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THE OREGON DAILY JOU RNAL, PORTLAND. OREGON TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1820. Death of Ray; Chapman May Result in Loss of American League Pennant for Cleveland 10 Libel Suit MayBeFiled In Scandal LOS ANGELES, CaU Aug. 17-V. P.) Court action charging W. Baker (Babe) Borton, former first baseman of th Vernon Coaat league baseball I'lm, with criminal libel may be begun today br Ed R Maier, owner of the Vernon club, lt became known. ' Acting 00 the BUggeatloa of W. - It. McCarthy, president of th league, that immediate' criminal libel action - be begun ajrainst - Borton. MaJer's attor-, neys conferred with . District Attorney wool wine. ,k, -,,v. V are golnr . ahead oti the auggea tfon of president McCarthy that Bor ton bo eued for' libel for his 'charges against the' Vernon 1 players Maler aali.- v.1 r 1 . - "Our; actlona -will depend t on advice - receive , - from DUtrtct Attorney Wool wine, with whom my attorneys wm confer today. ' "Just aa soon, aa the club , returna frOra Us . northerns trip, members will be asked to face Borton In court." Maier declared he had never believed Borton'' ch&rgea that the Vernon play- era had raised a "slush" fund to buy lait yeir'i pennant and that . the charges had not been substantiated.. Today ' proceedings follow receipt of a telegram from McCarthy last night, suggesting that the local club 4,Imm. diately; prosecute Borton for . criminal "My Jurisdiction ever the 'charges against Manager jesslcK and other Vemow' players 18 ' limited.'' McCarthys telegram aald, "but the aupreme court will have power to fully, disinterested ly aJid publicly Investigate." - PROCEEDINGS START , SOON. SAYS TIGER HEAD Ixs Angeles, Aug. 17, (I, N, a The nnouncea inienuon to nave mm cnargea with criminal libel for the sensational charge he baa made against a number of Coast . league ball players la '"vary satisfactory" to him, .- according to a statement by W. Baker ("Babe") Bor ton, former Vernon player - Me wants the whole matter threshed, out In pubUo, he said. Borton denied that he Is pleased at the suspension of player Rumler -of Bait i-ak,. whteh; occurred -yesterday. "1 am not after Rumler.'S Borton -declared. ; "AH I want- Is a- fair t investiga tion of everybody that has been implU cated 1ft my charges." . : Edward afaier, president of the Ver non ball club, stated today that proceed ings would be utart ad as soon as Man ager William , Essick and the Vernon players return home from their present road tour. ..,.. ; . - . " ; ... 3Kt V, A 44 m xx a- . k,x vs vsj BILL R OILER IS OUSTED" by prexsy McCarthy San Francifico. ur. irjx- U. P.) William KumleK Salt Lake-: outfielder, waa indefinitely - suspended by President McCarthy of the Pacific Coast league Monday, - The action waa -one step in the1 Investigation of the so-called Coast league gambling scandal, n , . , ; : McCarthy acted after receiving ah af fidavit from Ruuiler In which' he .de nied that he bad In any way been-- In volved In the gambling scandals. Rum ler admitted,., however., that ' last year he made wagers on Coast league games. Rumler lenled that the money ' be received from "Babe" Borton. former first baaeman or the Vernon team, was a bribe, but admitted that It was ft gambling debt Incurred In July, 19t. when he wagered 1250 with Borton. The terms were that he would l pay that aum to Borton if the i SaltXake team - won the pennant, and . Borton would pay that sum if Vernon won. Vernon yfon the pennant and the sum was due - Rumler, he says, but Borton sent only $200, saying the cut out" waa not as large as be had ex pected, according to the affidavit. i Rumler's statement was supported by TKSTRtfCTOIt LOUIS OALLO'S ' Lln coin" par It playground, ball team of the five-foot six-inches section and. Sell wood park will meet for the 1120 ehanv pienship of Poffland in a three game series. Lincoln park won the final con teat of the preliminary, series by. trlm mirtg Laurelhurst 29 to 1 on the North park diamond Monday flight. . Captain BIJly Miller walloped but two-home runs each time with men on -bases while Monk'.aiso belted one" for- the circuit The first -game of the l,incoln-Se!Iwood series will 4 be played Wednesday eve ning, according to present plays, with the second coming on Friday. ? A two-game, series between the Honeys man Hardware company's tossers, lead ers Of the Inter-city league of. the Port land Baseball association, and the Salem Senator is In the forming-.- Manager Walter Kracke of the Senators was a Portland visitor Sunday, and he had a lorjg talk with Danny Shea, coach of the Hardwaremen. - ',Ko meeting of the instructors of the Portland public playgrounds was : held Monday lght and as a result the Bfook- lyn-Kenilworth playground ball' gams' foir the unlimited championship- of -the .city wag aot settled. Seyerel of the in structors are of ' the opinion .--that- the game should be played oven The-matcb. ended rather unexpectedly In . the Sev enth. IrnilngFMday night wh a general roiup between player , and; spectators Is said to have occurred.', ; "The - Beaver Juniors -won7-from 'the' 3iant 'Juniors, VIS to T. on the East Twelfth, atid East Davis street grounds Bunday? morning. V The -Beaver- want games and- Chester Doerr, the manager, can be , reached . by calling. East 6522 after o'clock p. m. The batteries" for Sunday's game were J, ' And rue and. F. Andrua Arnold for the winners ; . Ou Chlotti and Jenkins. Bent for. the Oianu. GhampPW Fights With i Two Battlers BENTON HARBOR. Mich.. Aug. 17. (L-N. S.) A bout with Georges Car pentier ' and a - return match with Jess Willard are included in the ' tentative program- of Jack Dempsey. heavyweight champion, ; it was announced, here Man flay ' by- Jack Kearna. 'Xempkey's man ager, Dempsey is here to make prelim inary training arrangements-for his La bor day bout with Billy MIske. -: t' CarpentieM expected to arrive in th Ur-Uad 1 States In October, and Kearna declared ha boced. to hiv tha Fp.akIi. man matched with Dempsey within three ween arter ha arrives. Willard, accord ing to Kearns, went into secret trainintr six months ago -and already, has asked Tea? Rickard ;to promote -a match that woum give - mm another -.chance at' the title. ' "-' " - - .. After his bout -with MIske; Dempsey's next engagement will be with Gunboat Smith at Boston on September 19. A bout with Bill Brennan at N'ew .York on October viJS ; l. -neit -on the champion's scaeduie. , Cleveland Brilliant ; !, Snortstop Career Is ! Dead n t at Ended ITHST M1JOE IIAOtEB TO BE KILLED BT PITCHED BALL Wew Tork, Asg. I7-I.iK. S.) Ray CSapman H the first aaajor leagse baseball player t be klUed by a pitched bail, so far as Modern re cords shew. Semi-professional aad ataatear players have been ; killed la iaea a faanloa bit maJox Isagaea hare bees free from inea accidents. ant! affidavit submitted by Catcher "Blutch" Byler of the Salt Lake team. Inn his telegram to President Lane ef the Salt Lake : elub, notifying him of the suspension .of Rumler, ; McCarthy declares Rumler's answer to Borton's charge that he accepted bribe money Is at least an admission that he gam bled on games last year and that he thas ' laid himself open to - grave sus picion. This Justifies the suspension, McCarthy declares. . TWTEW TORK. Aug. 17v tXj P.)-rRay Chapman, shortstop fof the Cleveland American - league baseball team, died early today from injuries; received wheit he was hit by a pitched ball at the Polo grounds' yesterday. f j r. .-I ,r Today's .game" between the Yankees and the inidans was called off as the re sult of Chapman's death. j Chapman was hit in the head when he attempted to dodge a fast-curve, pitched by. Carl -Mays' of the News York Yankees in the fifth inning. He was; rushed to St. Lawrence.- L 1' ' t - d SKULL WAS FRACTURED vi "Physicians declared he had a fractured skull. An operation -waa.;. performed.: at midnight- The surgeons made arf incision three and. a half inches Jong tbfemh the base of, the skull on. the left ,s(de; : i-' T The operation- disclosed rapture' of Ihejateral elniis and a quantity of clotted blood. ' A small ; piece of skull was- re moved. '. ,-;. ..ui Chapman was one of the best short gtops In either of the malor- leaguea His work' has aided the Indians greatly in the pennant race. . -- - -; ? lie waa thefirst man 1 to bt la the fifth 'inm of yestefday'f game. He waa, leaning, over the plate,! crouching low.. Mays, who has an underhanded delivery, threw- a fast, r aharp- j curve. Chapman dodged but thai curve caused the ball to follow him and struck hlny in the v left -side 'of the head, i- It -was entirely an . accident. - Mays was .working Chapman carefully anflthe, fact, that the ball -struck Chapman was beeaiise the curve broke faster j than the oatter- iaa expectea. i ; Chapman' dropped to ' the- grouhd tn- eonscioua. The crack of the ball hit ting his bead could be rieara i over me entire Polo groonds. The Indian play era gathered around Chapman -ahd at- umoted to aid him. A doctor-wag sum moned from the stands and gave first aid.,.:-- ' i ,- ' . At r the hospital early today It was said the body was still being held there. but - would" probably be sent to Cleve land.- .;. ' r. ;:i-:;!H-,.;!-: . i STARTED' I3T ltlO : ' ' : '- l ' ' Chapman's home was in Herrln, Wil liamson cotmty. Illinois. j His yrSt was living bl Cleveland during the baseball season, and was .notified ; when - he was Injured. She was en route to. New York early today, ;. t 'fJ'- f.ju : ';, '-:!-f! ; i Chapman was 2 years; old7; He was born in Owensboro, j Kyi andi broke- :nto organised baseball In 1910, when he played with the Davenport eluh. He remained there part Of the 1911 season, wfeen - he " werit to the - Toledo." American association team. . . r'-'--'-fv-f--.1--. -v -i- He went to Cleveland in 1813 and since has played continuously -with ! . that dubii During 1918 he'wasrou't.jbf the game -for two months with a broken ankle, -Chap-j man always played the posUoa of ahorU stop With the exception of ai short time when he-'filled in at second and later at third base for "the Indians, if: INJURY MAY AFFECT WORK . . ; ' OF PENNANT CONTENDERS By H. C. Hamilton New Y6rk. Aug. 17. (I. NJ S.) The death of Ray Chapman, shortstop of the Cleveland American league baseball club, not only saddens everyone; who ever met the brilliant player, -but la jvery likely to have a disastrous effect on the nerves of the players of both the Indians and Yankees clubs which are now locked mmmmm fBean?; Ball Has Cost Livt5s-of THree Men i .St. Louis, So, :Ang.17-tr.iP.)W The bean ball has cost tke lives of at leat three players with tbe death of "Ray . Chapman,- Cleveland shortstop, according to records of Sporting Life. 01 September-"- 2S,' , 1909 - Charles Teakuy was hit la the head-.by a pitched ball, thrown by -Kirk alage- Hub at Grand Itapias, Miek, and "died . later. - ' iVJthe . second ease ' waa at Mobile, Ala., Jane 18, 1918, when Tom Ropers hit John L. Dodge. ; . i . '- Other minor cases, the paper states, are of donbtlnl record. .. STS. .ii .. .. ' HEADQUARTERS i CORNER CLARK AND ADAMS CHICAGO OFFICE AJitt WAREHOUSE 1 817 BROADWAY, NEW YORK BRA5CH STORES t ' 11 Broadway, Kew York - lhEwtiJlXtZ. Su Minn. i .r,""i..8trMt Kan City, Me. i III JV.,To strt' t. Lonls, Mof ! I' r,111""" St.. Denver, Colo. p f i IVi tth?lre? JM :'Mo!es, Iowa' 1J2 lh,;,, Portland, Ore. CIS 8. Spring Street, Los Angeles, CaL A I I MaiA 214 mm in a struggle for the American - league lead. i si.",:. . I , .V,; . J.. . "- Carl Maya, who pitched the ball that Struck : Chapman, quite likely -will not recover:' from the shock of the fatallty until after this season has passed into history, f If certainly is unfortunate that Mays was selected by the fates' for the fatal "pitch. The underhand . star . has had his -share of trouble In baseball and was trying hard to overcome, handicaps due td his unsettled nerves.- : : itw. His wofk was taking him to the -,top among the - league's .pitchers and his conduct t was exemplary. Ball! players who had seen fit to criticize the big right hander -lately . have commented . on Jxis efforts to reestablish .himself in the good graces of the public. . .Maya ' probably is lost ' to the .Yankees a' hard- blow to. that team's pennant hopes, butane Wowr. to- th Jleveiandts loUiltejy .-worse, for tt- means -the olub probably will have to struggle along with an inferior shortstop. Chapman waa a brilliant fielder and ' a .300 : hitter. It may mean the loss of a pennant for the f orest uity. p , ; i j " . Michigan Player Killccl Grand Rapids, Micri., Aug. ; 17. -(0. P.) Jar! Jaeger, 27, or Plalnwell, Mich. died In a hospital at- Kaiama aoo today from injuries received when he was struck, on the head bya base ball during - a game In which he was playing . at Kalamazoo Sunday. His skull was fractured and he did not re gain consciousness. Not Involved ; Is Opinion Ry Oeorge Berts TUDGE W. W. M'CREDIE. president ' . of the Portland Baseball club, holds the opinion that none of the Beaver players are involved in 1 the . scandal which has rocked the Coast, league to Its foundation and which 'wilt probably re sult In an open. court suit against Babe Borton, the Vernon first sacker.Vori a charge of. criminal llbeL , -.- s.. 1. .The Judge declares that he questioned the players hi regard to being ap proached by gamblers and they stated that they had not been approached. '"Del Baker, who. with, Art Koehler, is said to have recefved money;" said -the Judge, "denies- haying received any money from any other' playera in connection .with th)wing.gamea.'r':r-4--i:-:; . It U hard to figure why koehler should have been named in the case for he was not used to a great extent: behind the bat last -season by Manager McCredle. . Snitther investigation will be conduct ed, by Judge McCredle into the -charge that -Fisher -was supposed to have paid the- money t .the Portland players. CLCB:ISWRECKED V. . '; ' - -The ' suspension of Outfielder William Rnmler, the , league's - leading hitter. pracUoanyr wrecks-all hopes of the Salt Lake club to' win tbe pennant; this sea son. .'Wtth Rumler;-- Maggert-and. Krug On the suspended list And Manager Ernie Johnson out of the ' game temporarily wlth'Mn Juries - the Bees'" are ' struggling along with a patched up lineup that "will likely crumble, and fall into the second division before many weeks, unless new talent, is secured.- ' The Verriob 'club' Is- not- going at tb-p speed since the charges have been made public. r; v, -- , - - -' : BEAVERS. ARE CRIPPLED ' , The. Beavers are in a bad way- as the result of injuries-to Catchers Tobin and Koehler and.- First Basemanl Blue, ac- coraing to , Manager jaccreaw , Tonm, whose . hand was broken, will be out of the game for a -; couple of -.weeks and Koehler. whose knee is again giving htm trouble, will not beable to;-work steadily, which may force Del Baker back into the game. Baker, recently Vecovered from an operation-fftr appendicitis, -will likely don the' pad In Wednesday's gamethe opening of the series -against the Oak land club which appears to have taken a new lease on life again. There will be a double header Saturday and Sun day. 4 ' ' .'"''-r " '. ' ' The Portland pitchers did not seem to go as good as they did against the Los Angeles club and the hitting -was not up to snuff. ' . - , - . A majority of the -Portland players went fishing Tuesday.' : -. , . - "BABE" RUTH'S OWN STORY OF HIS CAREER (Oopyrtslitt. 19S0. by ItalUJ h'twi) XEEPIXO EYE OX BALL IS IM PORTAJiT, SATCS RtJTH " The "batting eye" Is tbe big thing la hone rsa hittlsg. Babe Roth tells of the Importance of keeping yoar eye oa the ball, aad how be stands at the, plate, hew lie swings, and ail a boat how he knocks home as la .this chapter of his Ufa story. - .. - ,- la the next chapter Rath diseasses tke fateational yais. . -I y7?2 tTorarcmG Sona Oscar M. Smith, Manager 108 Third Street i Near Washington ; ; Portland, Oregon, August 17, 192(5. Hello, Everybody::. - :,-' - , " . . Isn' t -that- an' agreeable salutation. You wiow-to -De nailed m this manner is what makes life worth while. ' Do you .like-JLt? - Of, course you do! - And so do I! : 3o come on in nm? ti acquainted. get' - Say. 'Hello- flRMr- Tn T Sot that wiil suit me? ..And won't I BUST MY ; ELT .to render you -a-SERVICE that will make us' 1 iriends forever.; Try me once and see,' - ; " ' . ; ' ' : f I - - , " " i 3 ; High-class,' substantial' '.well-fitted. tosiiVt Do you know that. To iTo-i it i . . n - ; j-wj. . oiu tixct pay Of course you do. LE AGUES Vernon . . Skit Iake, Lo Angeies Bresklyn ; t iD-tnnatl ClsTslsnd , Chicaso- i. New Tork. St. JuiOIUS.. -. PaeiflO Coait League W. t,. pet.) i.. ' : ,W, TT CO ,682gcttl ...63 ,T4 68 .601 1 Portland .A8 6!i .Bllinaklan(I w.a 63 S .4d3Hap'mente 67 Nauonsi - bsagua - . 0' 4 a .8081 St; Lonis. . B 1 -.89 49 .946!oetf . . ,47 ' 04 62 ,(SO!II'll-J lphia 43 W. 1. Pct.1 ' W. .71 4O-.S40 Bottoa ,..B0 .12 4ft .eSlflhVssll'ton ,4T: .72 48 .626 Detroit ...41 .S3 64 .45Ph'd'lpllia SB 7V.492 65..4S2 74 ,40 7 .429 I, - Pet. B .481 B-4S4 ST -.4B2 04 .402 1 Pet. 68 .461 AO .448 S .878 78 .815 -- National . f : ' ' - : ii 1 At Chicago : ' R. f E Cincinnati 000 0?0 602 9 18 2 unicag-o .....j...... ooo 000 001 1 8 1 oaivenetr r laner ana wingo; Hen arlx. Bailey. Jones and O'FarrelL - . . .. . R. H. E. zud nni nnoa i n di- XMMia J.IU VW 000 2 8 2 oaneneii Aoama - ana uaeffner; At St. Louis : fittsburgr tr- t i At Philadelphia New York-Phlladel phla same postponed ; i rain. i American v 7ftvaS 'ellf -QsVr, and Jll be your 11 L a -Manager- sir : At New vork: R.H.E. i-ieveiana 010 210 000 t 7 0 turn . ouo 000 003 3 ' 7 2 Batteries Coveleskie and O'Neill- At Boston : r. it e. Detroit nnn rvnrt inn t - ......... ... ... " X 9 . ouoion 000 031 10 fi 1ft n L . .' les uausB, ujonam ana Stan- More Trouble Looms i Up for John.McQraw New York. A tic -m Troubles are multiplying for John J. McGfaW: ma nn pp?- cf lh. .nin.a ... one authority after another displays in- wresi. in me mue iisuo arguraeat at the Lambs' club. , With- District Attomv Rmi tempting 'to learn, how Ac toi1 John 61a- vui came to nave concussion i of the brain, Frohibition .'Enforcement Agent Shevlin has reinforced the lnvestigat Ing forces. As McGraw admitted he had had considerable to drink. Shevlin wants to know where ; he gtt it ':. Mc Gray, he said, had been ordered to ap pear and, -explain his : alleged violation oi uie voisieaa act ; v M Santrf to Wrestle Londos -. . Kan Franplfwn. Anu- I t c.ki.i claimant of the light-heavyweight wres tling' championship of ithe world, and Jim i Londos. Greek . champion, .! go Into action tonight at the feivic auditorium in ts. ' t InipH bout ; for the world's title. Both, men-are close to the ISO-pound mark agreed upon. , A' purse of $7000 la to be split by the men, 60 per cent going to the winner and 40 per cent to tbe loser. i . ; - 'Vardon and Ray Win Again r Toronto. CaL." Aug. 17.--Edward Ray and Harry Vardon. continuing: their tour Of the .United States and Canada tri umphed over Albert Murray and George Cumrcinr, . local professionals, here yes terday. Ray and Vardon totaled 69 and 67 In the two 18-holes best-ball match, while the" local men scored a 63. in jthe morning round af.d 74 la, - Leonard to' Defend Title Next Month (United Kew) New York, Aug. 17. Tex Rickard has signed Benny Leonard, the lightweight champion, for the Garden. , Announcement of Rtckard's Initial Of fering to N'ew York boxing fans ,was accomplished .with the statement by Ike Dorgan, his publicity manager, that 150,000 was the sum guaranteed for the Leonard fight. The papers were signed by Rickard and Billy Gibson, manager for Leonard, Monday aiternoon at the Btitmore hotel. Leonard agrees to meet any man Rick ard may pick and is understood by Doran to have posted 120,000 for a bet on the side. ; The champion agrees' to make 135 pounds eight hours before the battle. Johnnie Dundee, . Eddie Fltzslmmons and Joe welling are considered as the moat likely men that Rickard will pick rrom in obtaining an opponent for Leonard. - Boy McGormick May- Take Champ's Place New York, Aug. 17. (TJ. P.) Boy McCorrnick, an Irish light heavyweight. who claims the boxing championship of Europe in that class, arrived here-Monday on the liner Lorraine, announcing he intended y take the place of Georges Carpentier and fight Battling Levinsky In October. ' He said arrangements had been made for him to substitute for Carpentier against Levinsky. " ' Not Enough SlioWed ITp No meeting of the board'of directors of tha Mulnomah Amateur Athletic club could-be held Monday night because of me lack of a quorum, uuite a numoei of : prominent meS&ers of the Winged "M" Institution were on hand to co be fore the board regarding the dismissal of Eddie O'Connell as boxing and wrest' ting instructor. A petition said to be signed by almost 500 of the best known members of the club has been circulated in an effort to have the board recon sider the matter. . Can't Race In the Rain Philadelphia, ' Aug. 17. Too much rain forced the calling of the grand circuit races scheduled -tor the Narberth track yesterday. A double program has been arranged for the first day's events. w&UWH' tin ' THE HART CIQAR 09. V . . ' . Portland, Ortgoa CHAPTER FIVE TTOW do I hit .home runs?, I have been asked , this cjueetlon thousands of times since the close of the season of li, when I broke the world' record with an official total of 29 home runs.; Really, , I got 81, but the other two went down : In the score books as two-baggers. V This 1 how it happened in. each caie : There was a man on second In the hlhth inning -who brought in a winning run. officially end ing the game by the time I had reached second base. Both of these blows wera made' on5 our- own preserve,- Fenway park Boston. Both times my hits were long ' enough for me to have scored without' getting out of breath. -But I'm not crabbing about the loss of those two homers. eThey won" the ball games, 'and I was playing for the-Red Box and not for Babe Ruth.r ; COrrDEJTCE; BIO HELP V ... -1 suppose when yoi come down t It, there are several , things abou' hitting home runs-the baiting eye, the way I stand at the' plate, the way X swing, the strength nd weight and confidence. Let's take them up - In order. -' jtovt stand thare at: the plate, watch Ing the pitcher wind up. You haven't a way in the world of knowing what he Is going to serve you. and It is not much use trying to guess, because a good hurler can disguise hi wlndup so that you get a fat one when you think a curve bait is coming. The thing to do is keep your eye on the ball. And I never do go up to the plate that some-thing-inside me doesn't whisper, "Keep your eye on the boll. Babe kep your eye on It. Watch It come up." ' i I -don't say that anybody can hit the ball all the time, even if he keeps his eye glued on it, but the fellow who "has his lamp trimmed and keeps It on will make a whole lot more hits than the fellow-who doesn't. It's 'easy - enough to follow the .ball half way from the box ; to the plate. : After that is when the pitcher fools, the hittsr.t That's when most batters begin' to lose the ball. They are not prepared to - watch the break which comes Just before the apple reaches them.- I believe that one of the secrets or my hitting 'Is my ability to keep"fny eye on the ball longer than any other--bat.ter, even until it start to break.we all kho that a real curve holds ftsXcouf so and does not jump until It is' almost at thep1ate. and that Is why a batSEjnnsts watch so. that he doesn't awing -where - the ball Ought to be- but isn'ti;-. ' v-' ; " . , - -: WEIGHT 05" LEO -,,It 1 In this business of keeping your eye on the ball that - baseball and golf run side by side for a little, way. They also resemble each other In the feel of the home run and the feel of the long drive. . In standing at the. plat I again put myself in the position of the golfer: t address the pitcher. Flret, f; all. I get my feet into positlort,-the right osje a little in advance Of the left-'' My right leg; im bent juat a little at the knee,, and a I, stand this way the pitcher gets more, view of ..fby back and my right hip. than of "my cheat or side. The weight of my body is. at the beginning, on my left leg. When the ball comes up I shift my weight to' my ritht foot, widen steps out directly toward the pitcher as my bat, my arms and my whole body swing forward, for-the blow. , At : the start of my -swing I . reach back with my bat as ' far as I can. almost turning my back.' on the pitcher. As my bat comes forward, the move ment with which I -throw myself against the ball often carries my right foot beyond the chalk line of the batter's box. The greatest power in the stroke comes when the bat is half way through the swing. I mean direct In front of my body, and that is where it meets the ball. - There Is something to be said for the bat, too, because it - Is the heaviest "one used In either of the leagues. I have them made specially for me. Thev are of ash, with a slen der handle ; they are 40 inches long and weigh about 54 ounces eome wagon tongue. Most bats weigh 35 or 40 ounces. The heavier the bat the longer the drive, that's what I think. : The wallop comes just-at the balance point of the bat, and if you want to find out where that is,, take a bat In your hand and balance it. That Is where every batter should catch the ball. for. there Is the greatest leverage against the heaviest weight of the bldw. s. A free and easy swing is the on I think connects most often with the till. When I say free and easy, don't think. I mean slow. X mean fast, with , great big . "F,-. -and with ever ounce of wught and su.-.gth that can be .put Inta the swing. My crjows are always w.ll'w.-ay from my body when "I poke at the bail ; they are not stuck out, of course, but - far enough out to give complete Trcioro. !, ! Now we come to the matters ; of strength, and ; weight, I The big boy have a natural advantage In this re spect, but would, you think there was' such a thing ,aa being! (QO muscular? There is. I know a batter in the Amer ican league who Is not much better than an. ordinary hitter, although, he has a good .eye.; weight, stance and fine de velopment. His trouble is . that . he is "muscle : bound"-too strong to get a good, easy ewinf at the. ball. ' i . ( Strength la absolutely necessary to hit home runs consistently. , And as I anv out for . a. home run every time I get up to - bat, I always swing at the ball with all jnjr might. I hit big or miss big. And . when . I i miss I know it long before ; the umpire call a strike on me, for. every muscle in, my. back, shoulders and arm is groaning, "you missed it," and, believe ime, it is no fun to miss a ball that hard. INJURES SIDE IV PRACTICE Once I put myself out of th gam for a few days by a, miss like that. We wer playing the Athletics at the Polo grounds on April 22 Jast. During bat ting practice before th game X swung at a low curve ball with -the hope of hoisting it over the elevated, tracks, and all my bat punched was thin air re sult, a strained muscle In my. right side. The pain of that wrench Almost put me down, but I bobbed ' up to the bench, like a fellow with gimp Jeff. Some of the boys- rubbed me and gave me first aid and I went out to the plate Again, - Ther were more than . 28,000 pel-son in th stands that day and I don't believe very many of them knew I Had hurt myself. But the pain was so great X couldn't swing my bat again, so X had to go to th clubhouse, where Doe Woods, the trainer, could get a look at me. He got out his work bas ket and wound tape about me until I looked like an army rookie's leg the first day he put on spiral puttees. And L felt like a corset model. If that's how they feeL The gam started with youn truly in center field, but I wasn't called On, beeause the gentlemen from Phila delphia went out In one-two-three order. I tried to take my turn at bat with a man on second, but, although the crowd was yelling "over the feno." I only fouled the first two and whiffed at the third. - That whiff finished me. and 1 could hardly reach the bench. They X rayed my aide and found a sprained muscle along the eleventh rib so that I was out of the park for a day or two. LOST SUT5E88 AT ST. MARTS That's how hard I hit 'em. My wrong swings as well as my, hits have left their record. I never knew until on day I found a tangle of tine lines like tracery on a blueprint on my chest and back, showing where- the muaclea had' been stretched to their limit under my hid when X had gone after the balL X suppose. that 1 bound to happen when a fellow of 6 feet 2, weighing 210 pounds, puts It all Into a swing. What about confidence? Nest to the batting eye. It la the most important csset of home run hitters. Let the pitchers know you are not afraid of them and they haven't got so much on the ball as they think. And they haven't anything on you. I am not . afraid of any pitcher in baseball and I am not ball shy. I got over my shy ness when X waa a. kid in HI Marys, becaused I used to catch behind the' bat there without any mask or body protector and not much of a glove on my. hand. Foul tips meant nothing to catchers at Bt. Marys. If you 'got beaned by one it was your fault and you got no sympathy. - So. Juat to Impress it on you, the batting eye' the best to have. 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