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Show 6 I The Salt Lake Tribune, Thursday, May 21. 1373 Shirley Povicli By Shirley Povieh Washington Post Writer WASHINGTON The new breed of baseball player, the American Leagues designated hitter, had a good day Sunday Although forbidden to wear a fielder's glove or involve - . N.L. Shouldnt Snicker Over Designated Hitter himself with throwing a baseball, he did get to bat 59 times m the six AL games. The composite creature responded v ith 19 hits for a resplendent .322 average and put some extra thump into the contests . . . which is the purpose for which he was created mostly by SHORTER BACKSWING FOR SHORTER SHOTS The full backswing you use on long shots is not appropriate for shorter shots. Some novices try to handle this type of shot by taking a full backswing, then sort of dropping the club into the ball. The result is likely to be a bad shot. On all shots its important to accelerate the clubhead into the ball. On the short shot this is achieved by using a short back-swinthen letting your clubhead speed up naturally as you enter the hitting area. This will give you the 6rm arm and wrist that you need for square contact. Making Cracks The National League is still snooting the whole idea of a designated hitter and mouthing dirty little cracks about a league that has to go ersatz to get more wood on the ball. The haughtier NL club owners perceive it also as a dangerous drift. Lord forbid, toward pro football's speciality team gimmicks in which half a football player, who couldn't earn his pay otherwise, is into kicking situations. Another thing wrong with the designated hitter for the pitcher is that the American League thought of it first. Among traditionalist NL club owners, that makes it untouchable. The AL people are supposed to be followers, not leaders. Which league draws the biggest crowds? Which league wins almost all the games and the majority of the World Senes in the last 20 years? The NL is of no mind to lend itself to the other leagues struggle to entice more customers. Keep em poor and keep em humble. La-i- t season, with the pitchers hitting, they delivered an average of one homer a week with all their combined swings In Boston, designated hitter Orlando Cepeda is almost the whole season making worthwhile for Red Sox fan-Th- is muscular old hap, who doesn't play in the field because successive knee opera tions have removed so much cartilage he is almost bone on bone, has hit six home runs and is batting 36 as the 10th man in 'he lineup He is the new pnde of Boston. The NL is still the AL as a league, .250 to .24S, but it's a t gain for the L over last year's batting In the case of Chub Feeney, the National League g nine-poin- Do TC7. EXTRA & BDfifl 1973 NAT'L Nem Sy ft. HFhKI 23. in every day at RICK WARNER FORD You don't have to wait for special week-en- d promotions. Main, Downtown V) Thats OM UTAH FO BIG! BOLD! Grand & BRASH! 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SUPER WIDE OPEN MEMORIAL DAY 1 . (SQDEB1BE102 mi SERVING All Of EXTRA the extra plus the of the home run. CAMPING SALE! WFREE . excitment MEMORIAL DAY mattress mfielders lay bad; so difar the game's cherished debeen have mensions stroyed When the shortstop a goes into the hole for other BEETC7 SUPER CHARGER d The same NL dub owners are avatn.-- t change in game have showed le- - a,.., bornness in the matte'-hikeadmission prices, bm and mm. parking diarg-,tor TV and mands iJi; rights. who Better Average Some chaps among the have groupies been doing well, enough to give the whole gang of them a .234 average, a contrast to the .146 the leagues pitchers hit last year. In the first six weeks of the season, they have already delivered 46 home runs. WARNER fas Dacron This is because of the to artificial turf wntch now is 12 found in half the league's so are infields The stadiums shek and fast that the shortto play a stop is often forced field, and short President, who has been given to smuking at the absurd gimmick of the AL, it can be noted that Feeney's own league is not without sin. and a more venal one compared tactic to the of Joe Cronin's league. In certain cities m Feeney's league, t hey are playing some kind of a game with no certa.nty that it's baseball this season in which the NL could properly mock the American Leagues effort to get more excitement into its games with its 10th man in the lineup, like a battery additive. The ALs designated hitters havent produced consis- -' tently. When the rule was adopted, Whitey Herzog, the New manager of the Texas Rangers, was ecstatic. Ive got Rico Carty, hes the best pinch hitter in the business, said Herzog. Carty is hitting .171. Weve got Frank Howard, exclaimed Billy Martin, manager of the Detroit Tigers, with glee. Frank Howard is hitting .196. Yet by merely taking their bats to the plate, as the pitchers' surrogates, the Howards and Cartys and the Tony Olivas serve the game well. At least it's no pitcher up there at bat with his .067 average and .850 strikeout quotient as a signal for the fans to head for the concession stands. Oliva and Howard and Carty up there, symbolizing at least a menace, creating a suspense and giving the hometown fans hope while leaving the other team to tremble a bit, provide a rich moment in the game whether or not they connect. are and baseball There have been many days To get a copy of Hitting the Irons, send 20 cents and stamped, envelope to Arnold Palmer, co Salt Lake Tribune, Box 867. 6th South the - sw ing All-St- g, K Bowie Kuhn, commissioner. his throw to first comes j. somewhere in left field ir;j only a few are born with tr required rifle arm The has onlv two synthetu gra-- . playing fields change. We also install Gabriel Hijackers MU1 M and now in SALT LAKE SUGAR HOUSE PROVO OGDEN 2770 2320 Highland (cash 1250 2364 Grant S. 300 West 487-108- 7 355 S. 200 West 487-582- 1 Dr. 375-652- & carry only) W. Center 392-757- BOUNTIFUL Ave. 1 292-142- 4 2 17th 364-432393-864- 1 633 & Wall Ave. S. 500 West |