| Show M THREE BALLS FOR BASE HARD ON THE TWIRLERS If It the Iha recommendation of tho the Am Ani American American erlean league which entitles entities a n batsman to walk to 10 first base baso when three twills balls are III called is adopted by the joint rules committee of o both the major leagues It will work wont a serious hardship on an the pitcher The flie fact that the man In iii the center of the tho diamond lamon has had the thc upper l per hand hund of lie tho man loan with the willow for the lie thelast last few seasons has hall brought forth many man suggestions directed to Increase s 1 hitting The Thi recommendation of the American league gue is advanced as US a II method to put pitcher und and batsman on moie molo even terms lerms coins It 11 Is a II radical move In fact there thele Is Isa Isa a 11 possibility that hat tho the rule tInkers have havo overstepped the bounds and an that there Will be widespread advantage shown shawn again only tho the batsman Instead of or orthe the lie pitcher will be lie the tho favored ta vOled one ouie It might help heIr such Much sharp Insl o ball ballplayers ballplayers players as ns Buck Hucle Frankes Frankell toad and others other of or if his hl type typo but would certainly lessen the tho effectiveness ness of a II largo large majority of or the tho pitchers It will help sharp inside workers In Inho tho Iho lug big leagues liko Hartsell of ot tho the Athletics Athletic Jones JOlles of at the th White Sox Keo Ken Keoler ler of tho the Highlanders and others of this tIlls type It will 1111 lessen the tho effect S of or They Tile will not riot bo ue beable able to 10 waste ana otio ball when three will vill give Ie tho tim batter first base Then there thore aro uro a number of lit particularly who have a tendency to miss the plate and they thoy tho will suffer much from the tho handicap han Donovan Donavan of or Detroit was thin the leading pitcher of or the American league last season but bul he ho scarcely I would have been If It the new recommendation atlon had hod been heen In force Waddell would find fin the measure se so severe yore vere and Dygert the tho bust best In Inthe inthe the country might have to abandon that thEt delivery Newton of lit New York of or Cleveland Powell or of St 51 StLouis StLOUIS Louis Patterson of Chicago of Detroit and a number of In tho Iho American league and Overall of Chi Chicago Chicago cago Drown of ot the Phillies raylor Taylor of ot New Ne York Cy Young of or Boston and Krager Kragel of St I LOuIS Jul uli In the National league lougue would be bo most affected by the th suggestion There aro are some sonic marvels of ot steadiness who would get got nearer the top tap In the ranking The Tho Youngs and an Drowns Browns could meet the lie new de do demand demaud domand mand maud without much trouble because they cnn can gage IlI the lie plate virtually any time lute thoy they care but bill moro more would surfer than Improve from Crom the tho change Tim The move Is H too ton radical and it should ba he re rejected rejected by tho hi Joint tules committee |
