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Show LEFT HAN IN SPORTS. 'Southpaws" Have Always Mado Good in Every Line, and Ask No Favors. Whether left-handed persons ln various ithletic accomplishments do things un-isually un-isually well or whether they merely attract at-tract attention to their proflcioncy because be-cause they aro left-handed, it la nevertheless never-theless a fact that the left-handors do not uffcr by comparison with right-handers. They aro moro numerous ln baseball than n any other sport, and ln baseball more umorous a3 pitchers. As pttchers thoy re too numerous to attract any unduo 'attention, and while It la said of them that they do not last as long as righthanders, right-handers, they arc every bit as effoctlvo while they aro at it. To this day tho wonderful won-derful drop ball of Tom Ramsey, tho onc-tlmo Louisville south-paw. Is referred to a3 tho most mystifying of deliveries. Hahn. Broltenstcln, KJlroy. Shaw. Wad-dell. Wad-dell. Plank. Ealdwln. Wclmer, Tannehlll. Dohcny. Newton, Woyburg, Piatt and others too numorous to mention were or aro fl rat-class pitchers, able to mako constant con-stant trouble for otherwise strong batters. bat-ters. In tho lnfleld loft-handed throwers havo been very scarce, and even moro so behind be-hind the ba while left-handed batters aro plentiful. Not a few naturally right-hand right-hand hitters bat from tho other sldo of tbo plate In order to save the distance ln running to first base. Hick Carpentor, In his day a star third baseman, was a loft-handed thrower, and so was Hulcn, tho former Philadelphia shortstop, and Hannlvan, who playod third boso for Brooklyn. It comes a bit awkward for a left-handed thrower In the lnfleld oxcopt nt first base and thoy aro not desirable, chiefly bocauso not so handy at making a double play. The left-handed first baseman, base-man, however, by virtue of his anatomical anatomi-cal tendency, can send off a throw to tho other lnfleldcra with moro dispatch than his right-handed contemporaries. Tenncy and Beckloy aro left-handor3, tho former being especially gifted at throwing a runnor out at 6ccond bo-ie, and then getting back to first ln tlmo for tho return re-turn throw. Wllllo Wheclor was a left-handed third baseman, but shifted to tho outncld, and tho fact that ho propyls tho horsehido with his port wing does not mako him any the Ices a long, quick and acouratq thrower. Keeler also bats left-handed, and he Is the most scientific of batsman. George Van Haltrcn and Jimmy Ryan are other left-handed outflolders, and as pood as thoy como at throwing. Tho outfielder out-fielder Is not handicapped In this way as tho lnflelder la, for another thing charged acalnat the. left-handed lnflelder Is that ho always throws a curve ball, which Is bothersome for tho recipient ln tho short intlold distance. Men who do things with tboir left leg Instead of their right aro much scarcer than left-handers. Tct there havo been a few notable ensos of left-loer excellence. Malcolm McBrldo. captain of the, Yale football team ln lSJ. and a punter of tremendous distances, kicked tho nleskln with his loft foot. One of hla faults was kicking too low once ln a while, but that fault has extended to kickers who drovo the ball with tho starboard foot. Another export with hla loft leg 13 Poter O'Gonner of Ireland, champion broad Jumper of tho world, O'Conner rises from tho left leg as ho begins his fight through space. Charles Chadwlck, the old Yale weight thrower, topned the mlssllo with his left hand, and A. G, Anderson of the Nov.' York Athletic club is a left-handed polo vaulter and left-handed fencer, his position posi-tion when handling tho foil being vory puzzling to bis opponents. The famo of the loft-handed brotherhood brother-hood Is upheld nobly by Alfred Do Oro, one of tho most expert pool players of this, or any other time. However good' may have been the reasons that induced tho original man to havo given his right hand tho preference, tho departure from tho usual custom has not detracted a particle par-ticle from Do Oro's wonderful skill. Louis Cure, the French billiard player, Is loft-handed, loft-handed, and ho ranka ln the very top class. Cyrlllo Dion waa a left-handed ouoIhL Thcro aro no boxora of consequence who fight left-handed-the right hand extendedbut ex-tendedbut there aro several expert left-handed left-handed golfers. Judge Glldersleeve Is one, ns is A. L. Ripley of Boston. Qulncy A, Shaw, Jr., plays coll right-handed, but does everything clso with his loft hand. Ho plays racquets left-handed, and plays no well that he not long ago wua the amateur champion of this country. Champion Cham-pion Jeffrios doc3 not fight left-handed, but la naturally a left-hander. Ho writes with that hand. Among roarkfmen tho percentago of left-handed operators is rather small, that Is, among experts.- Neif Apgar, one of tho lending trap allots, holds his gun to his left shoulder, and another who assumes the sumo position la Frank Par-mclce. Par-mclce. In shooting whoro ono oyo does tho sighting tho eyo with tho bettor vision. vi-sion. If ono oyc la stronger than the other, oth-er, might influence tho marksman In being be-ing right-handed or left-handed, but thla would hardly apply to other snorts. Thero aro somo who ln playing cards deal with tho left hnnd, but are right-handed iq all other rc.ipccts. New York Sun. |