| Show S THE fASTEST r PLAYER IN N THE THEOLE I I OLE t COUNTRY NOW r s rs st st ballplayer in the I they are spreading n n the work of Harry at bat They claim is- is not only the fast- fast b st st hitter etc etc he e worlds world's cham- cham l. l Fat Dougherty is the h league ague d j. j New York they rm n as the one 10 league O 0 e title of Deer Deer- some me time a ago o but l nce was through h j there to a con con- hey 4 say ay Maloney of 1 est and others other point Iphia phia jut t. t there is a grow grow- I reds is a newer and 0 the front one ones ones' CF s' s peculiar to himen him him- en fair reco will stamp him bim as ballplayers 0 the year is out 1 of f Detroit is not a fin ballplayer But it jt is interesting to contemplate just what b Tie he will be he when he is thoroughly seasoned when he ho can do what he can now now Like Niles h h. h is is not yet a an ap expert on the bases Cobh's Cobbs really remarkable speed in go go going o. o in ing down to first base and in going from first fIrt to third on sacrifice hits every time ho pot got the opportunity gave ave the tans fans Ilus the idea that it was his speed that carried him bim through b. b Where other men ipen would get et thrown out Cobb gets ets there because of his speed they say They had this idea because of TVS TV'S method of battin batting He handles his stick like a toy There is no ex exertion seemingly seemingly seem seem- in ly when he swin swings He just seems to meet the ball as thou though h it w were rere re poth- poth in ing at all But it goes oes When its it's to be hit out he lie is usually there with a l long ng I dr driva But he hek also likes likes to chop down on them sending the ball spinning in several different directions at once jarrin jarring jarring jar jar- rin ring the whole infield Plays by Instinct T Tyrus does not look like lik a slugger er There is no great reat wei weight ht in those should d dors dars rs to lay a against a ball Yet he is is fast being ein hailed of the best as one as-one one naturaL natural natural nat nat- ural hitters bitters in baseball After that run home hit of his in in Clev Cleveland land there ther was not a man on the team even en those with whom he once had trou trouble le who d did d not commend his has hasgood good work Bill Cou Coughlin is one of the many who figures that his easy style of bat is is so deceptive that few appreciate how hard haid he be really can hit No one gives ives ves' ves hi him n credit for being being being be be- ing a hitter remarked Cou Coughlin lin but butI butI I I believe that he is the most natural the lea league He did not seem to meet th that t ball of Joss' Joss hard on Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day but it sailed hi high h over the fen fence e. e Did you notice later when Birmingham Birmingh m misjudged ed his line drive that t it came cam j so fast it tore his hands apart and t the e ball shot through h with cannon sp speed cd 1 That Thatis is the sort of hitter Ty really is is He also can bunt as well as chop the ball There are a great many good ballplayers ball ballplayer ballplayers players player who fi figure ure out what to do and then do it Cobb seems to play purely by instinct instinct- |
