Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-07-02 | Page 20 | His Hitters Are Slow on Bases

HIS HITTERS ARE SLOW ON BASES BUTTE Mont July i Butte I.-Butte Butte fans are beginning to wonder it If Joe McGinnity's adaptation of f the McGraw le lv st style e of hit and run Th the jP best r play l hitting I f Is going club to In Ira keeP the Northwestern the i le league fue in m the first division Spokane which Is away In front is second in team I batting while the who have also the record for extra base clouting art are fighting desperately to keep out of the second I It Is getting to be a habit for tor the Iron Iron- men to opponents and lose b by a decisive score and the bare fact I is that Butte is not getting setting the runs on Its hits due t to apparent sl slowness on the bases for McGInnity's hired men are the poorest poorest poorest poor poor- est base stealing outfit in the league Also Joes Joe's pitchers need a good sized score back of ot them to win and McGinnity seems to be the only member of or his staff who can go in and acid win a game same where the do not make more than three or four runs