Show BEST BATTERS USE A CHOP chance says the strongest batters do not swing viciously at the ball vicious swinging and over anxiety to clout the ball for two or more bases are two of the principal reasons why many minor league players do not make inake good when trying for a berth on a major league team thinks man alan ager chance of the cubs of course it is 13 the one and sole ambition of any youngster to make good and he fig ures that the only way he can do this is by hitting the sphere for more than a 4 average right off the reel in h his IS e efforts if ort S to attain this excellency in batting he is over overanxious anxious to 0 o hit the ball for extra bases and swings vl vi clouspy at the ball when thrown to the plate As a result he does not meet it consistently and when he does it usually is a fly to the outfielder in the opinion of manager chance a league recruit will ivill never make good as a sticker if he depends on his swinging ability to hit the ball the majority of the leading hitters in the national and american leagues are men who use a short swing and chop there was only one man who had a reputation as a great hitter who swung with great force at a ball says manager chance lie ile was mas ed dele hanty who is dead of the present stars with the stick manager chance thinks that larry la jole of cleveland is about the pret dest batter of the entire lot manager chance thinks that it if the minor league recruits or all of the minor league players will endeavor to adopt the style of hitting of the big league batters their chances of ma kirg good will be increased 1 according to his idea they should vold avoid the system of bringing their bat avay away in back of them and then swinging instead keep the bat against their shoulder or in front of 0 hem them and then chop at the ball in an effort to meet it squarely sou arely |