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Show AARON WARD WOULD ! BE TURNOVER HITTER Ambition of Yankee Keystone Key-stone Sacker to Hit Both Ways. Aaron Ward, second baseman of the champion Yankees, is ambitious to become be-come a "turnover" batsman. A "turnover" "turn-over" batsman is one who hits from either side of the plale, shifting his position po-sition to the style of pitching lie is facing. Ward always has batted as a righthander. right-hander. He is now experimenting from the other side of the plate and he is I certain he will be able to improve his I hitting many points when he can, with i equal efficiency, change his position to suit the pitching. Once during the last western trip of the Yankees Ward attempted to make the change, but Manager Huggins believed be-lieved that the experiment might be too costly in the midst of a pennant race that had not yet been won. But while the Yankees were playing exhibition exhi-bition contests, Ward took advantage of the opportunity and batted left-handed. left-handed. "Of course, I am still crude in my efforts," said Ward when speaking of his attempt to change his batting style. "It may take a long time, but one thing that impresses we in my trials is the fact that I am able to see the ball much quicker and more clearly when I bat from the left side. I don't know why this is, but it is true. "I am not able to swing with the same accuracy, nor put the same force in the blow as I now do batting right-handed, right-handed, but I feel certain that this will be remedied when I have become more accustomed to the new style. I intend to continue the experiment until I have either mastered it or make a failure of it. But I am certain that I will succeed." |