Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1919-04-04 | Page 3 | Is Skillful in Sacrificing

IS SKILLFUL IN SACRIFICING Ettdie Roush of Cincinnati Is Regarded Regard-ed as Best All-Around Batter in American League. Eddie Roush of Cincinnati is un-vjjestionably un-vjjestionably the niost resourceful and best all-around batsman of the National Na-tional league. There is nothing pertaining per-taining to the art of hitting that Eddie Ed-die does not do well. Two years ago Rcush led the National Na-tional league in batting. Last year he was second to Zack Wheat. He Eddie Roush of Cincinnati. only lost the championship by a margin mar-gin of two points and his hitting was far more impressive than that of the Brooklyn star. There are two things, though, that illustrate Roush's skill with the bat more than a mere batting average does. He led the National league in sacrifice hitting nnd only struck out ten times in 113 games. One expects skill in sacrificing of a light hitter. But Roush is a slugger slug-ger who made 145 hits yield 108 bases last year. Yet he is a master at laying lay-ing down the hall when he has to. A man who Is skillful in sacrificing, is a long-distance hitter and strikes out only (en times in a season comes as close to batting perfection as a j human being can come.