| Show Houghton Het Up Would Strengthen B-B B Attack Percy Haughton president of the Boston Nationals and coach of the Harvard ff football team is dissatisfied At a recent meeting of the National league he said that the reason for forthe forthe forthe the drop in batting hatting averages was that the natural ingenuity of the American sportsman had destroyed the balance between the offense and defense in baseball baseball-a a balance that existed when the present rules were first put into use Base hits and earned runs are more more and more infrequent as a re re- re- re suIt sult Haughton suggests six Ideas to strengthen the attack in baseball He would Move rove first and third bases about four feet nearer home and not disturb the position of second j f Eliminate the spitball deliver delivery Let the batter walk on three balls Have only one foul strike More rore drastic balk interpretation Reduce tho the width of the plate by bya a few inches Haughton claims that each of these ideas has merit and that they are not original with him He does not conA conA conA con- con A Virginia editor threatened to publish the name of a certain young man who was seen hugging and kissing kissing kissing kiss kiss- ing a girl in tho the park unless his sub subs to the paper was paid u up p pIn in a week nine Fifty young m men n called and paid up the next day days while two even paid a 0 year in ad ad- vance Silver vance Silver and Gold |
