Show sluggers not hurlers big needom need of baseball baseball greatest outdoor sport Is today most dependent upon and derives greatest inspiration from the boys behind old hickory 11 pie alie bat according to connie mack black famous mainger manager of the philadelphia athletics in an article in the boys lite life this according to black who ling lias seen nearly 60 50 years of baseball represents a change from the dayson days 0 baseballs infancy when pitchers were tile tho biggest drawing card of the game the batting rally by which made mack means a succession of heavy slugging bases basea continually full and the yelling spectators tense on oil their toes has become lie he says baseballs greatest thrill As a result the tendency of the sport has been to develop a remarkable group of 0 hitters hendell by that king of 0 the home run the tho renowned babe ruth says connie A team of 0 this day must have batters and a lot of them javery man must be a genius with the hickory it enough that a man Is a good fielder any more to fit into the modern baseball picture I 1 dont care how good a teams pitching start staff Is and how fast their fielding combination bi may be if they got halting britting ability chances of 0 win ning a conant are mighty slim |