Show i 5 J my E Fow of the great hitters tollo 1 nn act 1111 as to bailing aro n lural and lor ha peculiar to I seh eo I III It II was as Ed Delahanty slugger of o other othet da dai who ho when aked for lor hi his formula for tor I Imply replied I Hit 1111 e el i where here they ain I All AllI I lh en l y to 10 religiously to that wise crack eracle About a ear ago when hen touring training camps campa I had h n a long with lIh the great 1 oge HOl Hoins n- n nI nh bs h In which hIs hia ability to 10 hit It em cn I where here they Ihry aln t I was one of thi the topics at con Since Hornsby s grand a average for the tho last five fhe vear Is i what ho he has hns to say aay on the subject carries weight I I hav only theory about bal bal- balling bai baiting ting ling Hornsb Hornsby vet et I teel If ever player would adhere to It he would greatly his hisa average hl-average a I I figure that prop i timing of ball 1 Is h every even thine In It is my dope thai i 1 ball driven back at the pitcher Is timed limed In l batting practice Instead at tr Ing to hit to a 0 certain I make every e ery t to drive drle e directly Lock back at the 11 It be on the ground or on ona ora a line When I so 80 succeed I am satis satisfied fled fied I have timed limed the th or 0 course all my hits hila in i game do not travel through pitch s box I hit bit to all But Dul my dope dono Is that the accurate liming required In practice en- en enables en enables ables me to get them safe The moral for the ball player Is It If vou au would bo a second Hornsby try to Ime Ory e ball sou au hit hll so SI that It through the pitcher s bo box Many Cle Cleveland nd admirers ot I Co rec recently ally traded b that club to 10 Washington 1111 e me It If I bought Cole Covlo Coleas as th While 1 haa the peak of hi hll game was as reached during 1920 season eaon 1 regard him as from t through rough As I have havo said s or fore I look 1001 on deal as a good one for boU I clubs Co Covic Ie should ha have e at one and ma maybe be more goo l lents at al Washington Washington world arid champs seek to bo In the running again r e may help Cleveland Cleeland is rather lh than n figuring I the he pennant ao 0 th the good work orl of a veteran means nothing to 10 the club It was as a 8 ense of at on one club being to gamble with lIh a the other club trying to rebuild pro pre ten ed to 10 take tako a ol chance a promising Ilke Nine out at o ten In tho majora have h shortened thell by the excessive use or ortho tho r h stir stop slop now on the he same l team m ns Cn once Hummed up les Ce I able Ie by Ly kl never I lo 10 au 11 H Hie gamo lIh a t oal bre iks I about a toot I tootI and finishes hes with lIh one In III he hands vou au the same stuff a to use a 1 tat tact ball more ha been heen a s vel e band handicap leap to pitchers 1 ly I as to 10 th thu length of their n |