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Show j SWAT KINGS TELL SECRETS! j j f&i, ffiSs BAKER'S N -7 . ' HAND5 - BABE'S N v- N ! BENTLEy'5 feet! I . B5 m N n lil.K I Maryland is the "hb'paerun" statr-. I I Three swat kings hall from the Oyster Oys-ter state Bach has earned the t "homerun" prefix . 1 They're "Jlnmeruii" Laker. ' -Home-run" Babe Ruth and Homerun" Jack 1 Ltentlev . Their motto Over the fence h; Out. j Each believes the secret of lonv , i range hitting is due to different sections sec-tions of their anatomy. Homerun" Bak'-r saVs it's the hands. I "Homerun" Babe says it's the ri-s , and the swing. I "Homerun" Bentley s;ts it's tin-jfeet. tin-jfeet. They're all right. Clo.- checking ; 'shows tuat each gets results b) ( i-oin-Ibination of the three. - v BAKER J "It's the nay I grasp ihe bat." .s.ii I "liOrtierUll." Biker. "Grab it right down al the knob. No lon distance hater holdn tho bat far I up. , , "l"se all the wood in the bat. "Hit front the shoulder. r.-e a i heavy bat. "That s my secret Baker once held ibe swat crown. He s still .i Jfahkee. After;' year's laj off he plans a comeback to fieht Bam blno Babe a honsorun duel. S S li !ti "The eye and the swing's the thing,"' t-ay "Hoinerun" Babe. "Coordinating the two times the all and the bat. That makes the ball ravel, SwuiK a fraction of .i second too arlj or too late and you don't hit a loraer. "The old eye counts most. Without i keen eye yovi flivver." x "J. bit fit last year because I timed ny swng. Wheii I was making movies mov-ies my eyes went baa. i didn't bust ne fop three week.-?. No pictures for tip t his siiuiiner. "I'm shootln' at 7S." Babe Is now hunting quail down in Dixie. He's knocking down toe birdies Ike a eJiamplQn. His good eyes does the business. SAYS BEXTLE) "Ifomeruiinlng depends Oil how ypu llm-i. your feet,'" says "Homerun'' Bentley. "That gives a baiter poise. "Keep jour feel together. You're to stop up or hjii-k then. "Inst season I tried for a while to keep rrij feel ipart. i hit a batting stump. "Manager Jack Dunn told mo to get rrty feel together. l did. Then I started bouncing 'em over the vvalls. Bentley is a combination Of pitcher and swatter His Oriole boss could -sell hJlH to the big leagues for $30.000 ir he wanted to. Mary landers arc proud of their homerun products. Babe grew up in Baltimore. Baker live;? al Trappe. Bentlej' farms near Bandy Spring. |