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Bill BiJJ D ckey cke ) s ; slant 1lant on Tedams Ted notingtN . liams ams is worth notmg noting notmgIdcey t- t tN < - ' tckey Idcey ckey was working workmg in an Hollyv Hollywood Hollywoodie Hollywoode . ood oode ( ie e Lou Gehrig Gehng picture pJcture \ when hen the theent theent the'NjSnent theNjSnent ' ent was started about great ( rs rsin s 1 sIn In my opinion OplIDon Bill Bin Biu said Ted Tedms Tedms TedItems ms last season was the great- great greatsingleyear greatsingleyear great-stoelc-year great stoelc year - - - single-year single year - - hitter I ever ' \ saw S\w S w ssw andbeen and > been een around quite a while I ve ye veseen yeseen veiseen seen a lot of good ones or bet- bet betthan betthan bet-man bet man - - than goodut goodtit good goodBut But ut tit Williams In 1941 was super superI supera . I worked on him with w1th ourtiers our I ! | tiers hers ers in m something somethmg like 22 games gamesI gamesf f { I know . what v.hat vhat a tough Job lob ] ob it was waset waset waset ; et him hm1 out or keep him lum off oa the thees . es He was al alvays 'lays lays vays ' a hundred hundredcent hundredcent hundredk cent poison A i . 'Jwt Jwt Jzat ' hat Makes lIIakes Dlahes Gfeat Gleat Hitters Haters Hitters2 Hitters2r v ? 4 r { what at were the main mam facto s s lDIfWillIams inWilliams in lD , * Williams swing swmg ? I asked the theyikee , t theIt theIee " theI ! IfWillIams : ee catchersin catcher sin sinere ' There ere were a flock dock of main mam fac \ ) , iy ( ' ' Dickey ansv answered . ered In theplace the thetjt tjt t place you just can t get Ted theI to totat ( ol I tat , ( at t a bad ball-even ball even ball - - even one only anor an t or two wide He ne tie must havel havetike have I\ I Ilike l \ - like Uke tike a hawk Yon You ve ye got to get geter getasei er or he be 11 II U wait and walk Timeagain Time -again again . ; - i again Ive I ve seen him let ballslh1bY balls ballsopiate 0by by that couldn couldnt t have missed missedplate missedplate 0 lh1bY : opiate plate by more than an inchthe inch mch i : ! ithe > n the second place Williams has has1ll'eat hasgreat has'great hasgreat 1ll'eat 1lleat ' great ' pair of hands wrists Wl"lsts Wllsts " and andrt.learms andrearms and1'tearms and1tearms { rt.learms rtlearms rearms : . orll ' Weighing Weighmg only 170 110 or orl orttybe I l ybe be 175 pounds he has aImost almost aImostuch almost6nuch almostmuch 6nuch uch power as the Babe and Lou LouOrd LouI'd LouId rd Ord Loulrd ' to have His Hls tuning tUlling tmmg is as per perIt per"It perIt Loul I 1t It " " He seems to wa t unt until the ball 4 ' ) t tre,4 re,4 re4 re,4rt , rt r ' "L L _ --VILLIMIS VILLIMIS - ; " ; l .r r . < s TED WILLIAMSM WILLIAMSalmost WILLIAMS WILLIAMSy y M ' " | almost in your mitt before he hegs hegs hejigs f gs I ve ye never seen a hitter hittercouId hittercould hitter3 could couId wait walt longer before belore taJ.mg taJmg taking taJ.mgcut takingcut takingcut . cut . Few can do this Everye Every Everyft ft e is a httle httIe little too anxious allXlOUS at the thet thet thet t and quick bitting hlttmg hitting or swmgmg swinging swmgmgIf swingingra swmgmg'a swmgmga If Ifa ra ' a general fault lauIt . . But not wlth with wlthWilliams withWilliams with1 Williams Williamsp Williamso o p Weak Spots'Another Spots Spots"Another "Another Another 'Another " ' thing thmg about WIlliams WIlliamskey Williamskey Williamsckey key continued contmued is as that he hasweak hasweak has ! weak spots n SSe tteve e ve ye tried every everyDC Ing r acamst agamst against him-keeplnr him keeplnr him-keeping keeping him - keeping them themkeeplng themr ac-keeping ac keeping themackeeping -keeplng keeplng - - keeping them up-fast up fast np - - fast balls ballsslow balls1 slow balls-curves balls curves balls--curves balls - - - curves and every everynr everyking everyas nr king ! nrelse toe else But his bat seems toe toin to toIn e e In the road no matter what he he'served heterved 'served served ' .erved erved . 'servedRemember f'ltemember fltemember , , ' 'Bemember Bemember Remember ' Ted Is st at stil 11 E a kld- kld kid- kid kldund kidround kid kidound - round ound und 23 as I recalllt recall it There isn lsn aso t tnr tT nr iit ) telling how many records he henIght henight heght nIght have broken if It there had beene been heI I 10 e > war warJoe 4 Joe DiMaggio DlMaggio TMaggio is another great greatI greatutter greatter I utter tter who knows how to wait walt on a akh ach ' J tch kh Joe also keeps a pitcher pltcher at atI atrk attk ' rk He hits bits at few bad balls and andnever andnever anda I never see him rushing rushmg any anyI anygIve anyg anytog I gIve g I ve ye heard that good timing timingi 1 ) 1s s simply taking your time bme and andt andit t seems to fit both W Williams l1ams andI and andagglo andaggro andMaggio andMaggionother I agglo aggro aggropother nother pother Good Year YearIt Yeart ' It t might be noted here that the thekansas thekansas kansas Sn per is apparently head headlor headfor headtor lor for another big yearI sear year ear . I m feeling feel1ng physically better better than thanhave thanhave thanhave have felt in a lor lorg g time tune Bill BillId BillId BillId Id I Id d like to catch calch another hun bun huned buned himed ed games again agam and I Id duke d like to tot tot tot t back in the 300 class classt [ t might be remembered that thatekey thatckey thatchey ekey ckey broke all major league ree rec reeds recds recds ds last season by ca catching chlDg ! 100 or orore orore orore ore games tor for the 13th time tune ne He neme Hee Heme me 192Sa e to the Yankees around 1928the 1928the 192S 1928 a the tall tan Arkansas entry cntry has been beenmighty beenmighty beeny mighty factor ( actor in the Yankee Yankeerch Yankeerch Yankeearch rch ever since Always ways a great hitter m In the thetches thetehea theutchea tches tehea Dickey s main success has hasen hasim hassen en in im the ma matter tter of handling handlmg young young.tchers youngtchers . tchers-or tchers or tcbers-or tcbers youngtchersor youngtcbersor - - or any brand of pitchmg pitching pitchmgau pitchingcu pitchingpu au cu up-st up st never see him excited or up- up upno upno - - , no matter what the crucial spot spotl spotthe the midst nudst of wild and turbulenti turbulentgs turbulent tog gs Dickey remains cooler than thane thanie e heart of an Iceberg . . | His B1 knowledge of rival batters Is tonlshine tonJshing tonlshlng Istonlshine IstonJshing Istonlshlng He can tell teU you yoo the thee&lmess theeakness theleiknesg e&lmess elmess eakness & hitin and ana strength of every hit hit- - - . In h1a his hi . leaguepitchers leaguepitchers league leaguePUa PUa jndgeat jUdgent judgeat pitchers can take his jUdg ( ent eat In 10 is fullcon.fidence fallconfidence fall full confidence con.fidence . He has a aMthing thing athing Influence Influenee on the young en ens entfi , a s vital factor la 10 in the way of can con can'There conrol conrolt I 1 canI t pitchingIII pitchingan 1'There ' "There There 'There " ' Is much more to pitching ? III an " > thand a & strong arm arm , , , much more than thancd thanpetd cd d and a curve ball he tells tellsou tellson tellsou put-Ing put Ing putg ou on . . . ADig A Dig part of pitching pitchmg is tellsI put- put - - I g the ban ball where you want It I ve ye veen yeen vesea en pitchc pitchI pitchs more than a few smart pitch c I s with httle llttle little left leU m In the old arme arm arme e plWhC pITehg up batters batter by fine control , , , pifh plWh pITeh C g ( spotsBill to the right spot spots : ! 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