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Show UNFAMILI ARITY WITH FOES AIDS BATTERS ! One of the main reasons fnr the henvy , hit tin e in the Frdernl league in tlint , tho Itatters nre strangers to most pitch-I pitch-I fTH and the outfielders don't know just 1 where to plav for the different butlers, . it is thought. The nmn linvon 't been I plavintf aninst each other often enough to know tlie peculiarities of each other. Chief Kender, pitcliiiiR for the Baltimore Balti-more Feds, looms up as a real example of tho dill'icull ics a pitcher encounters in tho new league. Tho Chief k new 1 ho weak nefip and the power of each :iatter in the American li sguo. Mo know jimt wlmt kind of 11 bull to throw tunl vvhat kind npt to throw. As n result, tho Clhief ranilv wns hit for morn thnu .six or sf.uen siit'oticH per arno. But in tho Federal lonfruo it is different. dif-ferent. The batters for tit 0 most part are strangers to the biff Indian. le hasn't L'ot their " 111rn.su re " ns he had nf the batters in the American league. Then' for the Chi I" lias to experiment, and tin: experiments hnvn proved costly. |