Show Zeke Bonura Wields Big Stick To Lead Major Home Run Race Rookie White Sox First Sacker Shows Promise Gets Tremendous Tremendous' Power Behind Drives Special lal to The Telegram CHICAGO June Ib Here lb-Here Here the major league season Is two months old and nd a rookie is pacing the American in home runs The Rookie is Zeke Bonura massive first baseman of the Chicago White Sox Sax and he is As a matter of fact the young man is showing ing no signs of slowing up improving as a batter from day to day day I Ro Rogers ers Hornsby thought smart pitching would handcuff Bonura but bul after seeing Zeke Zel e get five hits in seven even times at bat against St. St Louis pitchers the Brown manager confessed confessed con he might be in error Smart pitchers have been ben trying to fool Bonura since the first days of the season when it was learned that the N New w Orleans boy was a tremendous ous run home-run threat at all aU times Sometimes clever pitching puzzles Bonura but he is gaining on the hurlers hurl hurl- ers all aU the time Better in Majors Bonura has proved a greater home home- run hitter in the majors than he was In the minors Zeke has fourteen homers and is tied with Chuck Klein of the Cubs and ahead of Gehrig and Foxx of or his own league Zeke is an swinger He grips his bat well wen down on the nub and lets fire with all aU the power powel of his pounds When Bonura is batting outfielders outfielders out out- fielders get as far back as possible Although a left leU field hitter Zeke gets such tremendous power behind his drives that he occasionally hits homers to right or right center Zeke has driven in 44 runs which is more morel than Klein has been able to chase over the plate pate and almost double tie the production of Al AI Simmons' Simmons bat Simmons of course ic is batting balting under under un der somewhat of a a. a handicap Al occupies occupies oc oc- the inthe the Sox batting order with Bonura just ahead So when Al comes to the plate he ie frequently Ire fre finds that hat Zeke has taken I Icare care of the job of driving home whatever whatever what what- ever runners there were on the sacks s Of the one fifty-one hits Bonura had made as of May 6 26 had been for extra bases If the Sox had better batters hitting first and second In the lineup Bonura's percentage of runs S batted in Sn would be tremendous S Zeke Fields Well Bonura also is doing a neat job in the field He is not fast of course S but t at u speedy as either cither Gehrig 0 or 1 I. I t I t t I Ii Jb ia 1 r h Foxx and far tar from clumsy In his movements He has a fine glove hand for thrown balls and gets whatever whatever what what- ever he can reach The White Sox Sex were vere t talking the theother theother theother other day of Hal Trosky the young Cleveland first b baseman seman Trosky hit three consecutive homers off oU Sox pitchers on Memorial day so that feat was the main topic of the con con- According to the Sox players Trosky hit a curve ball a fast ball and a change of pace in getting get tin ting his home runs and now the Hose dont don't know what to throw him The So Sox are sure of ot just one thing about Trosky That he whale can a baseball base base- ball and is good enough for anyone's team i 1 q cF t j fl N iff |