Show Arky Vaughan Rates Tops On Ability to Place Hits By Associated Press I Arky Vaughan did a pretty good job jab of spread-eagling spread the rest of the field in winning the National league batting championship championship championship champion champion- ship last season His mark of was not close to the record average average average aver aver- age but in comparison to the marks of other sharpshooters of the senior circuit it was mighty goo good For the greater part of the season season sea sea- sea sea-c son Arky's average hovered around the mark to make it look like a runaway race and even a string of bad breaks late in the season could not haul him back to the pack Vaughans Vaughan's rise to the top was sudden and at the same time based on sound hitting form Arky Arly is a hard deliberate swinger He looks lover over every pitch carefully He has made a thorough study of his own particular form as well as the leading leading leading lead lead- ing hitters in the thc game Careful About Stance An example of how well he has hasit hast it t all figured out Is well illustrated by y the manner in which ho he takes his position in the batters' batters box He carefully selects the spot to place his lis left foot in the extreme back edge dge of the batters' batters box and then digs in Often he is dangerously close to the he outer edge and draws a complaint com com- plaint from the opposing catcher Many times the umpire has been called ailed In to settle the dispute but Arky rarely gives ground round The veteran Hans Wagner Vagner now a acoach acoach coach on the Pirate staff is credited credit- credit ed d with polishing off oft a few rough spots pots in Vaughans Vaughan's style and making him the perfect hitter He taught his lis the secret of place hiting hitting hitting hit- hit ting ing an art which Arky Arly quickly learned earned and which was responsible for or the rapid rise of his average Until some of the tho other National league eague sluggers master the fine art artof artof artof of placing their punches Vaughan Vaughans Is s likely to remain at the head of the he parade Fellows like Medwick of the Cardinals Cardinals Cardinals Car Car- a powerful batter whose weakness seems to be going after bad ad pitches and Hank Leiber the Giants' Giants slashing hitter have the equipment to challenge Arky's reign but until they concentrate a little littlemore littlemore more on hitting safely instead of knocking the cover covel off the ball with every swing the Pirate shortstop has no great cause for alarm Medwick hit last season and because of his his' penchant for going after all sorts of pitches is one of the most difficult batters to play for Outfielders well know that Medwick normally a slashing left leftfield leftfield field hitter is likely to take a cut at a wide pitch and push a double down the right field foul line |