SOME CHANGES lew Batting Roles for Ml Year. Patrons Demand (VJore Stick Work and Less No Hit Games-It Can Done. Suggestion to Limit Strikes to Those Balls Coming Over tho Plate Between Be-tween the Shoulders and Hlp3. With only nine players batting .300 or better in the American league and only seven In the National league, with so good a record It must be beginning to dawn upon the rule makers that some legislation Is necessary which will give the patrons of the game more batting. There is a general demand for It, and it remains for some ono to devise feasible feasi-ble methods for placing a handicap upon up-on the pitcher. Time and again has the twlrler been handicapped, only to overcome them. and in a very short time to regain the upper hand over the batsmen. Each year the batting Is growing less until we are now confronted with a condition con-dition under which a player who bats .250 must be considered a good batsman. That the foul strike rule had Its effect on the batting Is not to be denied, and this season the development of what Is known as the "spit" ball has further militated against the most pleasing feature fea-ture of the game batting. The "spit" ball, a delivery which causeo the ball to shoot downward, and Is, therefore, unhlttable. has been used in the minor leagues for some time. Elmer El-mer Strlcklett Is supposed to have discovered dis-covered the "spit" ball and the success which he attained through Its use soon attracted general attention, but It was not until this year that it was used In the major leagues, and the result Is that batting has been weaker this vear than ever before. Many suggestions have been made to ncrease the batting, but It remains for the rules committee to select the proper fr'an- But the necessity for legislation which will Increase tho battlnr h i'WJ S' apparent for argument The ''jDirSliDipl has come to stay, for no lerWiElf could prevent its use. The suggestion that the pitchier 11 tance be Increased does not flnrB.'lr advocates because It would uttTll pitcher from working often and 1m have a detrimental effect on b'i-ffwl nlng, because the pitcher wouliTtvili in a poslUon to better watch ti fVll4' A It base. n 1 The foul strike could be omltlM iw- n, the rules, but that la not likely to Sifc because the National leapjt ? I?c American leaguu could never ir about 1U Some advocate the taz' f'5" tlon of the balls and strikes iu i'wrW others suggest the present plan buv W served and that a batter be givea ' hr strikes and only three balk. Editor Planner of the Sportlnf W makes a suggestion which seemi to 'l2 h i the nail on the head. Mr. Flannfrwa ';L ruie 10 reaa as lonows: : : " "A fairly delivered ball 1b 4 U! 'r9tAX pitched or thrown to the bit tr& -rv pitcher, while standing In hit potfii A and facing; the batsman, that fiss over any portion of the home bum' lower than the batsman's hip, norh, njxrd er than his shoulder. For every juchfc. utj llvered ball the umpire shall cjHcm strike." Restrictions of the limit of a to' ? delivered ball to one-half of th r,a H which has been allowed for manys- let sons will benefit the batsman la tn i,br wayy. The limit of defense will bet. jKit creased one-half and the "spit" tU drop and low-curved ball wlllbtja. , tlcally done away with. Butthekarf these deliveries will not put thepltcisv always alert and resourceful, at & B , ( merci' of the batsman, for, obllcH c rely upon speed and change of pKtSr'B" TtI will develop the first and peritct afjfck d other. jfera The advantages from tho spectatii m & standpoint will be manifold Thtre be free hitting, activity on the taRtaW and dlfllcult fielding chances. iBM It monotony of the game frequent chiji, mtt F of sides without the development di play that enthuses will dlsappar d Iv eveiT inning will have Its feature, ri- t tron3 never tire of attractive ta-'.fcjM, and the demand for shorter gamaoa.Bu r.-j when the pitcher obtained the cawj- and runless Innings palled on Ihsr JErt Patrons will accept this Innovatlsa; readily as they did the foul strike rij; and their satisfaction over the rtw, IDtk It will bring will Insure Its pop-JluiJ t. wa The only objection that can be adntsi. against the proposed amendment to ra , B 31 Is that It will bring more battirf 6-the 6-the game something that patroacn demanded and magnates have finrf'lwiMia for years. Vg