Show perennial razz for lively ball RESIDENT JOHN HEyD LEIl EIt a pleasant conversationalist and P usually a willing commentator very chatty on the matter of the lively ball which at present la Is up for the lie perennial razz the other day we asked the nationals proxy explicitly what was wag being done about quieting down the ball if anything and all he would say was that he had bad torn open several baseballs and found any proof that the presents present article Is any different from the good old fashioned type writes ed edi i word ward burns in chicago tribune see fewer homers by the second string hitters bitters when the pitchers get a little more hot weather said president HeT heydler tIler the batters always have been out in front of the pitchers and each year lis blamed on the rabbit ball many of the complaints about the ball come in the form of alibis from the pitchers one of the standard examples in attacks on the rabbit ball Is chuck klein of the hard hitting bitting philadelphia nationals it Is pointed out that klein was a central leaguer last year and has no moral right to come up to the majors and smack homers in wholesale lots klein Is a good hard swinger and hes bes going for the ion long hits president Hey heydler dier all the time we fall to see why the central league and the makeup of baseballs should be blamed for his bis showing those who go in for homers are willing to sacrifice their batting averages on swings they know they wont hit bit so often but that m when hen they do connect there Is a chance for things to happen in a great big way hack wilson who tied tim jim J bottomley for home run honors in the national league last year is a case in point it if you have tired of using babe ruth as an illustration of this tact fact hack led the league with 85 95 strikeouts eouts during the year |