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Show HEINIE'S IDEA OF REAL BAT ' L0 A LIKE A BrTLE i After nil, It's the hat that breaks Up ball games. A lot of playors spend more time trying to put a flock of hits in their war clubs than they do reading read-ing up on the new rules. Most all the stars have their choice of bats and put their names on 'cm and all that. Heinle Groh of tho world's champion Reds spent a lot of time last winter figuring out how he could swell his batting average this season, and so he created this bat. Heinle's, idea of a real bludgeon resembles the contour of a very 1 familiar bottle that used to be (,Uite popular before last July. He made four of these formidable-appearing formidable-appearing bats in his own workshop. Pat Moran believes the guardian ot HENE. P the difficult corner on his team will bring in ( many rung with the new creation. cre-ation. Heinle claims the length of the grip gives him wonderful latitude In meeting all kinds of pitching. All the weight is in tho right place to slam the ball a crushing blow, which will drive It out further than the ordinary club, with the same effort. Groh used his new creation In tho opening game at Cincinnati against the Cubs and helped the Reds to their first victory of the season. He reaped a double and a single. If that's the kind of bat he has created all the Reds will lie wanting to use iL Heinle's new bat' is 32 3 lnche3 in length.. The "bulged esctlon is 15 Inches long. The thick section is Si inches around and the grip measure? 3 V2 inches. The bat weighs -18 ounces, It's new and it works. |