the Physique Go In for Scientific
Hitting" Is Advice Of Star Who Set Record
Suggests Free Stance and Follow Through
Stroke
BY SID c. KEENER.

kyX4 OAvI. 70 I'd ~ a
BY SID c.
- oGERS HoRNsBY, regarded
h, opsd IN baseball In the las
not excepted. presents SON
power of the punch st the plate.
Cardinals, who has been tho lead
Tor the past three seasons, discos
deives into practical views in exp,
me1t u various batting types.
Since home-run .swattin9 becam
meuts on many sides trying to get
hitting. Il has been claimed that
BE Tor the Increase In home runs
that the class Of pitching plays q
that the departure Of the freak st
Sssnfidsncs, a ths bstter. ,.g.
From Rogers Hornsby basebaIi-
0ouowers receive this:
Put 1So pounds behind. . AZ
ounce bat with q powerful swing
whScn q inst about % per cent
N ama4sur ana semi-pro samss
n youth of today n trying to be-
come another Babe Ruth. He has
yeaA about Rnth and his fame and
As = out to become q duplicate
0f ono VINO set q homo run mark
which II sxpected to live for many
lIEKU i7S POUNDS.
Hewswsr. advice from Rogers
80Fushy. who has . series Of In
t1esstfng batting tips., Is to take
~ new product away from that
rlA -
sI7g pOunds and up."
x0r H0rnsby says this:
"YOu need It's pounds and mp be-
hind ne swing TO swat home runs.
~ yo0 haven't the physique 10 IN
tbr scientific hitting" $%
Hornsby has the experfence to
support his views. At the age of
s1Ghtssn he weighed 155 pounds
anA with the Denison club IN the
TexAo-O o-Okfahofna League he batted
hut .3o7. The following year his
average was .277. and playing in
1eGhteeu gAnaes with the 81. Louis
CAx61nals IN 1915 his average was
ThsrsCors II IL readily seen that
H0ftis0y was not home-run hitter
the nrst day he put on q base
bau Uniform
Hornsby presents the following
advice to the youths Of today who
aehisvs 10 reach the major league
e1rc1e:
H0nERUN HITTRRs GIANTS.
There should be nothing nays-
tereeus shout my home-run hitting.
Rwf $50 pounds behind q forty-two-
ounce bat with a powerful swing.
and the bah fs going to take long
.keasars yourself before you de-
c1os what your batting style is go
SnG 70 be. II It Isn't ITS pounds
and up then 80 in for scientiftc
'Ths fellows who have acquired
henne-sun fame are giants. Look At
Babs Ruth. Kenneth Williams, Bob
Msussl, Emil Meusel. George Kelly,
Harry Hsilman and Cy Williams
They're not lilliputians.
go back to the days Of years
gro. Pop Anson. I'd Delahanty,
Dan Brothers. and those fellows
Wsxe powerful men,
Take the other side. We have
WINE Keeier, Tommy Leach, MI
1sr huegfns. George eisisr, Tyrus
C00t. Frankie Frisch and Heine
Grab. II stands to reason with ma
tufs Inst thsy can't lit b bah as
faf ~ Babe Ruth Il
sBut you WIN sse that they have
tesA ,sxtremsly vaiuabls To their
sHsiss oroh violates bsstins
1usm. but Heins hits around 800.
~ - dossn't jar many fences
.srhars. Why my advice II toI
lneesure yourself nefors you decide
tust whaf SORT of . batter you want
20 ~. ~,
-poa't sst an fused MP over
booome = major leaGuer without
hjfsing . neck Of home runs.
CITES gI8l1 1R'S SUCCESS.
e0Sorss Slsief sh0u1d be IN ex-
aslDle Of what q. batter can DO
Wskhout going .aftsr home run rec
eeoG There . Gracs and form with
ooGleg q the plats. and although he
- nsver presssd the other fsl-
f0as fos home runs We call him Q
pretty sweet ball player.
Hitting home runs with me II
natural IL 70 natural because I
wns U1ftsd with the requirements
uUIU u8kUEy 1xu Ooc8u1c mp
psued 70 have . follow-throush
.Tn ne s,rst, p,acs the bot muss |
- gxfppe1 at the extreme end. |
O. VEN c1oes 70 Il. This allows
the swins % prsdncs the fun
-Tsis ssaf IN arsyins ana. ap- |
peeechtns. There b the fun swing |
on the tee aad the ball travels 80
yards ~ -. Closs TO the green
ne iren club 10 cholred . trffls and
the bau gets more height than
length. And n - That way IN
batting for distance--the bat must
~ Gr1pped at the end TO receive
re power Of fhs body.
Marry people havs disagreed
with my stance at the plate. You
wfll notice that I stand af the ex.
trsn,e outside Of tns batter's box.
This 10 70 havs the ban naet the
bat II the hsart ef the club.
NY In foot doss not swsrvs
lowu tbs third bass Ilns. II it dSd
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