Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 206, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1910 — GIVE GIANTS HARD BATTLE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GIVE GIANTS HARD BATTLE

Jack Pfiester of Chicago and Sallee ert St. Louis Always Prove Stumbling Block. Hoy many times in the last four years has- it been asserted that the Giants could not hit lefthanded pitching, and how many managers have been stung by attempting to prove that theory? Perhaps it is difficult to believe, but it’s a fact that the Giants now would rather see left-handers in the box against them than the good right-handers. That’s because the batting order is now composed of men who can slug the southpaws, but which does not show at its best when trying to solve the curves of right-hand crossfire experts. True, there are a few southpaws in the league who always give the Giants a hard battle —pitchers like Pfiester and Salee —but with the entire second section of the batting order composed of right-handed swingers the thing is evened up. The truth of the matter is that McGraw’s right-handed batsmen pre hitting left

handed pitching harder than his lefthanded batsmen are hitting right-hand-ed pitching. Merkle and Meyers have been driving in more runs than the first three lead-off men.

Jack Pfiester.