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Show THINK SOUTHPAWS SHOULD BE BARRED INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 25 . "The big surprise to me," said Jaok Hendricks, manager of tho Indianapolis club, in discussing the action of the" association magnates in eliminating the spit ball, shine ball, emery ball, etc., "was that they djdn't bar left-handed pitchers and establish anew rule to bar' shortstops short-stops over 6 feot In height Had they done that it would finish our pitching staff and put Derrick out of the game. "Attorney Tom Barker of Louisville represented tho Indianapolis and Louisville clubs. He doesn't know where second base is, and probably thought they wore discussing the an-tispltting an-tispltting ordinance when they talked of the spit ball. You can see where the Indians stand by such acting. Filllngim and Dawson are both spitballers and Northrop and Falkenborg used the shine ball. It's a sweet mess they havp cooked up for McGlll and Wathen. The wall is general here among the Indian fans nnd the boliof provalls that the new rules will wreck the championship cham-pionship combination produced by Hendricks last season. It Is remembered remem-bered that the chief asset of the tribe was its pitchers, the batting of the team as a whole being tho lowest in tho circuit. With ineffective hurling last season the chances are that the Indians would have finished well down in the second division. -on |