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Show McGraw Changed Batting Style of Eddie Farrell McGraw changed Eddie Farrell's hitting style at the training camp at Sarasota, Fla., thls-spring and. made a reai bitter out of the little shortstop. short-stop. While Farrell was considered a brilliant fielder when he came to the GInnts from Penn. It was thought that his hitting would prevent him from becoming a big league star. Last year Farrell's cut at the ball was not free enough to suit McGraw. He was known as a "choke hitter." This spring McGraw taught the shortstop short-stop how to hit with a free and easy swing, and now Farrell is one of the batting heroes of the 1027 season. Big league managers often change the batting styles of recruit players. .Wally Pipp was a poor hitter when he first came to the big show as a member mem-ber of the Detroit Tigers. Jennings changed Pipp's swing and the first baseman quickly developed Into one of the best hitters in the American league. |