Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-01-20 | Page 14 | Famous Pitcher Pays Compliment to Tobin

Famous Pitcher Pays Compliment nt to Tobin W WASHINGTON Jan 19 Outfielder Outfielder Johnny Tobin of the St St. Louis Loula Browns Is the most resourceful batter In the tho American league lealue according to the great Walter Valter Johnson In ln these days when hen nine out of ot every ten len batters batter simply take A it healthy swing Johnny Tobin robin stands stand out as one of the few tew batters who mixes them up keeps the pitcher uneasy says Johnson Tobin Is very ery fast tast Is an excellent and perhaps the best man In the American gue leogue dragging the ball lI down the first base line Nothing tends to upset upset upset up up- set a pitcher more thaw than to have haye a a. bat baL batter ter unexpectedly dl drag r ra the balt and geraway get ger getaway lil away with tt it The maneuver a also tends e to make the e whole team tut 1 wobble on den de de- de- de fence n Tobin however howver doesn't confine his batting to mere bunting or dragging the ball He can a pull 1 a ball bail al Into right h field fi ls with great a ao force o c and n can poke a fast fastone fastone one on th the outside Into left field with uncanny deftness TobIn Is a 5 batter of ot th the old school not unlike Willie Keeler In hi many re respect reo re- I glad there am am are not more like him