| Show PRAISE FOR WAGNER BY CHRISTY MATHEWSON MUM March 7 lh the Nw New York Giant pitcher who ho now I In coaching th the Harvard twirler made mad a general criticIsm teda today of erf th the great lereal bat Tact mn whom b he h ha rat faced In hi bl career crr The Th heavy said Id Natty is mot most f tred for bl bin ability to break iii game erm The place J is rr ferd with 11 I mn men 01 on b ha as h he can n work rk the hi hit ad and run and nd eu r advance the base runner by bunting at al the mo mou most u unexpected tim I Ol course in any n criticiSm of of nf Ih the present prent dy y I 1 a am limite limited to tn my wn In th the National I league up cae zeept In the worlds orld championship rl of 1111 when J I pitched against Ih the Alit Ah leti IU who ho tal tailed to do 0 nul much In tie the nUr state tle The Tb man most to b be ferd feared I ii Me liens of Ut the club H I the rr rare a Ilace place hitte bitt and and aad la Ii equally dero In a Sr r sIne I ot or hi hItting tn r I I ii a fth fr free bItter h he I I UIt trying t to outwit the pitcher W When n th the outfield ta Is playing e to 0 ot out o oft 1 a long hi bit I 1 Iv have known him purposely to Du b the blI 1 the infield for a to o Ier leaguer With tl the base runne runner on fIrt some of f hi his hardest drive 10 go past the oe lInt baseman who of cour course ha han to 10 play on Ih the bg bag Meet ot of hi bla lon longest t drive gp toward left Ift Acid hut but h he h has been n known I to 10 hi hit th the bl ball tb the Brooklyn right fIeld which I is a great feat Mt even for a hitter Wagner always alwy wait It tor fr Ih the bal ball to come over the plat Maty n or of hi hI long loag hit re made of bl balls pitched high f o pith or Wide wid I strength lr of arm and a x reAch enable hm him rn t to neet aurl squarely bl bUe that another nt bm let would ml mi or pp U In Ih air Ir IrB B By hI his great t be bh beat out an any ground bal bail that I is fumbled ly IW or I ii not thrown throw I 14 kitS It I is b be mol ad lit Into double b by taking of the malt o openings t any In l al loy today I lie I ii stingy with hI his ut and nr al all In al all I is th the mot most diN to whom bm I 7 ever er he have pitched I even ven hv hay tn been upon to t try tb the a him which I 1 rarely use but it If he aRnt I hes I a I 7 hv have never been able to hInd It ItIn itIn In speaking or of dangerous hitter thre Cr ar of ar core course turn en 01 on m my ta town tm team against whom t I d do not have to pich but bUI I 1 would 01 cIa Mike Donut high In the list or of dangerous batsmen Jp 11 end Wagner hA had a ver very ole race no Jut yar yal but bul the Flying bOut bed him out I In t the by y a tw few While lb Rt crest It might I not t be rem remiss to ternary that It is II wonderful with lh what power Tommy La Leach h bi hiti a IU ball F Fog a little fellow lie he I is a marvel Pr CIrk Cl to too I is a consIstent hitter and den rue with IUt nn e eSome bases Some bitumen have improved In their Ald and cannot t be fol fooled by certain bal halla that orIginally UI Ibsen SUch h at are Frnk Frank Chance and Jo Joe Tinker of tb the Chicago club T The A hi bit of both U these m men New Jew Tok York helped helI lu greatly ty in ID winning Ib the lp It last Mn and nd Mo most of th the hits w were made ol cc bl bell pitched to sup ht up posed weaknesses 1 Both a are ur men pf oJAI me to 0 tool fool and Cha Chave I is probably robIT Ib the more Mort hitter Mcgee and o of the In ft valuable man wih with the h M Ida a aI I IUn Illness was a serious In itter part of th the season n of U hd truck a terrifIc gait t la in The h closing month month of th the raD campaign ad op o I iii leading the t leant for the aa year rr CID Cincinnati I is a tb r long hitter and nd I is so 0 fat fail h he can bt beet out mAcid hi hit While f he did oln not hae ha the o opportunity to 10 aln on OD I a td chat club hi bl work tb the oM I Iu lead leadem em u lit In th the l of lut sit n to ut upset In Ith both 11 New York and ad Chicago calculations n |
