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Show BAD ARM HINDERS COMBS' THROWING Has Everything Else in Way of Greatness. American league base runners have discovered the same weakness In the throwing apparatus of Earl Combs, the New York American outfielder, that American association runners took advantage of when the former Kentucky school teacher was playing for the Louisville Colonels. Combs, a great fly shagger, a great hatter, "fust of legs and a good slider, soon showed In the association that he couldn't throw. lie was slow In getting his throw away, and the ball lacked stenm and the necessary carrj with a zipping bound at the finish. Base runners soon were taking nn extra base on hits to Combs. That Is what they are doing In the American league. Combs Is playing in one of the most dillicult fields of ; . : i sg-.. It? ,'' ' I 'i Earl Combs. any big show ball park. The shadows of the triple deck grand stand of Yankee Yan-kee field play no part in making the center suburb easy to patrol, and with the lively ball of present-day baseball outfielders are compelled to play so far back, that Combs, with not- a strong arm, has little chance to cut off base runners. With a man on first and a hit to" center field the base runner never slacks his speed at second. He just keeps on his way and seldom does Combs nail his man at the far base. Even with that weakness and also a weakness In the handling of ground balls the former Louisvillian has won himself a home in New York. He can hit, run bases with rare speed and go far for fly balls. |