The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 23, 1925, Page 10

om PAGE . Sali Lake -_eor oe _ |Behind the Home Plate League's San Francisco Plays Full League and Kansas Ci BY LEO # LASSEN ting Bait , Mare eons BEACH, clubs and one American California this spring, the ( heavy edules of exhibitior “Thev're over-doing it,” cl owner, “and at the } | |) | sc ONG BEACH, Cal., March 23.—Spider zens we duce a resolution to limit the was introduced to the Lees present rate of high price ball fans thru the medium of should be given at least 25 pe the column Saturday, made some interesting observations go regarding the science of pitching. But Baum, who is not only a student of the hurling art, but also of the whole game, has some likewise interesting views on other phases of the national pastime. Among them ts tho fa present system of averages is all wror “Under the present system, hitters get the same credit for an infield hopper that they do for rea) base hits. Many is the time that I have seen a bat- ter so badly fooled by the piteh er that he swung with all his might, just barely topped the ball and beat It out for a hit. That isn't fair to the other bat- ters and it isn’t fair to the pitcher. “And under the present regula- tons, there is no special credit giv- ‘en to the man who knocks in the | Jose battler, who has held bis own | funs. Many so-called classy hitters | With the best of them, meets Joe Hat far over 300 when thero ts no| Schlocker, a newcomer from Los | Fesponsibility facing them and when | Angeles. ker is said to be a there are runners on the bases they | &reat counte: her, and has an fail miserably. effective right hand “On the other hand there are In the semi-windup Marty Cross, 230 and .260 batters who deliver | Veteran of many ring battles, boxes “Under the present plans ing thru a month's regular ROCKSON IS CLASSY BO MURPHY, JRANKIE Y i plen the it b Austin & Salt Murphy's big claim to fame locally, is his holding Eddic- Huffman, the sailor light heavy- weight, to a sixround draw, In the other main event day, Young Carmen, rugged San here last week Blackie Orth, a heavyweight who resembles Jack Dempsey in looks, battles Ten Frayne in the special event. Frayne scored a knockout victory last week over “Sparkplug” Boyd in Tx should be given more credit for driving in runs than they re- ceive. “I would also like to see the bat: irst base many ason thru their batting. skill in either apeed working the pitcher for walks, get coma. Orth looks like a hard P more credit. They're largely the| hitter. |)men who score the runs and runs! [n the four-round opener. win bell comes. uuley ula, meets ot M Mever look in tho fielding averages | capacity crowd is expected. for a man’s percentage, but for the | —_— oo esaa Average number of chances handled Salt Lake Plans per game.” The Mental Attitude 464 NOTHER thing that is a lot of| LONG BEACH, March 23 applesauce, as the boys say, is The Salt Lake Bees are expecting Mhat a lefthanded hitter doesn't fig. | much of Tony Lazarri this year. Ure to hit a lefthanded pitcher," con-| The big kid has bee fed for tinues the Salt Lake secretary two years It’s all in the mental attitude. (couldn't make It is nothing but falacy as a left’ ter hander’s curve ball is no bigger than a righthander’s hook and you never hear anybody making excuses for a righthander failing to hit « curve ball. s “The average lefthander is out be-| | fore he ever steps to the plate) ) against a southpaw, and I claim} that’ it is ail in the mental atti- tude.” ‘Strand: and the Gaff a3 AN the grade as a hit | hitter, but wi | to bear down at his head b 1 “TL knew this when [ saw him try to hit against Elmer . former Seattle pitcher, one day dake threw a few halls at Sirand’s noodle, which is consid ered within the piteher’s right. unethical as it miay seem, and | Strand never did hit Jacobs’ IE of the most disappointing) curve ball. things to Coust league fans was “Baseball takes nerve and if » man the miserable failure of Paul Strand, | lacks confidence he hasn't a chance former Salt Lake slugger, to make! After failing with the A 00d in the majors. Strand returned to the American a Baum, who watched Strand in many games, says that the big sociation where he felt more at home | and started to whale the ball ali ove couldn’t stand the gaff | the lot. He had confidence in his when the pitching got tough. | ability to hit that kind of pitching “It is the same question of the| and he did and he would have hit the Mental attitude again,” says Baum,| major league hurlers if he had had “Strand has everything in tie way} that same kind of confidence of natural ability to make a great] facing them. OUR while BOARDING HOUSE a Nias . | Bill Lane Says Coast Nothing but Exercise; Claim It Hurts Attendance BY LEO H next meeting of the league I will intro. Tues: | Cross is In the pinches when hitting | the elusive “Spec” oWods counts. Men like Flea McAuley | ¢brother’ of the famous Leach | and Sammy Crane, for example, | Cross. Woods beat Pep Webster Me-} “Averages, under their , present | dcr Ba of p Lewl compilation, mean nothing to me. | Cauley on the It over Sammy (Give me the man who can bat in the | Cihineila last week Tuns or score them and give me the, Promoter Dan Salt announces} Mielders who go after everything. I} that tickets are going fast, and a to Carry Lazarri * but | be: With Young Stribt schooibe and Tommy: Philadelphia light-heavy "on the ground, keen interes! MONDAY, STARCH 28, 1925. ———————— Would Curb Exhibition Games. McCABE BREAKS FINGER IN SUNDAY GAME ra Tribe Wins an Expensive Ball Contest Billy McCabe Will Be Out of Lineup at Least Sev- eral Days N) THE SEATTLE STAR [— Overdoing It Month of Games With Big ty Clubs, and Players Get Scotch and lrish Golf Clash Set Micks and Sandies to Meet on _ Inglewood Links April 29 BY ALEX C, ROSE Tristram the Thinker Cleveland Boss at Slee cane Wantets What Future Will Bring His Indians LASSEN The Star With three big league association team trainin playing h i ‘oast league clubs are n contests, aims Bill Lane, the Salt Lake qn » number of games and if the ers of Ar w =f are to be charged, the players) «9 : ks mat ¢ , sr cent of the gate receipts Te Oe eee tea’ te of operation, the players are r playing, the club owners are) 1 announcement was made y A {dragging down big t t 5 a and the players are only ns ting the exercise. he ° right i the ball pla must be given some consider . | atic sf and Wait Pearce, shortetep off and on tor ° ‘MAPLE LEAFS | o ARE BEATEN . rpoo’s DRYIK ored alt 5 M I saw the games between Los 5 | Loa Angeles and the Chicago . Cubs and it was a shame to ; ea charge 75 cents for such exhib! t rig nae ; | Uons, They were terrible, Most ott ‘ ° | of tho players on the two ¢ tt ® 1 were \ eg 14 a % J manag 1 es ri 4 them C 2 e © 6 games for the championship of their Jeaguc, | 4,08, ; ° Brandt au Al Espinosa Second tabs be Ap ] s w ° x ban For the benefit of those who in Augusta Tourney ® tet for » are not posted on the in in AUGUBT 23.—-Georg better ba and a fi How cost ¢ formation of these Scotch-Irish : links battles, we wish to make them acquainted with the fet that the Kilties are one-t the Shamrocks as the result of the first meeting they had at the lake share course several woeks ago and that the result would have been the same no matter Who was attending to the of ficial end of the scoring. s rexponsible ent yker 4, Brandt ¢ with thele pre LEPT FIELD BURNS’ QUESTION BATTING EDWARDS KNEE UHLE'S ARM Fagan to ummer, ARE HITSMEN of | LONG BEACH, Cal, Maret f 0 There will be only two bonafide| da playing managers in the Cx be Oscar Vitt of nm of § league this ye Lake and Bert ; New Port Townsend I n Fr tuffy Lavwis, Mart ci Ivan Howard and Golf Course Opened fer may be PORT TOWNSEND, March 21—~( whil r named, it looks like Vitt EDivon o playing overy Vitt, + ma Bees a h vite 4 hin players ars as a the game of his can nerv that third base bag In real and he's a dangerous hitter Young Stribling in S. F. for Loughran March SAN FRANCISCO, thi urday n the 10-round bout betwe t the ball park here &: afternoon Jack Dempsey han agreed to ¢ fend his title against oné Mar Burke. We suppose the winner w Ichallenge Jackie Coogan. BY AHERN | more and more “THis SNOOPING AROUND “THE DOOR “To MN STUDY Pun AMM ~ EXPLAIN VF You can, THIS HORGEPLAN J uw EGAD,“ DONT, YoU LADS KNOW THAT Nou oTanD GRAVE CHANCES OF RUNNING AFOUL A CHARGE OF BUCKeHOT 2. WDEED/e HUH 2» OW NEG BUT ITS AGAINST TW’ RULES oF ETIQUETTE “To SHOOT A&A MAN, WITH Wis HAT OFFI. BESIDES NosuURY WOULD CONVICT ME FOR TRNIG “10 FIND MY COLLAR BUTTON | = J A Dont THREATEN US Witt AWN CRowW HARDWARE ! « F MRS. 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