Show MONO MONG the arguments that that brok brolo about 1 out a few days ago between managers scouts and ballplayers there was a rather heated debat over right and left handed values who among th hitters and th pitchers make thi better ballplayers this turned out ti tc be an inte interesting Interest int subject it began wath th hitters and hen heri T williams was the lineup une P lett left handed hit ty cobb babe puth tei te williams tris speaker george sis ler mel ott joe jackson loi lot gehrig these were the tops right handed hitters rogen hornsby ornsby II joe DiMagg lo harry heil mann hans wagner ed Delehan delehanty tF nap lajoie hank greenberg ani an jimmy boxx from these two lists thai left handed hitters have the majority and the power although hornsby wagner delehanty and lajoie were among the greatest and harr hellmann Heihn ann could hit his share bu you cant can t do much about cobb ruth speaker and jackson nol noi overlooking williams they knew knea what the old ash furniture was for right handed hurlers then they got around to the pitch ers it was a trifle different here left banders handers lefty grove rube waddell carl hubbell eddie plank babe ruth and hal bight Right banders handers walter johnson cy young grover alexander christy mathewson ed walsh dizzy dean smokey joe wood chief bender and bob feller here the right banders handers had the call young johnson alexander and mathewson are tar far in front ol 01 any tour four left handers you can name when it comes to a matter of total victories gathered through the years in hitting the left bander hander Is al least a stride and a halt half closer to first base you know how many base runners are thrown out by a stride but despite ruth jackson ott and williams I 1 doubt the left handers had any greater power than dele hanty hornsby foxx greenberg lajoie and hack wilson in one year few still living remember dele hanty he and hornsby were about on a par lajoie was up with both they were terrific most host graceful 9 players it Is all part of an old story a twice told tale but a few of us who can dip a number of years back into the past were talking again about the most graceful ballplayers the ones you loved to see more than a few old timers cut in with suggestions such as billy evans wish egan bucky harris jack onslow and several others here was our all grace lineup line up catcher johnny kling pitchers walter johnson bugs raymond addie addle joss dizzy dean and kid nichols first base hal chase george second base napoleon lajoie eddie collins shortstop herman long dave bancroft third base jimmy collins buck weaver pie traynor outfield tris speaker joe dimaggio and terry moore these men in the main made all plays look easy I 1 cant can t recall ever seeing lajoie make a play look tough the same goes tor for demag gio who always seems to be drifting not running john mcgraw once said that ray mond had the greatest motion he ever saw my vote along this line goes to johnson a pitcher mcgraw rarely saw until his later years eddie collins was next to lajoie at second while bradley and beav er were close to jimmy collins at third traynor also belongs in this list traynor was about on a par with weaver awkward but great grace doesn doean t always mean great ness hans wagner the greatest shortstop that ever lived one of the greatest of all players reminded you of a giant crab hans was awkward looking christy mathew son was no picture of grace in the box neither is bob feller who uses almost every muscle in his body on the other hand dizzy dean had an almost flawless pitching mo tion dizzy finished on the toes of his left toot foot as far forward as one could get without toppling over on his face ace for the few short years he had before his right shoulder went lame he was as good as any pitcher I 1 ever saw ty cobb always has rated ed walsh as the best five year pitcher in baseball history any pitcher who can win 40 games and save 12 others in one year Is good enough tor for me ty said some time back especially pitching for a light hitting club babe ruth also belongs in this all graceful list there was noth ing awkward about the babe eitl er at bat or playing the outfield he was a smooth swinger at the plate and a smooth looking workman on his outfield job 4 |