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Show H IV mt m W KT-v.'n I " ' " sz22ZZZ?' s "r" $$5255$Sg$5?- .. .. ""?- VA I Major League H Pitchers Name 6 Batters Who I Give Them Most H i Trouble. H tm " -HE eternal clash of brains nu yd skill on the diamond! The M general public senses this M j duel, but It does not realize M ( its extent except in some ape- H ( clal case occasionally. H I V j4 But the pitcher and the nat- M - -j" ter are always fighting. The H pitcher knows the batter's weakness and H strength, and the batter knowa the pitcher's H weak and strong polnta. The batter remembera H what kind of ball ho struck out on the time bo- H fore. So does the pitcher. The batter dccldos the H pitcher will dish up the same kind of ball again H in order to catch him. Then, perhaps, the pltch- H er guosae3 at the battor's thought and serves up H a different kind of ball. Some batters can't hit H certain klndB of balls. Some batters can't hit cer- H tain pitchers, and again thoro may be some Hj weak batter who awellB his batting average at H the cost of maybe the best pitcher In his league. H When one begins to understand thl3 constant H clash of brains and skill on the diamond, thei M It Is he realizes what the great gamo really Hj means. It Is a constant battlo between the H pitcher and the batter. Briefly, It may bj H summed up by saying that each tries to out- H guess the other. But that is not the exact point. M The pitcher, it Is true, does try to sorvc a ball Hl j he thinks the batter Is not looking for, but the H batter Is likely to double-cross him. When the H 1 spectator thoroughly appreciates this great point- Hl of the game, then It Is that he fully appreciates Hl the game. M But there are batters who can't be outguessed, H because they never make a guess at what tho H pitcher is likely to hand them. H George Burns Is one of these, and so Is Heine H Zimmerman. H 'Burns Is going to smash the ball on the nose M ' when he hits 1L The pitchers can't stop him.. H I He was not tho hardest hitter In the Natlonat M League last year, but he was the most feared by M ! the pitchers. He batted something like .'-'88. M i There were about a dozen who hit harder than M , he, but he was likely to clout tho hall any time H at any stage of the game. The pitchers couldn't Hj outguess him. H Then take Heine Zimmerman. Heine is likely B ( to hit at any kind of ball at any stage of tho H game and break up the game. Heine refuses to H: nbldo by the ordinary rules of what and. when H to hit Ho Is likely to strike out on a low ball H inside, and then the next time up, when the H pitcher hands him the same kind of ball, Heine H will come back with a home run perhaps. Heine H Is a natural batter. He doesn't figure out be- H " forehand what tho pitcher should hand him. He H j Just waits, and when a ball comes along that H looks good Heine swings at it. That's what Hl I makes him so dangerous. Hj There are natural hitters and there are bat- H tcrs -who have to acquire the art of hitting H fl, who have to study the various pitchers and who I have to try to outguess them. I It Is often said by baseball players that a H fielder Is born, but a batter can be trained. H Three "Made" Batters. Hj i Miller Huggins. George Maranvlllc and John B ' Evers are types of the batters who are not born, H but made. Bach of them is small. Huggins and B j Evers are weak. But on account of their small H j Blze they havo an advantage over the pitcher. H I The latter has to put the ball over the plato for H them. H Miller Huggins Is one of the most feared bat- H I ters in basebalL Mordccal Brown says that Hug- H i Rlns has caused, him moro trouble than any H other batter. And It's Huggins' brain, that causes B the trouble. He Is small; his hands are almost H us tiny as those of a girl 12 years old; he Is al- H most a physical wukllo. For years ha has had J te. had throwing arm and a bad ankle, and yet H j tie Is one or the greatest players In the gamo. Ii Watoh Hoggins against somo smart pitcher any day. Take Mathewson, for Instance. Tho i two know each other. They will dally around bbh I' until the call Is two and three. And then Big H I Six begins working' real work. Ho will shoot B the ban over the corners of the plate. Just a llt- B tie too high perhaps for tho tiny batter to hit, K but stin low enough to be called a strike. What K does Huggins do? Ho calmly fouls It off. And B j hell do the same to every bad looking boll that cornea his way. He is an artist In fouling off. Hj these bad balls when the count Is two and. K three, and two-thirds of the time he will draw H jjll b. pass. It Is brains and skill against brawn and BPB nil Bklll In this Instance. flL 1 And Johnny Evors Is another of the same typo. BBH J TWIgo as he can be, he known every pitcher In i t his league. He knows tho pitcher's weak points H and his strong points. And be uses this knowl- H' edge to advantage. PPB MaranrlUe Is another of the type of Evers and PPP Huggins, save that Maranvllle has as much B' physical strength as the ' other two combined HF nnd then a great deal more. He makes tho H; pitcher put the ball across. Ho won't strike at K. the bad ones. Ho makes the pitcher work. j j Recently a number of tho loading pitchers PHp- I were asked to name the six batters who gave H J them the most trouble. Their replies form inter- B cstlng reading. In some cases there Is some ob- B Bcure batter who causes trouble to some great V j pitcher somo batter who has caught on to tho L proper way to meet the pitcher's slants and firve8-In nwny casoa-the-pitcher, may know- . Bill doak c the batter's weakness and yet tho batter Wi continue pounding the pitcher. Read what these pitchers have to say about the trouble caused thorn by various batters and then, when you get the chance, watch the duel, the clash of brains and skill on the diamond. HARRY SALLEE'S PICK. George Hums, New York. Clinrlie Uerog, Cliicliinnti. Walter Muiunville. Huston. .1. II. -Ajoran, Clileuyo. George Ciilisun, IMttslmrgh. Heine y.imineriu.in, Chicago. Harry Sallco, for some half aozen years, has been recognized as one of the smartest and most skillful southpaws of tiio game. Ho cun tell you without n moment's hesitation the strength and weakness of every baiter In the National League. After he has pitched to a man a couple of times, Sallco knows wha. that man can hit, what he will, try to hit and what ho can't hit. , "George Burns Is a hard hitter and he always nits the ball on the nose," ho said. "He has given mo more tioublo than any batter I havo ever faced. 1 always know what to pitch to him, but It looks Uko I can't put it across tho Tight way. I was pitching against the Giants one day and I had never done better In my life. They had one hit on me, and In tho eighth In-, nlng an error ,and a pass put two men on. Burns came up with two out. I couldn't dish up what I wanted to. I knew what ho would hit and it looked like I couldn't glvo him anything any-thing else. He smashed the ball on tho noso for a triple and won the game. "Walter Maranvlllc Is a mighty hard man to pitch to. Any small batter Is. .You have to put It over for them. Maranvlllc Is wise. He never strikes at a bad one. He's dangerous because he's liable to hit any kind of a ball. He docsii't seem to have any favorlto. One time he'll smash a low one and tho next time a high one. You can't outguess him. I think he Just hits at anything that comes along that looks good to him. "Charlie Hcrzog Is always dangerous, llo'a always prancing around the plate, and this has a tendency to get a pitcher excited, and, believe be-lieve me"', the pitcher who's working against him has to keep a cool head. "Moran, now with the Cuba, la not a heavy hitter, but I've found him dangerous because he's liable to break up a gamo any time with a single. "Gcorgo Gibson and Heinle Zimmerman are two dangerous sluggers. Either is llablo to hit anything any tlmo and there's no need trying to put over any certain brand of ball for cither. "Fletcher Is another dangerous man. Ho generally hits a lino drive that clears the Infield In-field and he's llablo to do this any time on any kind of a ball." Mcquillan 's selections. Arthur Fletcher, New York. Charles Sclimldt, Boston. Vic Saier, ClUeago. Tommy Lonjr, St. .Louis, Gus Gctz, Brooklyn. "Wheeler Johnson, Pittsburgh. "Gotz has always given mo moat trouble," says George McQuillan, formerly of the Pittsburgh Pitts-burgh Pirates and now with Pat Moron's Phillies. Phil-lies. Everything aeems easy for him, at least everything that I pitch. Long of the Cardinals hit me pretty hard last year and for long drives. Fletcher Is dangerous, because It appears ap-pears ho can hit anything. Schmidt and Saicr have always caused me trouble. Of course, I have not pitched against Johnson In a regular game, but In practice games, when I was with the Pirates, he always gave mo a lot of trou-blo." trou-blo." MINER BROWN'S PICK. John Wagner, Pittsburgh. Jake Dnubcrt, Brooklyn. Iarry Doyle, New York. O. C. Crnvath. Miller Huggins, St. Louis. Fred Clark, Pittsburgh. "During my years on the mound In tho National Na-tional LeaRuo," nays Mordecal Brown, ono of tho greatest pitchers who ever' wont into a box, "when I was at my best. I bollovo that Hans Wagner caused me more trouble than any other player. Ho Is a tremendous hitter and hard to fool on any Idnd of balL Ono 13 always glad when he is disposed of. "Jalce Daubcrt Is a good waiter and a good lnsido hitter. Ono of tho beat "Larry Doylo waits for a curvo and 13 a bear on almost any curve. " 'Cactus Cravath is llablo to hit any kind of a ball, fast or curve, and send It out of tho lot. "Miller Huggins is probably tho hardest to pitch to, because of his good eye and small slke. He-is. an.. exceptionally good waltor and most ft WHi ; iw George: A-P WMWW ' ' - l pitchers havo to offer him fast ones In order to got them over. Ho Is not a hard hitter. "Fred Clark Invariably waited for a curvo ball and was almost sure to hit It, especially If It was on tho Inside. "I figure these six about tho hardest 1 have had to contend with," BILL DOAK'S PICK. Charlie Hcrzog, Cincinnati. Tlcnry Gi'oh. Cincinnati. Tommy Leach, Cincinnati. Larry Doyle, New York. Jake Daubcrt, Brooklyn. Wm. Hlnchman, Pittsburgh. "Herzog, when at bat, often gets a pitcher excited by his jumping up and down," says Bill Doak. who. In 1914, put tho Cardinals In the pennant race with his spit ball. "Groh has a very peculiar stylo at tho plate and he Is a hard man to pitch to. ' "Tommy Leach wag a smart batter and was llkoly to bunt or smash anything i. handed to him. "Doyle generally picked a curvo ball, but sometimes ho would fool mo and land on anything. any-thing. "Daubcrt Is likely to break up ja. gamo any time. Hlnchman likewise." "I pick theso 3lx as tho most dangerous because be-cause of their ability to hit almost anything I threw up to them." LEE MEADOWS' PICK. Joo Connolly, Boston. George Burns, New Ybrlc Frank Schulte, Chicago. Lairy Doyle, New York. Fred Ijiitlcnis, Philadelphia. AVm. Hlnchman, Pittsburgh. "All six of these aro hard hitters," says Leo Meadows of tho St. Louis Cardinals. "Connolly, "Connol-ly, Burns and Ludorua appear to like a fast baU bettor than any. Schulto cats up tho low ones, Doylo smashes anything lnsido and Hlnchman hits almost anything. At least that's tho way I havo figured them, and I know if it hadn't been for theso six I would havo won several moro games, than I did last year." GRINER'S WORST. George Burns, New York. Iarry Doyle, New York. Joe Connolly, Boston. . C. C. Cravath, Philadelphia. Frank Schulte. AVm. Hlnchman. Pittsburgh. 4fc . 'Lurns can hit anything I pitch-to-.hlm.waya Dan Grincr of the St. Louis Cardinals. "Larry Doyle hits anything Inside. Connolly Is hard to pitch to. because he Is likely to smash anything any-thing on tho nose. Cravath Is just a natural, all-round slugging fiend, and the same goes for Schulte and Hlnchman." FRED ANDERSON'S BAD ONES. "Duke" Duncan, Bnltlmore. Benny Kauff, Now York. Ottx Flacli, Chicago. Claude Cooper, Brooklyn, vra,: mj i 1 r Eddie Rousch, New York. ' Stove Yerkes, Pittsburgh. Fred Anderson's selections are Interesting. He has never pitched in the major leagues, but the last two years was ono of tho stellar box artists of tho Fcdorals. This year ho Is with the Giants, and ho is expected to add much strength to McGraw's pitching staff. He Is a spltball pltchor. "Duko Duncan, who was with the Baltimore Feds, has practically no weakness," says An-dorson. An-dorson. "Ho Is a good waiter, a good bunter, a good hitter. f "Benny Kauft la a good stralght-away hitter, 1b swinging all tho tlmo and can hit anything. The pitcher has to work all the tlmo Kauff Is up. "Flach Is a good hlttor, good bunter and waits thorn out. "Cooper Is a great low-ball hitter, and as I nm a low-ball pitcher we didn't get along very well, from my point of view. "House h is a good waiter, bunts a lot, and ho 1c so fast ho Is hard to got on any kind of a tap, "Yerkes la hard to pitch- to and is a good hitter hit-ter especially In a pinch." JIM VAUGHN'S PICK. John "Wagner, Pittsburgh. John Miller, St. Louis. Henry Groh, Cincinnati. John ISvera, Boston. C. C. Cravath, Philadelphia. J. C. Smith. Boston. "Theso tiro all dangerous hitters in a pinch and also good waiters, whoro a base hit will win a game, and, thoroforo, I fear thorn moro than any others," says Jim Vaughn of the Cubs. KANTLEHENER'S PICK. J. C. Smith, Boston. Sherwood Mngce, Boston. Arthur Fletcher, New York. C. O. Cravnth. Philadelphia. John Miller, St. Louis. Fred Mollwitz, Cincinnati. "Theso first flvo always gavo mo troublo bo-cause bo-cause they arc great natural hitters," says E. L. Kantlohener of Pittsburgh, who, by tho way, was tho hardest hitting- pitcher In tho National League last year, with a .'iSS average. "You may bo surprised at my picking Mollwitz. as he is not generally regarded as a dangeroua hitter, but if I had to pitch against nine men who had the luck against mo that Mollwitz has had I might as well quit the game." JOHN COOMBS' SELECTIONS. Snm CrawToitl, Detroit. Tjarry Jajolo. Philadelphia Americans., Fred Parent, Boston Americans. Chick Stahl. Boston Americans. Ty Cobb, Detroit. IMiller Huggins, St. Louis. John M. Coombs, whose great pitching helped tho Athletics to pennants and world's championships, cham-pionships, and who Is with tho Brooklyn Dodgers Dodg-ers this year, plck3 Lajole as the hardest batter he has over contended with, on account of his second by Coombs, on account of his peculiar attitude at bat. Chick Stahl waB a free hlttor. heavy, stralght-away hitting. Fred Parent, formerly of tho Boston Americans, Is placed Ty Cobb Is fast and dangerous and Coombs says ho has had much trouble with Miller Huggins, who Is tho greatest waiter in the game. BOB SHAWKEY'S SELECTIONS. Sam Crawford, Detroit. Fddio Collins. Chicago. Clarence Walker, St. Louis. Larry Lnjolc, Clevclaud. l Trls Speaker, Boston. Fddle Murphy, Chicago. "Theso are the six batters who have caused mo tho most trouble," announces Bob Shaw-' key of tho Athletics. "And I wouldn't mlsa them a bit If they would all retire." A. D. DAVENPORT'S SELECTIONS. Benny ICaufT, New York. Al Shaw, Kansas Cltj VIn Campbell, Newark. Kddle Itousch. New York. Iarry foyle, Jfcw York. Fred I? Writs, Philadelphia. a. d. a j&Tfi ravajrr v iofoe?-' tr- Joined tho Federals, pltchco. for the Cincinnati Reds, then 'became a slur In tho Federal ranks and is now with the St. Louis Browns, names four ex-Fcdoral3 and two National Leaguers In his list. "I piok Kauff- first because- ho- -ls-the-most v BOB 5HAWKETV dangerous batter I have ever pitched to," says ; Davenport. "Ho has the instinct to pick tho proper ball, always. Tho pitcher never need worry about Kauft bunting ho Just smashes tho ball on tho noso. He Is really a great batter, bat-ter, a natural ono. "Al Shaw, who played with the Kansas City j: Federals last year, was always a hard batter for me. ; "I could never toll what VIn Campbell was l going to do. One tlmo ho would bunt and tho next time ho would smash tho ball out of the t loU, "Eddlo Bousch, now with the Giants, Is a j free hitter and could hit about anything I j offered him In the Federal League. j "I was easy picking for Larry Doylo when I i was with Cincinnati. He would bunt and drag ! tho ball and this made It difficult to field his bunts. And his speed added to tho pitcher's difficulty when the pitcher had to field th . "Luderus Is a great stralght-away hitter." ;j EDDIE PLANK'S SELECTIONS. Jhn Delehanty, Detroit. ;; Larry Lajole, Philadelphia Americans. "j? Johnny Collins, Chicago Americans. r Chick Gu mill, Cleveland. ; Duffy Lewis. Boston. A, Sam Crawford, Detroit. Eddie Plank, ono or the great pitchers of tho ' old Athletic machine, who starred with tho Fed- u erals last year and is with the St. Louis Browns this year, Bays that Jim Delohanty of the old Detroit Tigers gave him moro troublo than any other batter In hla entire career. "He was the worst batter, from my point of view, I ever faced. He was a slugger, pure and almple, and f: everything I served him appeared just as easy as If I were trying to please him. Lajolo and Crawford, great natural hitters, always caused mo trouble. Johnny Collins of tho old Chicago White Sox always caused tho pitcher much trouble. He was llkoly to bunt and then Just as likely to pound tho ball out of tho lot. Chick Gandll. formerly with Washington and now with J, Cleveland, and Duffy Lewis were two others al- 1 ways hard for nie." J " ' ' f nOXING will never bo on a firm or san - foundation until every' stato has a boxlna commission, and these codmlssloners form n V sort of national organization. As long as ther Is no commission to see that bouts aro prop- j erly conducted tho crooks and cheats, who spoiled tho gamo in many places, will be able now and thon to got In their work. ! But It Is a hard thing, getting a boxing com- I mission. Tho reform element everywhere ! always on the lookout for something to prohibit, pro-hibit, and In states where boxing Is moroly tolerated tol-erated and Is not legalized it would mean a death blow to It If an attempt wero made to get a commission. 1 ' Qi n p RANK HILL or Petersburg, Ind., has de- vclopcd a unlquo and successful way of formed on the vaudeville stage last vear, which niay mean that vaudeville received an uplift. Ff s?ral years there were any number of 1 ballplayers In vaudeville hvthe winter, and. i with few exceptions, the oxperlenco appeared $ as painful for them aa It did for their audi- enccs. If tho epidemic Is over for good and all the theatrical public has somothln to Mm thankful for, .. ) i |