Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-10-07 | Page 9 | Port Side Swatters May Prove Factor

PORT SIDE SWATTERS MAY PROVE FACTOR NEW YOniC. Oct. 6. Among the reasons rea-sons for their choice given by those fans who aro backing tho Athletics to win the blue ribbon of tho baseball world Is the fact that Connie Mack has throe times na many left-hand batters on his lineup line-up as McGraw. It has long boon an accepted fact among baseball men that a porl-eldc batter will get on ba3c oftoncr than ono who hits rlghl-hnndcn. Tho position of tho batter Is such that tho swing of the bat turns him toward first, saving practically prac-tically an onllre step In addition to the tlmo taken In turning ns a right-handed batter must do, Among the Athletics who face the Giants In tho Ilrst came for the championship cham-pionship of tlto world tomorrow tho following fol-lowing bat from tho left: Murphy, Old-ring. Old-ring. Collins, Bakor, Strunk and Daly. Schang bats from cither side, sovcrnlng his position by tho type of pitcher he Is facing. The Giants, on the other hand, have only two port-side swatters. Doyle and Shafrr. Shafor Is another versatile batter. bat-ter. Kwlnglns: from either side ns occa-rlon occa-rlon domandn.