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Show MORGAN IS A CL0U1ER i Washington's Second Baseman Taught How to Hit. Manager Qrlflith Takes Dsnvl'te Boy In Hand and Teaches Him to Bat -Shows Great Improvement In His Stick Work. The Improvement of liny Morgan an a bailer la one ut 1 1..' Krrut.il IhlliKi connerlrll Kith Hie prlfi.rillltnrra of Hie NailoiialK uf 1 U 1 2 l.nat enr the little bid from I'an vllle, Vn., Kiia a IlKl.t etltkiT. Jlui-toy Jlui-toy McAleer dr-piilrr.1 hla ever aliln-lug aliln-lug In the blK leiigue on that ar coiint Hut .lliniiiy illiln't know bow to trarh the boy bettrr form at I tubal. tu-bal. It ren.almd for Clark liiimtb to do thai. At fharlnlteMlllo Morgan wa giveu b'tig mill rarelul Hialrurlloii on h iv lo vlanil. how to awing, how It get away from Hie plate and the klmi of a bat he ahoiilil ime It wna nl new to the bid. Never before bail any on tried to tenrh him. He hail alwaya hit In his own natural alyle soul enoiiKb In It x way, too, but tiol giiod enoiiKh for the big show. W hen the aramn aturlrd Morgnr wai only learning how to uae nil In. k eight iigaliml Ihe ball, how to pick out the good onex and how to ml m. a from the plate, lie wna learning learn-ing rapidly, however, and when tha opportunity rnnie for him to tnko hit lai r In Hie regular lllle-up duy uftrl ila), he was ready. Mm gun should be one of the trnm'l leading hlltera If be contlnuea hit prrn'iit work wllh the willow. Ihor oiiKlily liupregnnted with the doctrine bring taught the tram by (Irllhlh, be brllrvea ho ran hit any pitching arrved up lo hlni. r'lirllirrinori'. he l doing II and has been doing It all along. The llnltlmnre boy la lining the proper alio of stlrk now. He awiiigi with all hla atrrnglli and weight and Is one ol I ho longrat hitters on the lJa - Ray Morgan. tenin. Hla great apeed eni.blra bttr to gel the moHt out of hla long drlvri to ilia garden, and na u all. ling run hit, only Mm Her and Milan la sin tc comnare with him. "Morgan la a natural hitler, that's nil," suillea tlrllllih, when talking ol hla young second baaeiiiun. "lln Ii iixlug nil hla ability now and abould be a ciiccriis all tilting. Aa aoou uk hr In.riia Ihe flue points about playing the bag. he will be one of the hf"l ij'i'oiid baneinen In the game, mark me, one of the beat In the game." |