Show I I II 1 I I I AMONG A MONG the arguments that broke out a few days ago between managers scouts and ballplayers there was a rather heated debate over right and left- left y K handed values val u e s. s r a. a Who among the hitters hit t e r s and the ther r pitchers make the 1 a as better ballplayers I 1 l This turned out to tobe be an interesting a ip subject s a It began with the th hitters and here I T. T Williams was the up line-up Left-handed Left hit hit- hitters hitI hitters hitters I Ty Cobb Babe Ruth Ted I Williams Tris Speaker George SsI S I ler Mel Ott Olt Joe Jackson Lou I Gehrig these these were the tops i Right-handed Right hitters Rogers I Hornsby Joe DiMaggio Harry Darry Heil- Heil Heilmann JIen 1 Heilmann mann Hans Wagner Wa er Ed Delehanty Nap Lajoie Hank Greenberg and Jimmy Foxx From these two lists the left- left handed hitters have the majority and the power although Hornsby Wagner Delehanty and Lajoie were among the greatest And Harry Heilmann could hit his share But you cant can't do much about Cobb Ruth Speaker and Jackson not overlooking Williams They knew what the old ash furniture was for Right Handed Right Right-R Hurlers Then they got around tb to the pitch pitch- ers It was a trifle different here Left Left-handers Lefty Left Lefty Grove Rube Waddell Carl Hubbell Eddie Plank Babe Ruth and Hal Right-handers Right Walter Johnson Johnson- Cy Young Grover Alexander Christy Mathewson Ed Walsh Diz- Diz Dizzy zy Dean Smokey Joe Wood Chief Bender and Bob Feller I Here the right-handers right had the call Young Johnson Alexander and Mathewson are far in fn front of any four left left-handers you can name when it comes to a matter of ol total victories gathered through the years In hitting the left-hander left is at least a stride and a half closer cl ser to first base You know how many base runners are thrown out by a stride But despite Ruth Jackson Ott and Williams I doubt the ther left-handers left had any greater power power r than Dele Dele- Delehanty Delehanty Delehanty hanty Hornsby Foxx Greenberg Lajoie Lajoie and Hack Wilson in one one year Few still living remember Dele Dele- hanty hanft He and Hornsby were about On n a par Lajoie Lavoie La oie was up with both They rhey were terrific Most host Jl st Graceful Players It s s all part Dart bf of a aola old ola story 8 a twice Told Tale Ta e jut ut a few of us ho 10 can dip a number of years back to the past were talking again lout out the most graceful ballplayers e ones you loved love to see More than a fe few timers old-timers cut in inh Vh h suggestions such as Billy ans ans Wish Egan Bucky Harris Sk k Onslow and several others tere Jere was our our grace all-grace up line-up Joh Johnny etcher Johnny my Kling Walter itch rs Walter Johnson Bugs Addle Addie Joss Dizzy Dean Deanal al Nichols base Hal Chase George Sir r fond nd base Napoleon Lajoie Eie Collins Colli s. s Herman Derman Long Dave t l td kd d base Jimmy base Jimmy Collins Buck We r Pie ie Traynor field Tris Speaker Joe DI- DI Mao and and MaIo Malo nd Terry Moore Te Temen men in the main made all easy I cant can't recall ever eversee see Lajoie make a play look tout The same goes for tor always seems to be drift drift- drifting drifting drifting ing t running Jo Jo McGraw once said that Ray- Ray moad the greatest motion he ever w. w My vote along this line goes goesl Johnson a pitcher McGraw rare r re aw aw until his later years Ed E Collins was next to Lajoie at seid S d while Bradley and Weaver er wi close to Jimmy Collins at third aynor also belongs in this list lynor was about on a par with ver but Great Gra always mean great great- ness ins ins Wagner the greatest shorts that ever lived one of the greatest great bt all players pla ers reminded you o giant crab grab Hans was Christy Mathew Mathew- Mathewson son w tv o 0 picture of grace in the box Nier is Bob Feller who uses almost ory ery muscle in his body On hand Dizzy Dean had an on Most ost flawless na ess pitching mo mo- tion D Dt d d on the toes of his leftt left t as far f r forward as one his cowd f r the 0 t tl topp toppling J. J mg Over ver on n short he heh l l. t. t Cob JW w years h J yea Int ht ht shoulder went q Aid od oil o as any Pitcher ld id 1 jai ys ys has rated Ed st year five-year pitcher ory Any pitcher Vames Barnes ames and save 12 la good enough r ack Ight- Ight this his th ther ter er Ie te to ten ton n f N i h t I |