Show American Strong on Left Handers Banders By HENRY P. P EDWARDS Were Verc It not that Ban Johnson has baa slaving slaying In his organization some Mm versatile versatile ver- ver young oung athletes who although left handed batters can hit southpaw Pitchers about as well as thc they can clout right banders handers the southpaw peril might loom oom up Ul as ns really alarming In the AmerIcan American Amer Amer- ican I league ue this season i It U 1 h however wever that the leading leade lead lead- Ing e eight batter b. In 1 league for 1914 were left lert handed hitters hitters Cobb Cobb obb Collins Colli mI Speaker Jackson on Lelivelt Baker Ba Ba- ker and Crawford One of these e Jack c k Le Lelivelt lve t. t has as since departed from the ho hl big circuit but the other s other sev v en cn ar are left to prevent the tho fling fling- cr ers rain from annexing too man many victories A few years ears ago southpaws WB of or real class claN were vote rather scarce in tho the Johnso Johnso- nian circuit but tOdo today each club with the exception of oC Now New York finds It It it- itself H self IC equipped with one or more mOTe star tar left lert handers Only three of these mil ma may he be called veterans the others having ln hail had a phenomenal rise into loto fame Came and sue suc cess cel Because of oC their rapid progress s the tIme American Ica league te Is better fixed for Cor forthan rn than than C ever Cr r before in its tem tern histOry ry Should It be shown that an any one club Is especially helpless before a n competent left Idt hander that l club will wl have hae its troubles 8 In facing E an any but crook crooked eel arm hurlers all alii n season Suppose for Cor In Instance instance In- In stance New Nev York finds hitting port port- alders a puzzling task It U tackles BOS Boa ton In a B series of f four Cour James games m s an and Is forced to go o against against- Leonard Collins and Gr Gregg Ef to say nothing of oC Babe Babo Ruth Shifting It t has a chance to rest fOr Or Connie Mack has only Eros s and Pennock Going on to Ington th the Yankees Yankees- merely orel wilt will have to face Cace n Boehling Harper and Bentle Bentley Coming west wast the they will encounter another an an- other southpaw arm array compS of f ft Co Co- Cavet 52 and Smithson of Detroit Detroit De- De t troit Mitchell and Coumbe Coumbe- of nf Clev r-ia r and Hamilton n and Leverenz St SL lau Louis I Only In Chicago would the of they bo be able to get relief from the dose or of left handers h. for Cor Hie White hUe constant Sox seen seem the one team lacking the port port- Hide twirlers Russell being their Ing offer offer- S |