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Show HILL TOP TIMES rage iu 1 LONG tmmVJk';z I W , , Blonde repeated home runs twice and (thmneh 1956). Obviously Ruffing we three times. RBI's was not the home run hitter that Our system went someLemon was. Just as obviously, busi This thing like this. For George Ferrell was pretty good. Uhle who led in the bat-tin- g ness of times at bat versus hits averages, we figured or extra base hits enters into the the following percentages; t picture but definitely. B.A. 290, singles .223, Play With Percentage doubles .044, triples We decided to reduce everything .016, H.R. .007 and .007, to percentages. Our mathematical RBI's .144 and .144 and abilities are about on a par with .144. We added these figUnivac but we a ures together and divided Answer .113 by nine. gave it the old college try. But heaven's sake, don't After (For figthen, another question. check this!). urine1 nercentaees for singles, two This system was followed for baggers, triples, home runs and RBI's it occurred that home runs pitchers with the nine top batting (as representing power) and RBI's averages. Here's the way the per(to emphasize clutch hitting) centages worked out (1) Wes Fershould receive more emphasis. rell .125.(2) George Uhle .113 (3) So in averaging the percentages Red Ruffing. .108 (4) Fred Lucas one! Jones has always been a crowd The pleaser. Gene is a amixer. backward takes Tiger rarely step. He's a "weaver" irom way carries his hands down. hnck When the going gets rough he airline stewardess Debi Donner of Toledo. Ohio, looks very pretty with her shotgun out in Sun Valley, Idaho. She is an expert shot in trap and skeet. Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago White Sox are going to come apart Hitting Pitchers at the seams), this subject ought After the second of two Cleve to provide a meaty little item to land-GiaSalt Lake City exhibi- chew on. tion games on April 5th, one of Researching the records our , local sports scribes wrote brought up a big question. concerning "best hitting pitchers". How does one decide the Charley Feeney of the Newark best hitting pitcher? Press had posed the question right (Separating the days of after Bob Lemon of Cleveland had the rabbit ball from the field one over the powered right dead ball, from the fair wall in the bottom of the fourth to middlin' lively ball, etc., of the second ' game. was too much. So this was Visiting writers, from Cleveland not considered). How much and New York, volunteered the should be given to 1 e weight i names as b poss following batting averages or to choices: Bob Lemon, Wes Ferrell, home runs or to RBPs? Red Ruffing, Jim Tobin, Hal Schu The leader in home runs is Wes macher, Fred (Red) I Lucas and Ferrell. He hit 38. Ruffing is sec Lynnwood Rowe. v Ever since, we've wondered just ond with 37. Lemon has hit 32 how right these writers were in during his career. Total at bats their selections. tells the true story, however, As baseball is now in full swing Ferrell was up 1176 times, Ruffing 1095 (everyone is wondering when the 1930 and .Lemon times away the Pitcherf r w ad mtt8 f?F ST&H oi int 8e Sng..averaeel .290 ffcwmi. v that -bour paperinsists and pencil to come ud .290.) Highest perceST? mights has. the best ut les U g 227, goes Ruffing and Wes with 051 for FerrelVvL to be Carl Maya with xKbL ed also high for RBI's with 177 trie best "euiuig our hitting pitchers i pencil cles and wee- hmi on str If anyone is interested we'll w on the percentages of their fai ite "hitting pitcher." 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Mulhn 088 (9) cg) I Gene Fullmer versus Tiger Jones on June 7th, This should be a good aren chell .090 ..A By Dick Long STRAIGHT Times Hill Top L SHOTS bobs and weaves so low that his nose almost touches the canvas. Certainly Gene should have his hands full. We would like to see Fullmer and concentrate on fighting To business. the copper forget the beginner, a steady job insures food for the table. To a to a former Champion champion trying to regain his he should have but one title thing in mind. Live boxing. work at it eat it Sleep it all day, remedy weaknesses. We've never heard of a good "part time" champion. Our best wishes go with Full mer. If he keeps meddlin' around with too many of these tough middleweights before he gets another championship fight, he's go ing to need more than "wishes." Mav 9i J OF AGE " one"year"free ii J? ,a" 10 l22SSSihti n Set tnese results in 60 days: Add 1H in-teach arm3 in' on ch ! 1 0 pounds bodyweight irwdghLol5ounds-3HJ- n. I off hips and waist. 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