The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-07
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By ED MEAGHFR
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over in Spokane they're
still talking about Morry
Abbott's second home run
in the first game Of the
Independence Day double
header :.
Seems they consider il the
hardest-hit baseball in the his
tory of the Indians park. 1t
was not a lethargic fly; it was
line drive that was still ris-
ing as il screamed over the
fence and into space
Spokane isn't the only hamlet
that Abbott's batting power has
set agog. The others are Vancou-
yer, Bellingham, Wenstchee, Yski-
ma and. to be sure. Tacoma. In
every one of those parks. Mighty
Norris has eclipsed, or nearly so.
anyway, all records for distance
clouts
He is unquestionably the sensa-
ton Of the w. /. this season and
the menace of his bat already is
beginning to make a difference in
the loops six box offices. The big,
brosd-shouldered youngster. like
Hutchinson in the Coast league
last year, is a four-star attraction
whenever he advances to the
plate -.
II might Just as well be pointed
out that Abbott probably hits a
baseball as hard as any player In
the world, including Detroit's
Greenburg, New York's Di Maggie
or any other extra-base bomber In
the game -.
Western international league
fences probably are slightly short
ser, generally speaking, than major
loop barriers, but Abbott's clouts
VOu br Notnt fuftS MY p6Ehs
as they usually are stlll going
strong when they sail out of the
lot 49,,
Abbott hasn't any sppreciable
batting weakness and, the truth is.
he probably would hit the ball
harder and oftener in q higher
class league. II always works out
that way with natural sluggers.
Harvey Storey, for instance, has
raped the ball much more effect
lively in the Coast loop than he did
while performing for Tacoma
The reason for this Is simple
enough. The better the league the
better the pitchers. w. /. hurlers.
most Of them youngsters and wild,
simply can't find the plate as often
as more experienced chuckers do
in the Coast. And the only kind
of pitch that Abbott can't hit is
!. the one so bad that he can't get
his bat on it >.
Abbott. barring flood. fire or
famine, Ia going TO be the talk Of
Western International league fans
for many years after he has been
promoted to faster company
He's perfect material apparently
for the I-remember- him-when
brigade =.
Bob Johnson. the star
! Cherokee outfielder for Con-
ME Macks Athletics, lcho
+, 1Cinters IN Tacoma, had
Preached Detroits Schoolboy
R0We for a double, a single
and a aoalk in three trips dur
ing a recent major league con-
I test :.
4 Charles Ward, editor Of the
J Detroit Free Press, reported
that a press Dor Wog. sud
denly inspired, eynicalty re-
marked: "Somebody seems TO
hare giren RoUe 10 the In
dian
Motion pictures of the Joe Louis
TONY GsIento heavyweight cham
pionship scrap will be added 10 the
Riviera tbeater program beginning
friday. Should he worth seeing.
After all. II isn't every day one gets
. chance OF see Louis on the can
vas, even for = count of two I.
y The field for the Golden Jubilee
open July 20 over the Allenmore
course is growing healthily. Word
from Bud Ward. the nations No.
amateur. to the effect that he'll
De on tap for the tourney. although