The Bismarck tribune., 1933-09-29
SEVEN AMERICAN LEAGUERS FROM NATIONAL NAMED
Senators Have Wide Margin Over
Giants in Swatting Department
Four Are Hitting Over 800.
Mark; Right and Left
Handlers Divided
BY WALTER JOHNSON
(As Told TO BIN Bra1cher, NEA
Service Snorts Writer)

lA0 AOiO 70 OaN 0600CuS1S NEn
Service Sports Writer)
New York. Sept. 2o.-If this world
series IS to be settled by batting pow
er. Washington certainly win be the
winner.
! The Nationals not only have four
men who have been hitting consis-
tently above 800, ranging from Heinie
! Manush's .33S down to COLLINS .303.
but the other regulars are dangerous
at the plate when runs are to be
driven In, as the seasons averages in
dicate.
IN the day to day lineup of the
Mats, there are four right-handed hit
ters and four who hit from the op-
posite side. not counting the pitcher
and this Is the ideal balance that
managers dream about. The right
handed hitters are Cronin, Schultz,
bluege and Luke sewell. The left
handed punch comes from Manush.
huhel, Goslin and Myer. Bluegc and
Myer are not heavy hitters, but In
pinch they are fellows wouldn't like
TO see up there II I were the pitcher.
Baseball writer's used to kid me In
the days when was managing the
team about the club being q sucker
Tor 9 left hand" There were certain
southpaws In the league that we sim
ply could not beat, and some Of them
were pitchers who had very little On
the ball. ~
Managers all around the circuit
USED to save their left-handed pitch
ers until Washington came to town.
BUT this year that has been changed.
ana II was Washington,s ability to
give the southpaws all the trouble
tney wanted that helped greatly to
MAKE the club Z winner.
The trade with st. Louis that
Drought Fred Schultz to the capital
helped to give Washington the ability
70 beat q lot Of left-handed pitchers
schultz, q right-handed hitter. star.
ed the season like q house afire ana
though his batting average has fallen
Ielow .svO recently, it was his hitting
curing the summer that helped the
o4uO % Pile up victory after victory.
A Quiet Star
something should be said about thu
aevelopment Of young Joe Kuhel at
1ilSt base. Joe Is quiet sort Of chan
VINO stays out Of the limeligl1t. not at
tIactlng the publicity certain other
statS achieve, but he has been a
mighty fine ball player this year. driy-
ing IN more than 100 runs and scor.
ing " himself. Besides he has lad
fielding. 'eA :"
The Giants were SO markedly with.
out punch this season that they be-
came known as the "hitless wonders.
Mel OH, lifetime .32l hitter. stump
ed below 800. Lefty ODoul, whose
major league averages until this year
was .S61, also fell to below 800.
Here's . Warning!
Inc club won the National League
pennant with only one consistent 'a00
hitter and that was Bill Terry. Hav-
ing pitched to Terry in one world ser-
ies myself-in 1871 can say to the
washington pitchers, BE carefull"
Terry can hit all kinds OF deliyeriex
though he IS left-handed batter.
In the first game Of that series ,,a
got tnree hits off me. one a home
run. In one of the other games he
gog q triple on fast ball. He batted
.4zS IN the five games In which he
played. We threw him fast balls and
curves and Just couldn't get him out.
ana at that time he was just young
ster breaking inl
Terry Is counted on again this wear
-Mne years later-as the big punch
q the Giants, but fellows like Ott.
ODoul and Travis Jackson are Ike
y 20 come to life and start on = bat.
ting rampage any time.
IneSe men are the uncertainties
snat la. make for world series surprises.
Wiu there be such an upset this year9
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