Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-04
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HIS STANCE AT BAT.
Enables Him to Hit Harder,
Ruth BeIieves-MaCk Not
to See AS Play.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
- T. PETERSBURG, Fla, March 4.
George Herman Ruth has been
in the big leagues since 1914, but
he's not too old to learn new
tricks.
The New York Yankees great slugger
is experimenting with a new batting
stance in which he stands with his feet
not quite so far apart and grips the bat
little shorter than he has in the past
II tried it out on the Coast in some
games last FALL he explained, land
found I could hit the ball just as far
and also harder. So I'm giving the new
stance a thorough trial this Spring"
SAVANNAH, Ga, March 4.-John
Lefty Michaels, southpaw pitcher who
won Is games for the Buffalo team of
the International League last season.
seems to be Just the man Shane Collins
the Red Sox manager, has been looking
for.
Shane wants a left-hander and he
thinks Lefty" may fill the bill. Michaels
weighs only 162 pounds, but he has
smooth, graceful delivery, and is not
nearly as cratic as southpaws are
generally reputed.
TORT MYERS, Fla, March 4.-Con-
l. ME Mack will stay in camp with
the Athletics three biggest winners,
Lefty Grove, Rube Walberg and Leroy
Mahaffey, while the other boys 90 to
Miami to play the Cardinals Saturday
and Sunday.
The regulars won the seasons first
practice game from the yannigans,
to 3. Both teams used three pitchers,
each for two innings
Joe Bowman, Lew Krausse and Lou
Barbour pitched for the winners. and
Irwin Stein, Wilbur Dumford and Sugar
Cain for the losers.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, March 4.-Luke
Appling, who was somewhat of bust as
a shortstcp last season, has the max
ings of third baseman. Manager Lew
Fonseca OF the White Sox, believes.
Fonseca watched the youngster work
at third a couple of times last week
and decided to let him compete with
Carey Selph for the job of handling
that corner. Wet grounds kept the
Sox from holding their first drill here
yesterday, but a couple of two-hour
sessions were prescribed for today.
NEW ORLEANS, La, March A.
~ Competition from rival candidate
for the first base job of the Cleve-
land Indians Is being counted upon by
Manager Roger Peckinpaugh to make
Eddie Morgan one of the best initial
sackers in the league. The capable
rival for the job is Bruce Connaster.
Morgan is one of the heaviest and
most timely hitters on the Cleveland
Club, but last year his fielding became
ragged, in sharp contrast to his good
form in 1880.
Peckinpaugh believes Morgan's trou-
BILE last year was the lack of sharp
rivalry for his job
PALO ALTO, Calf, March 4.-Ger-
aid Walker. who was brought back from
the minors this Spring for another
chance with the Detroit Tigers, has
opened his make good" campaign.
Aiming at the left field fence of the
Stanford University sunken grounds
while at bat yesterday. he drove one
ball over it and hit it with his next
two swings
The fence is $50 feet from the plate,
the top Is 20 feet above the playing
surface and no one else except Dale
Alexander, giant Tiger first baseman.
has ever driven ball over it.
WEST PALM BEACH. Fla, March
Arrival of Tom Jenkins, in-and-out
gardener, from Massachusetts, reduced
to II the number of players missing
from the St Louis Browns training
camp.
Despite the fact he has only is men
in camp, Manager Bill Killefer is con-
7dent he has the making of a better
team than he had last year.