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Show GRIFFITH SWEET ON FOSTER Manager of Nationals Thinks His Third Sacker Is One of Greatest Great-est Place Hitters. Clark Griffith always an extravagant extrava-gant talker, and at the same time a renowned baseball sage Is ready to boost Foster. Here is a sample : "I have had on my teams the three greatest place hitters In the history of baseball, and I want to tell you that of the three, Eddie Foster is the best. SB X "- ' ' -. Eddie Foster. The others are Willie Keeler and Hal Chase. Willie taught Hal, and Hal taught Eddie. "Foster is the smartest batter I ever saw. A pitcher usually can tell by the position of the batter's feet just where he hopes to hit, just as a boxer gets a line on the schemes of his opponent by watching his opponent's feet. If you see a right-hand batter's feet set for an attempt to hit to right field, you can pitch fast inside, and nine times out of ten he will pop up." |