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Show uu WILL TEACH CIS BATTING FORM "Chick" Evans, Jr., Golf Champ to Give Instructions Will Receive No Pay. Chicago, Dec. 27 Charles "Chick" Evans, Jr., national amateur and open golf champion, is going to teach batting bat-ting "form" to members of the Chicago Chi-cago National league club. Evans today to-day accepted the Invitation of Charles H. Weeghman, president of the club, to make the spring training trip to Pasadena, Cal. Weeghman believes Evans' instruction will be of valuable aid. Evans' amateur standing will not be affected, it was explained, as he will not receive any money for his services. He merely will bo a guest of President Weeghman's on the trip. Mr. Weegliman believes that Evans will be able to improve the batting of every player on the team. "There is 'form' in the driving of a golf ball," he said, "but there Is none in driving a baseball. Applying the form of golf to baseball was responsible re-sponsible for the wonderful driving 1 ji power of Frank Schulte and Heine ! Zimmerman. It may be argued that ill Schulte knew nothing about golf, but U he unconsciously used the same j. swing." i Evans is one of the few expert golf- ; ers who can drive a ball high or low, : ( as ho may desire. Ho is ranked . among the longest drivers in the i j world, although he confesses that he r never practices with 'his wooden ; clubs, as the swing is so easy when the iron clubs havo been mastered. ; : AA MINORS WILL 1 FIGHT DRAFT RULE Chicago, Dec 27. Club owners of , j the three class AA leagues the Inter- ' national, Pacific Coast and American i association will meet jointly in CIn- : cinnati in January in tho interests of , problems to be placed before the na- . ? tlonal baseball commission on that j date. Abolition of the draft rule in the class AA9 organizations will be one of the issues to be considered by the commission, Thomas J. HIckey, president presi-dent of the American association, announced an-nounced here today. PENNSY AND OREGON GRIDDERS ARRIVE i Pasadena, Cal., Dec. 27. The University Uni-versity of Pennsylvania's football squad, which on New Year's day Is to play the Univorslty of Oregon's team, arrived here today from the i east Later in the day the players J were put through light practice work A on a. golf link. Coach Folwell said his men would rest tonight and tomorrow to-morrow would make their first trip ' to Tournament park, where the New Year's day game is to be played. The Oregon players arrived this morning. .nn |