Show I PITCHERS SHOW I BATTING POWER I F CHICAGO Jan By 23 M By The Press About Press About this time lime of year ar there la Is always some genius who bobs his head over a abig big wood wooi burner burner and points out why the rules of baseball should be changed so 80 as to relieve the pitcher ot of his turn at bat I The Is not always to tosa sa save ve the the- pitcher but I W la based on the belief that when the twirler steps to the plate he usually takes lakes three swings or 01 pops out The records for ie tie last season however reveal numerous In Instances stances stanel's in which the pitchers pitcher's bat was tobe considered potent enough to be called on In a pinch r Walter alter Johnson veteran twirler or of the Washington Senators fre- fre frequently fre frequently was called upon u to pinch hit and In one game he smashed out a homer which won the game Possibly the most moot striking ex- ex example ex example ample of ot a pitchers pitcher's Ineffective Ineffective- Ineffectiveness Ineffectiveness ness flees however Is that of Burleigh Grimes of the tho Brooklyn Dodgers who In a game September 22 against the Chicago Cubs ht hIt Into seven outs outa causing causing- two plays and a triple killing On the other hand Grimes two weeks previously actually drove in every run his bis team made and won WOD his game Vance also drove in all the runs rune his club made mILde In a game last season which went Into Brooklyn's winning column Two pitchers Chester Falk ot of the St Louis Browns and aud Johnson batted balled above in 1925 Falk hit in iii eight times at nt bat making makinI five hits Johnson went vent to bat 07 97 tIn in In 2 36 2 games As II a pi pinch h hitter on April 23 JOhnson Mayla socked a double On Oil May 10 again pinch hitting lie he won the game by pounding out a homer with a 0 man juan on base It was John Johnson Johnson son aon who deprived Joe Bush of a no no- no hit no-hit hit bit game gome on August 27 21 Walter alter got the only blow of the day off I Bullet Joe Joo an and It was waa a double |