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"SPORTING GE DOES NOT DIM THE BATTING EY: Did Timers In Major Leagues Going as Strong as Ever They Did. (By Billy Evans). Age and service don't appear ito dim the battling eyes of the big league stars. _ And with the exception of the #luggers of the Ruth type, most of veterans are mighty had to te American League Joe the toughest batter to season, striking out only Jag, of hin mn of eyes, he doesn't get anywhere near the bases on hails one would expect. This might be explained by saying that once Sam gets the pitcher in the hole he begins picking on every cripple, cuts at every ball that looks good enough to hit. Rice, with his great speed and the fact that he seems to be in motion as he hits the ball, is a most danger- ous batsman. He gets what often appear to be fluke hits, dus to these assets. In American League circles oppos- ing players refer to Rice's bat as be- ing made of rubber. When he steps to the plate ome often hears the re- mark: "Well let us get old 'Rubber-Bat'." Due to the fact that he is hard to fool, hits lots of balls after they seem almost past him, Rice gets many "Texas Leaguers" on balls just out of reach. Easy to Whift, The free-swingers, the slugger- type batsman, are the easiest to set down on strikes. With them they either do or don't and, when they fail to hit safely, they often are struck out. Take the three famous sluggers of the New York Yankees--Ruth, Meu- sel and 'Gehrig. The Babe whiffed 68 times last season, Meusel 55 and Gehrig 49. Other free-swingers like McManus of St. Louis, Goslin of Washington, Cuyler of. Pittsburgh, Harnett of Chicago and Kelly of New York all were struck out 50 or more times during the season. A change of pace on the part of the pitcher, which few sluggers can adapt their style to, in part explains the many strikeouts by players who get distance to their drives. French the Fastest. Speed is once more becoming a prominent factor in baseball. With the slugging type game that has been popular for some years, speed lost much of its value. Now that the teams are resorting to strategy, bringing back some of the inside stuff that has been stored away for many seasons, speed once more comes to the front. « In this connection Billy Evans re- gards Walter French of the Phila- delphis Athletics, the fastest man in the American Léague. There are better base runners be- cause French has yet to master the art oF getting a big lead. However, no player in the American can step to first or circle the bases as fast as French. 5 The former West Point star ath- lete runs close to the ground and travels much faster tham his style would make you believe. The American bison, or true buf- falo, has no bump above the shoul- ders. ~~ THE DAILY BRITISH | SPORTING NOTES AND COMMENT | Victorias and Circle-Six meet again next Wednesday and in the mean- time the ardent junior baseball fans are talking over the relative merits of the two teams ,their abilities and weaknesses, etc. And "Yammy" Jamieson's pitching also comes in for discussion. Many declare that Jamieson balks nearly every time he throws a ball and others are just as insistent that he doesn't. There is one little paragraph in Rule 34 which will answer the question of whether Jamieson balks or not. Read it for yourself. When next Wednesday's game comes on hand, we'd like to see Fournier and Buck as opposing pitchers. It's getting monotonous watch- ing Hewitt Smith and Jamieson doing all the throwing. Buck and Fournier have ability but it won't amount to very much in a short time if they are not given a chance. Let's have a change of flingers for once. The seniors were scheduled to play in Peterboro to-day against the Lift Lock aggregation. It was expected that Heckman and Cairns would be the opposing twirlers. If Heckman is going at all yet, he is apt to start things interesting for the lpeals. College-Six and St. Mary's were scheduled in the Midget League game to-day at the Cricket Field, with Dark Horses and Beavers being the attraction in the juvenile game. Belleville Nationals come back here next Friday evening in a Cen- tral Ontario League fixture. With warmer weather there should be bet- ter baseball served up than in the first game when miserable weather conditions put a damper on the play and spoiled what might have been good baseball. BASE BAL SCORES National Brooklyn 10, New York 1, Boston 8, Cincinnati 5. Pittsburgh 5, Chicago 1. St. Louis-Philadelphia, postponed By Billy Evans. | BASEBALL PROBLEMS When two runners are occupying the same base, the situation not be- ing due to any force play, to whom does the base belong? If the final ending of 3 play finds two runners on the same base, with- out any force play figuring in the situation, the base always belongs to the original occupant. To illustrate: With runners on second and third the batsman hits sharply to the !infleld which is in close for a play at the plate. The shortstop gets the ball and throws to the catcher ahead of the runner. In the run-up that follows the batsman gets to second and the other runners are on third before either has been retired, the man from sec- ond advancing to third and the other runner getting safely back to his base, The base belongs to the original ovecupant. To retire one of the run- ners standing on the bag it would be necessary to touch the runner who had advanced from second. If that runner could get safely back to second and the batsman who had reached second could get safely back to first base, everybody would be safe. . rain. American League Cleveland 4, Detroit 3. St. Louis 3, Chicago 0. Only two games scheduled. International League. Toronto 10, Buffalo 3. The other three scheduled games wi be played as double-headers to- ay. STANDING OF CLUBS. National League. Won. Lost. P.C. Cincinnati .... .. ..29 18 .617 Pittsburgh ,... «25 18 .581 Chicago .. Ye . 24 20 545 Brooklyn .. .. »22 21 11 St. Louis .. . «.34 26 490 New York .. ., ...233 234 .490 Philadelphia .. . «17 27 .38¢ 27 372 . P.C. 739 New York ~ ~F - BABE RUTH AIMING AT FIFTY HOME RUNS Philadelphia .. .. Washington .. .. ... Chicago .. .. Detroit .. .. Cleveland .. .. .... St. Louis .. . Boston ., ,. S571 523 520 510 .500 340 289 P.C. J27 T14 659 A790 4556 367 333 Baltimore .. Buffalo .. Toronto Newark .. .. .. .. Rochester .. .. .. .. Jersey City .. Sytacuse .. . Reading .. ., Sunday, June 6th Mount Airy Hotel Rr rr BE EE EE EE CUT PLUG 15¢ PER PACKET LE LE = Save the Poker Hand insert cards NOTES FROM DELTA. Oddfellows Held a Service In The Baptist Church. . Delta, June 6.--The Oddfellows' service was held 1n the Baptist Church, on Sunday last. Rev. Mr. Davies had change. A large gather- ing was present. Mr. and Mrs. 8. Albert Topping and daughters, of Alblon. N.Y., were in Delta for the week-end, the guests of Mr, Topping's mother and Mrs. Topping's brother, Mr. James Sex- ton. Mr. and Mrs. Warren and Mr: Carl Teepel and friend were at Mr. and Mrs. Wiliam Burne, Sunday last. . Rev. Mr. Keough was attending the conference held in Kingston. Mies Rachel Johneon was the guest of relatives in Rockspring recently. Rev. Mr. Lorne Peirce, Toronto, spent a day with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Peirce. Wilfrid Slack and Mr. Gallaher, Toronto, and Miss Marie Slack, of Smith's Falls, were at Arthur Slack's. Mr. Wilfrid Slack purchased a mew auto from W. B. Newsome, Plum Hollow, and motor- od back to Toronto. Mrs. Girden is nursing Mrs. Bene- dict at Dr, Kelly's. Miss Mary A. OMPAH FARMERS BUSY. Mud Lake Bridge Work Completed Tourists Are Arriving. Ompah, June 83.--8Seed planting is the order of the day hers now, Everyone is busy pubting in the crops and report the season later than last year. An enjoyable dance, largely at- tended was held at M. Hermer's last Tuesday evening. Sunday visitors were William Pennycook and Arthur Stewart, of Trenton, at their homes here; M. Hermer and B. Cunningham at Edward Watson's; Mr. and Mrs. G. Moore at Edward Watson's; Mr. Hermer recently made a business trip to Canonto. Work is now completed on Mud Lake bridge, making travelling in Clean anything that cas be cleaned O. COE & P. BARRETT Office: 86 Arch Street. "Phone 1330w Calliand deltver. that vicinity much more comfo Mr. and Mrs. Edward Watson; William Watson - and William Cox spent a few days in Kingston. A concert under the auspices of United Church will be held on Fri- day evening. Mr. and Mrs. T, Burke spent Sunday with Canonte Already some summer visitors coming back again to enjoy pleasure of Ompah scenery and fishing In Trout Lake. 'L