The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 3, 1925, Page 22

, iy BT ae ot ts ' PAGE 22 McAuley Deal With Cubs Makes L. A. Favorites Shortstop per Is Swapped Winer kson Ma for Root and Pittinge [Behind the ] | Home : Pate BY LEO Le LASSEN | Veteran L. A. Infieldéer to Be Used to Plug Shortstop There is popular belief that pitcher aren't sup- posed to hit, but a perusal) pite of the batting averages of the Coast league for 1924) sea show that 11 hurlers batted! / over .300, Bill James and Harry Peters being in the 400 class, and 11 pitchers hit between .250 and .300. The main reason that pit- chers don’t hit better, is that they take it for granted that they aren’t supposed to do so and they just go up to the plate as a matter of course, because the rule book says) every man must bat in order. As soon as & pitcher shows ex ceptional : and © make them to have every day, T Y have wonderful suceess is And yet when they ma outfielder out of Ruth, he wa one of the best southpaws in the business, He led the Am- erican league one year while with the Boston Red Sox. Pitchers who can t Yeruiar jobs days are over, like Jos Wood and Bura A Vitehers effective at the plute come in handy as pinch hitters. Carl Williams acted In this ca pacity for Seattle many tines last year, while George Foster, Doe Crandall, Bob Geary and Ken Penner did likewise for their teams, The hu make litt tort to practice hittin of thelr at end of the game. don’t want’ them to v hitting, giving all « the chucking chores who can hit, often 1 ia the pinch, necessa game. . The “Break Some people insist that luck is at least US esrereeary E McCabé has difterbnt s. “In a long season hi "ot league,” s chaser, **; Francisco proved that last year when! d with a powerful, hustling ball club, because their pitchers couldn't stand the gaff. “Your other men in the line | thrn the center of the field, the backbone of the defense, 1 would count 20 per cent, This means that you have to have a good catcher, a fast double-play com- bination at second base and a fast center fielder. “Breaks in the luck count for other 10 per cent, to my way thinking, and a hustling team in sport gets the edge in the breaks, b cause they are just a step ahead of © their rivals, and 1 think you'll find Seattle will have that kind of a elub; maybe not a wonderful but one that will win a lot of b games, and vic! Brandt and Plummer “Hopes” COAST League Ball club usua makes more money and turns more satisfactory deals for new men |, é by developing players for the majora|ciare Briggs, I at the lpaer, Hugh F |Pat McNutt and Fred Lieb. p Dimuag sreorsemat es Chilhowee Was Suffering | Chill than they realize in money turnstiles. Last year Seattle sold Vean Gregg | and Jimmy Walsh, and it netted t club a tidy sum of money as well as three new men. Only two young fellows with a real chance of going up are on the club roster at the present time: They're. both, pitehers— Bil Plummer and Ed Brandt. Both have a lot of natural abil- ity and if they develop under “Red Killefer as they should they'll be cinches to graduate. The majors, and the limelight, j young player, and it isn’t fal keep him from getting this chance. | Coast league fans are fair enough to} realize this as as these men | are replaced b: rienced tossers, Ten Pitchers’ t to Be Carried by McGraw MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 3—Ten four catch six Intiota ws 4 five outf arried by the New after June 15, o@ the only ne’ Frank Walke: to the elub, he Mf es o wold himself} ill be retained for Yean Borotra Will | Play College Star NEW YORK, April 3.—Jean Bo. rotra, French tennis. star and the Wimbledon champion, and Fang, of Columbia University, meet here Friday in the semi-final round of the natienal indoor tennis championships. ‘The winner will| play Fred ©, Anderson, New York, tomorrow for the title, | Coast Wrestler Is Winner in Boston' BRUINS TO WRES April ntver:| sity of Call ers have gon w for a series of bouts with the southern Meanch athletes, SEATTLE = 7 | The Bees Gap for Cubs Until Maranville Is Ready; Angels “———————--———-— Will Have Great Pitching Staff SANT A MARI A, that Flea McAuley, , had been traded to the ¢ Pittinger will fill McAuley’s place 3 t added to the ANTA MARIA, Cal., April! club one of the strongest staffs in the minors as a tough break for Root, ¢ pitchers in the Chicago camp, but they and needed a shortstop. tinger played some f Joe Hinkle Writes to Fans From Tribe Camp a ) Don’t take any wood tions games with th league hut refuse Newsboy Battlers on Amateur ated i» Big Turnout for a: Telephone Squad | the fier gets a big p vd) every game in wi ~~ Arne Borg Makes New World's Mark | Sports Scribes to Be Honored Guests » U.S. England Net ene Are Off teams can not play each other there is no chanee for keen interest |be tostmaster ‘The hosts will be BY AHERN | . 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