THE OREUON SUNDAY JOURNAL; PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING MARCH; 26. l&iol
FAST BALL D-THE
CROWD i OUTCLASSES
Comparison' of ? Last - Two
Training Squads Shows
1915 In Very Bad Light
HAS FIRST DIVISION TEAM
"Floater" Said to Look' Wee
to drand Stand, but That
Is End of It.
MATHEWSON ' IS CITED
Outfield rax Outsaades That f Fx.
J vious Immv Walls Infield Also
Hmruh Greater Strength.
"Miner" Brown Another Pitcher Whs
Depended on rest One and
Curve to Deceive Batter.
By R. A. Cronin
Sacramento. Cat.. March 5K ITnln
the Coast leasee Is faster by about a
million revolutions than' it has ever
been before, the Portland ball club
'. win finish in the first division. Judg-
Ihg solely from last year's club, it will
- lead the league, for there is no com-
parison between the two training; camp
'squads. This year's squad looks like a
ball club; last year's gave only prom
"ise'of looking like one. Unless we are
greatly underestimating the Vernon,
" Oakland and Salt Lake clubs, the
Beavers should finish one, two, three
on their training camp form.
Compare the Portland squad of the
- present with the Portland squad at
-Fresno, and it is like entering a stake
horse in a selling plate race. All
.around the team looks better, the only
comparable difference being in the
'catching staff. Those who have fol
lowed the game believe that in every
thing but experience. Homer Haworth
will measure up to Fred Carisch.- He
may' not bold the young pitchers up
like Carisch, but he ought to be ready
to catch in more games, for Fred's pe
culiar method of receiving the ball
made him. more liable to hand injury
than Haworth. Haworth is faster ap
parently than Carisch, and he will un
doubtedly hit better.
Usher in Better Shape.
Tlher believes that he is In better
-hap than, at tbis time last year: and,
as Gus has always been a great hitter,
there is no neeed of losing sleep over
what be will do.
- Therefore," the catching staff is Just
as strong, figuring from all angles,
as last year.
Now, for the Infielders. Big Louie
Guisto will be one of. If not the great-
mst, first basemen in the history of the
league by August, as well as the long
est hitter since the palmy days of
"Truck" Eagan. While Guisto is being
nursed along, the reliable Owen Quinn
will be ready to step in. For the first
time in the history of ' the Portland
club, McCredie has two first basemen.
each of which is capable of filling in
at the bag. Qolnn is as good as any
first baseman in the league, and any
club in the circuit would be glad to
have him. ' The Cleveland Americans
and the Philadelphia Nationals wanted
to take over the lantern-jowled young
left-hander, so he must be good enough
for any minor league club.
Derrick Would' Be Shaded.
While Fred Derrick rendered valiant
rvice to the . Beavers in years past.
the old heads believe Fred would have
been faded this year by either Quinn
or Guisto. ' Quinn is better on- ground
balls and at base 'running, besides
measuring up tn bitting; while Guisto
packs the healthy wallop that will
make him a factor on any club. This,
then, shows us that, the Beavers have
strengthened at first base.
Bobby Vaughn is a corking ball play
er, and should play as good a second
base as Bill Stumpf did last year. He
may not hit as much as Stumpf. but he
will cover just as much ground, run
bases better, and pivot, perhaps, better
In double plays. We may, therefore,
consider that second base Is none the
weaker for Vaughn's presence.
There is no comparison "at shortstop
between Charley Ward and Bobby Da
vis. Ward covers more ground, is
faster on double plays, a better base
runner, will hit many points better, and
thereby add 60 per cent more strength
than Davis showed.
T Bates Wont Be Hissed.
At third base no hitting strength has
been sacrificed, and Bill Stumpf should
carry as much, if not more, strength
than Rav Bates. Stumpf hits the ball
Just as hard as Bates, bandies a ground
ball better, has more strength in his
arm, and Irjust aa fast on his feet
Stumpf, too, will not have the deplor
able batting slump that Bates dis
played at times last season. While
Bates . was popping out for several
(weeks at a stretch, Baltimo' William
fwas clicking the ban regularly.
Taking it man for man, the infield
Els CO per cent stronger than last year.
And now for the outfield. What
Bane individual will think of compar-
ng Ty Lober with Billy South worth?
JDoane with Nixon? And. to boot, the
peavers have Dennle Wilis, one of the
greatest run-getters in - the business.
kind the old, reliable Billy Speas, who
s one of the best utility outfielders in
the minor leagues. If the Portland
batfield of. 191 is not 75 per cent
Stronger in all departments of the
tame than the garden of 1916, then, we
kre ready to submit to one Mr. Hurl
purt delivering- us at a certain three-
story building in Salem.
Hurler Sara One Questing'.
The one thing that Is causing: Te
scribe to do a bit of guessing is the
hurling staff. As presently constitut
ion it Is stronger by a good deal than
he collection of gunsmiths that Mc-
Doubts
Championship
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Credle had at Fresno; but, collectively,
is it strong enough to mow down' the
various frontal and flank movements
to be directed against It by the allied
enemy from showery April till brown
October?
At any rate, all of the pitchers are
getting a toehold on condition, and
that is something they didn't do at
Fresno. For the benefit of Anxious
Reader, will say that there are no Mar
tinonls at Sacramento. And, too, there
are no veterans to have a hold on Mc
Credie's sympathies and patience, such
as Krause and Kahler. If they don't
show anything, out they go!
Koyes Z.ooks Zdke Big Scream.
Win Noyes is touted as the Cove
leskie of the 1916 pitching staff to this
extent: He is not only elected to tea
winning pitcher, but to work in a lot of
games. Win has always been a bear
for work, and his free and easy deliv
ery makes it possible for him to toil In
many a game during the seven months.
With better support than Coveleskie,
Win should be one of the leading pitch
ers in the league. He will be in prime
condition to start the season, and has
been showing so much that he may
work tn the opening game.
Don't overlook Oscar Theander Har
stad. the big boy. with the big curve.
Harstad and Noyes are the pitchers
who have the bi lot of stuff among
the new additions to the pitching staff.
If Harstad Isn't one of the first flight
of pitchers In the league, a lot of us
will be missing our guesses. What
pitcher at last year's start looked aa
good as Harstad? None that we can
remember.
Tep, Indeed trot Bed.
Then, tnere are the old reliables,
John Lush and Irvln Higginbotham.
Time sets well on them, and they look
as good as last year, besides promising
to hit better. Nuff eed (as the ad writ
ers put it).
Jimmy Clarke, the wise little head
from the north, looks as if he will
crush into the circuit. Clarke lacks
the physique of Noyes and Hargtad.
but none of them has it on him in the
nse of what Is known and designated
among the proletariat as the "noodle."
It may not rank 99.9in a eugenics
exhibition, but its Judicial training has
given it a big advantage in analyzing
a situation without the customary pro
crastination of the ordinary disciple of
Jurisprudence. Barrister James looks
therefore, as if he will survive Sacra
mento. He looks a whole lot better
than Tiny Leonard or Pat Callahan, be
cause he has more sip than Tiny, and
more brains than Pat.
Byron Houck's tenure depends solely
on his arm. If it comes around, there
is no question of his ability to win.
Chief on the Inside.'
Among the younger twirlers, the
only real American in the bunch. Chief
Smith, the slender, good looking, quiet
young Indian, appears to have an edge,
because of his experience. There is no
comparing the chief .with Willlngham
or Barnes at last year's training camp,
because he has more stuff and knows
how to get it over. BT'
Lyle Blgbee has a sore shoulder that
has interfered all along with his get-
V1?,10 !p' a heirloom of
football. Bigbee has a nice, fas ball
and a good curve for a young fellow,
but a season out won't hurt him.
Taken aU in alL there is no compar
ison In the writer's mind over the two
clubs, basing Judgment on past per
formances and present appearances.
TRAINING CAMP NOTES
OF PORTLAND BEAVERS
By R. A. Cronin.
Sacramento, CaL, March 26. By the
way Johnny Lush is hitting the ball.
McCredie has high hopes of using him
in the pinches again, and ditto for
Higginbotham. . The Beavers lost a lot
of games last year, because this vet
eran pair failed to hit in a lot of runs
in their own games. The year before
both Johnny and Irve contributed
largely - to their victories by hitting
with men on bases. As a pinch-hitter
last year for some jaded batsmen. Lush
was quite a success. He went In 10
times, and got on the bases eight,
which Is some record.
Billy Southworth, who promises to
becom as popular in Portland as Billy
bpeas, is one athlete who is not play'
ing baseball merely for his salary.
He wants to get back into the maXorjwith cold asparagus on the side, that
league and' that Is why ne is he4T there aren't four men on the club who
and soul In the game. Billy has al
ways been an ambitious youngster.
Before he broke into baseball several
years ago, he had a job as an inspector
for a public service corporation. "One
day I overheard the manager telling a
grayhaired man who bad been in the
service 10 years, that all he could ever
expect to get out of the job was $7
a month," - said cherubio William.
'"That settled me. -1 had a chance to
play la a little Ohio league for a small
salary and 1 took it." .
Wiley,; Nixon and Southworth prom
ise to be the smallest trio of gardeners
in the Coast league and ? the -fastest
Any time one of the hitters who follow
"this trio gets a long single, the fans
will see two bases taken instead of one,
as was the; case with the Portland club
last year. If Bobby Davis had bad as
Runs Glass of Milk Into' Dairy
PU Time Ball Star Wealtky h m ,V
By R. A. Cronin.
Sacramento, Cal.. March 25. How
many remember George "Chief" Borch
ers, who was as famous 25 years ago
as Grover Alexander is today. Con
sider his case.
When George quit baseball early in
the last decade he had Just $2.50 in his
pocket Today Bradstreet rates him as
one of the staunchest business men in
California, owning with his brother.
Bill, one of the largest and roost mod
ern dairies in the state. In fact the
output has become so large from a cou
ple of hundred sleek Holsteln cows,
that the Borchers are building a cream
ery here to take care of the surplus.
Good fortune combined with busi
ness acumen and an ability to think
quickly, has put the old Chief on easy
street But be Is just as bard a worker
as when he pitched for Detroit in 1894.
When he quit baseball he Joined with
his brother in the purchase of some of
the rich tulle land In West Sacra
mento. It is something like the salub
rious beaverdam land near Portland In
richness. The only drawback was that
oftentimes it was under 20 feet' of
water. Along came a townsite develop
ment company that bought up all -the
surrounding land and built strong
levees. They tried to purchase the
Borchers' holdings but the latter re
fused to selL The company bridged the
Sacramento river and a little later
along came the Oakland and Antloch
railroad, an electric line that crossed
the Borchers 1Q0 acre tract The rail
road established a station in front of
the dairy and all George and Bill have
to do is to pack out the milk cans and
the baggage smasher puts them
aboard.
Besnlft of Baseball Tnlnking.
Ability to work hard and to think
quickly, due to the old baseball days,
kept the Borchers from selling their
property to the syndicate and now
they are on the highway to consider
able wealth.
Let us hear what the Chief thinks
about the present crop of baseball
players.
"Candy ball players," he snorted,
when discussing the pitcher who thinks
he is overworked when he pitches 30
games a season.
"The only modern baseball manager
who carried the old Idea in practice
won a pennant That i was George
Stallhigs. His three pitchers, Tyler,
James and Rudolph, were all that he
needed. They never got out of shape
because the very fact that they were
pitching all of the time kept them in
the best of shape. In fact the old fel
lows pitched to keep in condition, and
they didn't have any of this hifalutin'
training camp rubbing either.
Pitched In 74 Games.
"They talk about JSeing worked hard
when they have to pitch 30 games. It
makes me laugh. Last year Coveleskie
of Detroit pitched an even 50 games
and was probably considered a hard
worked man. In 1894 I pitched 73
games for Detroit and never thought
a thing of it. and in those days we
were not getting the fancy salaries In
the majors that they pay to the minor
league lads now. I have seen a lot of
ball players, past and present, tut
there never was a pitcher, mentally or
physically, that compared with Tim
Keefe. There wasn't a weakness about
him.
"And when it comes to infielders,
show me anybody In the history of the
game that compared with old Jerry
much speed as any of the youngsters
now on the Portland team last Fourth
of July, he . wouldn't have been com
pelled to make the slide into "Rowdy"
Elliott that Injured his leg and prob
ably cost the Portland dub a berth
in the first division.' Nixon is said
to be just as fast as Southworth and
Wilie is said to have more speed" than
either.
Walter McCredie Is so enthusiastic
over the sneed of bisr Louis Guisto
I that he is willing to bet a good dinner.
can lead him in a 100-yard race. And
that, too, with Guisto weighing in the
neighborhood of 200 pounds. He is a
fast starter for a big fellow and he
picks up his stride like a lightweight.
So far, nobody has seen fit to take
Mac's deft
We rise to remark at this time that
Irve Higginbotham has a fine mena
gerie of snakes, spiders and lizards
in training for the advent of the Chica
go Colored Giants. No wonder- the
Giants have- a hard time winning,
when Higgy unsettlei their nerves be
fore the start of each game by letting
loose a reptile' near - their bench.
His mates all like Guisto fine and
the collegian promises to become pop
ular, although be rarely says a word.
He keeps bis mouth shut and his eyes
Denny, who went from San Francisco
to the big show. He could coved 15
more feet either way than any third
sacker I ever saw.
Xany Diamonds Undiscovered.
'"Many a good ball player never sur
vives the training camp," ruminated
the Chief. "There are more great ball
players in a sense working in banks
and clothing stores than there are on
the ball field. Take Bill Lange, for
instance. I dug him up myself at Port
Townsend, Wash., away back when I
was pitching for old John Barnes at
Spokane. Barnes took one look at
Lange and turned his thumbs down.
Then I begged Abner Powell, the wise
old head of the Seattle club, to take
Lange. He later became the Ty Cobb
of his day. That's one that Barnes
missed.
"Now, to prove that Barnes alone
isn't to be criticised, I'll tell you of a
case, if you'll pardon a personal ref
erence. Cal Ewlng and I couldn't come
to terms along about 1899, and I went
down to Visalia, CaL. for a spell. I
saw a big, overgrown iboy playing base
ball and football for the Visalia high
school. Jffe could throw a ball 'with
terrific speed for a kid, but I never
thought he would make a baseball
player; he looked too slow and clumsy.
However, he looked Uke very promising
football material.
Void California About wim
"When Cal and I patched up our dif
ferences and I went back to Oakland, I
made it a point to tell the football
manager of the University of Cali
fornia football team about this fellow,
and that he was thinking about going
to Standford. The football manager
Immediately hopped a train and went
to Visalia and came back with, his 200
pounder. He played a great game in
his freshman year on the gridiron, and
they were so tickled that I had uncov
ered him that they called upon me to
coach the baseball team. I was sur
prised when my Wr bird came walking
out on the field in a baseball uniform.
"Well, sir, under coaching he learned
rapidly and afterwards became a col
lege star. After graduation, he landed
a Job with Mike Fisher's Tacoma club,
was sold to Cincinnati and finally
landed with Chicago, where he helped
to win several world's championships.
The man I refer to is Orval Overall.
Can't Understand Business Method.
"But to get back to business prin
ciples, what I can't understand Is this:
Why a ballplayer would sooner play
four and one-half months at 3350 a
month, than seven months at $300 a
month. Being a business man, I can't
quite see that line of reasoning. Does
It mean that they play the game more
for the money than for the sport or
are they getting lasy?. At any rate,
the cutting of salaries is a good thing
for the game. The ball players have
been getting all of the profits and the
men who have their money invested
should be given a, chance. Baseball
cannot live at, the present rate of sal
aries. When the ball players break the
club owner, they are only cutting off
their own heads financially In the long
run. Therefore, I think they should
exercise a little more judgment in fix
ing up their .salaries. But the old
sport adage, get it while- the getting is
good, is too strong for the present day
players to overlook, I guess."
Chief Borchers has promised the ball
club a day at his mammoth dairy be
fore they leave here, and the city fel
lows will have a chance of seeing some
of the 9-gallon-a-day Holsteins.
and ears open and those are the fel
lows who make valuable ball players.
The other day Lush took Guisto under
his wing and pitched an hour to him.
explaining any weak points at bat
after each chuck. Lush thinks he will
be one of the greatest ball players in
the country in another year, and this,
coming from a conservative judge like
Lush, amounts to something.
Bill Stumpf has been putting in some
good licks accustoming himself to han
dling bunts at third base. Being built
high off the ground, it Is going to be
quite a job for Baltimo' William to
hound a dumped ball, but Manager
McCredie figures he will be one of
the best third basemen in the league.
In a pinch, McCredie can send Vaughn
to third and switch Stumpf te his old
station at second, where he was the
class of the league last year. Vaughn
played third regularly until he went
to the Feds.
Vaughn, by the way, thinks Bill
Clymer Is the greatest leader he. ever
saw after the game has started, and
Fielder Jones the greatest organiser.
Win Noyes has the longest reach of
any t wirier In camp,; from tip to tip.
He tops Oscar Theander Harstad by
nearly an inch, and O. T.' In turn out
reaches Colonel T. C.. Higginbotham.
These are the tall fellows on the staff.
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Under the watchful eye of Manager Walter McCredie, Portland players are working hard for the five
game series with the Colored Giants, which will begin Wednesday. The players, from left to right
are: Above Pitcher Allen Sothoron. Second Baseman Bobby Vaughn, Pitcher Lyle Bigbee, Outfield
er Billy Southworth, Owen Quinn, who is battling with Louie ttulsto for the first base position.
Third Baseman Bill Stumpf, hoofing It lor the. shade;. Art Derbam, .the buther who jamped- the.
camp; Catcher Art Black, Gus .Fisher, waiting for a chance to rmack the horsehide, and Neil Cul
len at bat. Below Pitcher Ossie Harstad, Louie Guisto, the Stt Mary's pbenom, Pitcher Noyes.
E0SE CITY FIGHT
FANS WILL SEE 4
FAST FEATHERS
Billy Mascot and Tex Vernon
in Main Event at Club
Tuesday,
Four of the cleverest featherweight
boxers of this section of the country
will battle for honors next Tuesday
night at- the Rose City Athletic club.
pilly Mascot, the local favorite, will
step six rounds with "Tex" Vernon, of
Aberdeen,' Wash., claimant of the
northwest featherweight title, in the
main event Last fall Mascot was giv
en a six round decision over Vernon.
Joe Benjamin, who recently was giv
en a six round verdict over Jimmy Fox,
of San Francisco, will box, six rounds
with Bert Forbes, a former local boy.
who is now living in Seattle. When
Forbes appeared here last year, he was
only a mediocre boxer; but. according
to word from Seattle, he has improved
wonderfully.
A match that is causing much com
ment is the return go between Able
Gordon and Toughey Winger. Gordon
was recently declared winner over
Winger In a six round go, but the fans
were not satisfied with the decision
rendered. Winger; will make 108
pounds at 6 o'clock for Gordon. Last
time he weighed 112 pounds.
. Jack Grant will referee the main
events. In the preliminaries between
Ike Cohen and Joe Clifford and George
Sommers and W. Fletcher, Billy Mur
ray will be the third man tn the ring.
Syracuse .Fives in
Good Standing Now
Syracuse, March 25. (I. N. S.) ?
Svracuse university has Just con
eluded another successful basketball
season. It was the fifth consecutive
Season without suffering a defeat on
the home court. Three games were
lost by the Orange team during the
past season, but they came On foreign
floors.
Syracuse cannot play more than 12
games in one season because of fac
ulty rules. In the 60 games included
in this record Syracuse has won 82.
In 1011-12, Syracuse won 13 and lost
1; 1912-13. won 8, lost 3; 1918-14. won
12, lost none; 1814-lBrwon 10, lost one:
1915-16.. won-, lost 3.
Coach Dollard has been , re-electea
for next year. Ellas Raff of Brooklyn
has been elected I manager, to succeed
Alfred . P. Coman of Buffalo, and
George W. Schanlc of Buffalo has
been named assistant manager. Four
of the five members of the 1915 team
expect to play next season. .
to Cribboge Query.
" Sporting Editor of The Journal -Is
player B allowed a run of three in a
cribbage game if the cards are played
In the following order: A plays 2, B
plays 3, A plays 4 and claims run of
three. B plays another 3 and also
claims run of three. fV ,-.iK,';.:;-V
B is not entitled t run of three.
First thi-ee played breaks connections.
Manager Mac Is
Firm Believer in
Preparedness Idea
Walter McCredie, manager of
jjt the Beavers, is a believer in 4t
4t preparedness. Through a local
sporting goods house " he has it
placed an order for four dosen
1( bats, Joe Jackson, Southworth,
Nixon and Wilie models. The
if- war clubs will be here when
the Portlanders open the sea- if
He son against the Salt Lake club
April 18. .
Hippodrome Club
Will Stage Events
Another athletic club has made its
appearance here. It is the Hippodrome
Athletic club, which will stage boxing
and wrestling events in the Ice Hippo
drome. Lawrence Puff, former welter
weight wrestling champion of the Mult
nomah club, is the matchmaker of the
organization, and- George Keller is
manager. '
The new club will have a seating ca
pacity of 2800, all seats commanding
an excellent' view of the Ting. The
club plans to stage Its first tourna
ment some time in April.
MINOR BASEBALL
- Minor baseball teams desiring
notices of their games and challenges
in this column are requested to have
same in the office of the - sporting
editor not later than Friday noon.
" The Ventura Park Cubs have reor
ganised their baseball team for the
season and are axious to book games
with local and out-of-town teams. A.
C. Welnel is manager of the club ani
E, W. Axsom is treasurer. For games
communicate with A. C, Welnel. 10
East Eeventy-second street.
The annual game between the Rai-!
nler. Or., and the St- Helens, Or.,
teams will be played this afternoon at
St. Helena. -A number of local players
have been secured, hy the two Colum
bia river teams and a good close game
is expected. Lund. Donaldson and
Hayes will form the battery for St.
Helens and O'Dell, Schroder and Col-.
Irving Niles, Bill Stepp and Ike Wolfer
will play with Rainier.
Twelve teams will compose the
Catholic Parochial Baseball league
this season. At the annual meeting of
the league officers last week the fol
lowing schools signified their 'inten
tions of entering the . league: . St.
Andrews. St. Agatha, St. Ignatius. St
Lawrenca, St. Michaels, . St. Stephens,
Immaculate Heart, Holy Cross, Holy
Redeemer, Sacred - Heart. . The Made
leine and St. Phillips, Nerts. The fol
lowing officers were elected;:. Presi
dent, Rev. W. A. Waitti vice president,
Rev. Father Cunningham; secretary
treasurer. Rev; G. C. Fallu. Arrange
ments for a field meet, which will be
an annual event, were also made.
? : Soccer Clobg Contribute. .
' Since the outbreak of the war the
I soccer claba of Great Britain' have
tribute about $150,000. ,
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ACTIVITY AMONG
M0T0EB0AT MEN
NOW APPAEENT
Craft Being Overhauled and
They -Will Be Ready
for Speeding Up.
St will not oe long before the- Wil
lamette river is dotted with motor
boats. Portland Motor Boat club' mem
bers are spending th,eir spare moments
giving their boats, a brushing up and
an overhauling, so' that they will be
ready to' "speed up" la : 'a couple of
weeks. . ... - vy-"-',
Several new boats, will make their
appearance this ' year:, A. Otte ' and
Fred Bailey ' are f having V-bottom
pleasure .boats built for them by W.
H. and a. ron der Werth. Bailey's
boat will , be ' a 1X1 footer . and '.Qtte's
win be twV feet shorter. Truman
Cook is constructing himself aj!6. foot
raised deck cabin cruiser. v
Commodore - Beebe of the Portland
Motorboat club had his pleasure' boat
Tomboy" in the shop recently The
"Martina,'" a raised deck cruiser was
overhauled and put in running shape
and the "Mary Louise," which is owned
by the. Chambers brothers, has been
repainted.
Ernest von der Werth has put toe
"Naughty; Girl" in running shape, and
the "Flirt," one of the classiest 1
foot; pleasure boats on tl.e river,
touched up and had its engine house
strengthened.
Charles Clemons has ' had his run
about, "C. C," painted mahogany and
several other owners have made minor
changes in their boats.
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Sacramento, Cal., March 88. They
can talk about their "fork balls."
knuckle balls. " "fingernail bans''
and other freaks of the pitcher's art.
but they are only sideline stuff and -
not to be used in a ball game. "'' r
so saith John Lush, old-time Phlla-,
delphla and St. Louis National league :,
southpaw, and John is backed up by
otner pitchers In camp, whe have,
tried the same stuff in the,- pinch and
found It wanting.
"Give me the pitcher with the fast
ball and a curve with some alp to it.
They are the boys that get up in the
game and stay there. These "floaters"
look nice to the fans in the grandstand
and they may fool a catcher, but they ?
don't fool the batter. Once in a great :
while a pitcher will oose a floater up
to a batter, but he won't get by with
it more than once. For the rest of tbs
game it is useless, and when a pitcher '
gets a reputation for dtnking tip - a
floater, the batters are always looking
for it.
Batter Has Advantage.
"It is true that a floater will fool a
catcher, but that Is due to the catcher's
nervousness nine times out of ten. He '
has more responsibility than the bat
ter and the ball may hit him on the
wrist because of th wobble. But the
batter Is free to take a wallop at it,
for he can see it better than the
catcher. Ar-d there seems no earthlv
use of trying one of these "floaters' .
on a man who chokes up his bat.. The
fellow who swings from the heel of
the bat may be fooled once in a week,
but not oftener.
"Tou take all of the pitchers who :
have been a real success at pitching
and you will find that they use noth
ing but a curve and a f.st ball. Tn all ;
the years T batted evalnst Christy
Mathewson. T never saw him throw a
"floater." the so-called slow ball. It
was always a mixture of fast ones and
curves. ,
Corves Were Deceptive.
He depended upon the angle of his
curve and the hop on his fast one. He
woild throw, you a quick-breaking;
curve that -would fool you. The next
curve would not have such, a break on
It. and you would be caught off your
stride, having expected just such a
one as he threw in the first place.
His fast ball was alternated the same
way. Matty used none of this stuff,
which allows you to feed the trade-
mark as it comes up to the plate.
VMiner Brown was lust like Matty
in this respect. He relied on his fast
one and his curve, the change of pace
being used to fool the batter. What is
true of Matty and Brown is true of
the other great National league pitch
ers like Dtneen and Duagleby and
Overall and Pfelster. T might pro on :
and name a dosen of them. In all the
time I batted aaslnst them. I never
saw this "slow ball."
fever Become Stars. ,
"Tou take the pitchers who have in
their repertoire a-fast ball, a curve -ball,
a spit ball, a fadeaway and a
slow ball, and you never hear of them
becoming the big stars of the diamond.
A spltball pitcher, for instance, can
get by on his spltter and fast one,
provided he has control. All he has to
do is to make his spltter break with
more or less range and rapidity, as
the case may be. If a spltball pitcher
puts up his spltter with a terrifie
break a couple of times and then
comes . back with a lesser break, he
has the batter completely in the air
trying to find him.
."In my way of thinking the sooner a
pitcher discards all of these freaks, of
the' twirling crsft and. settles down to
acquiring a good, sharp breaking curve
and a speedball, he will begin the
sooner to rise in the profession."
W. H. S. Captains Elected. "s
. Three athletic team captains were
elected at Washington high school last
week. Bob Snod grass, who played
center of the basketball quintet, was
chosen captain of the 1916 squad and
Russell Patterson was selected as a
leader of the soccer team. Earl Suit
is captain of the wrestling team. ,
Glaze to Coach Colorado.
Ralph Glare, former football coach
of the University of Southern Cali
fornia, has been named coach of the
University of Colorado football eleven.
Glase formerly pitched for the Boston
Americans. ,
Horioe to Compete Again.
George Horlne of San Francisco, for
mer world's record holder in the high
lump and present national champion,
may compete for the last time in the
Newark championships, ' September 8
and 8. He is a farmer.
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