Show WHEAT OF BROOKLYN IS NATURAL BATT BATTER EH slugger crouches shifts feet and kicks up much dirt has decidedly awkward motions white while at bat but Is in position t hit anywhere he Is called a free swinger what Is the difference between foi form and style in other words what 1 IR tile the difference between a natural propensity to in do the right thing in a sport find and the doing of that thing in tin an easy and graceful fashion asks thomas S rice baseball critic on the brooklyn eagle we have hav discoursed upon kleinle as the naturally easy and graceful ball player and have given him credit for tile he game now come we to it a distinguished athlete who Is very much different the some same Is zaccheus D wheat left fielder of th tl brooklyn Super bas zimmerman would delight the golfer because zim mai keeps his feet in precisely the theoretical position for doing the best work zach stands well up to the plate but has decidedly awkward motions while there ile he shifts hla feet crouches a bit kicks the dirt from behind him bim and hits the ball better than alin how Ilow come theeb the experts on golf form would wag their leads heads at the sight of zach or duck their heads out of the way of one of his terrific smashes but the graceful and easy stuff does not fool the old time baseball player or manager any more than does the awkward stuff uncle wilbert Wlllie rt robinson of the brooklyn Super bas says wheat Is one of the most natural batters he ever beheld you can tell he be is a batter as soon as lie steps to the plate says uncle wilbert Wl lbert every movement of th shoulders and arms is well timed ile iia may kick up some dirt and gh gle e the ground keeper unnecessary labor but as soon as the ball starts toward him you ran can see that his limbs are free that Is he Is in position to hit anywhere it if the occasion arises wheat Is called a free swinger and being left handed has a natural tendency to pull to the right |