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Show TOO MANY HITS, III AVERS 1, John McGraw, always a lover of air-tight air-tight pitching, Is having a lot of fun, SBj these days shooting sarcasm at the 3HHB magnates of both major leagues who MfB - were instrumental in having the freak' IfraBlVj pitching deliveries abolished. The; BBHBi Clam boss says there Is entirely too jSHB 4 much hitting in the major!!; this season KBW and that before the campaign ends In Kf3BV ! 'he fall faiidorn will be so sick and tired of seeing home I una. triples and; 1 I doubles made they wont care whether HI jf -J Lhey ever see another ball game. Sfl S "I hope those magnates who were, Sflil" so eager to kill off the freak deliveries KBIijH are beginning to see, the error of their1 Vf i ruling," said McGraw "I like to nee Kftg hitting as well an the next one, hut the; If number of heavy hltfl thai are being' U registered thia season shown plalnl) DSbVt I ' the iii ofl 111 11 to lias Hniuiwr too far In HB) I J 'he other direction and the grand old' BB I game Is going to suffer as a result. ' BjBJ B McGraw contends that of the two, BBBI H evils, the fan prefers less hitting and B9I more airtight pitching. He admits that BJT-Hb fans do like to sec a rampage of hit- BBsB ting occasionally, but that too many BBB hits make for loose play and has a BBS derided tendency to klrl Interest In the BJBJiw sport One or two big score games In Bfll a season la sufficient, according to Mc- BHB O raw. HY MiGraw declared recently that the BBjl .ibolishment of freak pitching has rJBBI placed the poor hitter almost on a par Bfl B w ith the good hitter. He says come HB players are making good a.s hitters now BBXji ! who nevi.r could have held a major BsH H league Job last season or at any time SB; ml before the hurlers were restricted. Al- BBPl ' though he did not go state, his speech BC B ! taken to indicate that he will op-1 BBB K pose the rule against freak deliveries' BBW before another campaign opens. PC!f I don t care particularly about the MB : pub. ill." H ild McGraw. " but 1 eon- PjVjVJllI I fess that I run unable to see the harm LMl ft in 11 player rubbing in the dirt, or even j SnBI L I placing a little rosin on it Such prac- nBBI & J lice as thp:i are absolutely harmless, uBB et they give the pitcher a chance BJj I lo gt a firm hold on the bnll and rn- BBfl Ifrf able him to throw some curves he ItttfB eannot ever attempt with a smooth MH y ball, it's wrong, thia total abollsh- VK&l tnent, and the magnates will see It be - ! ' lure the season has Closed " I |