Show PIT t lEAVE FOR SOUTH EARLY BETTER WORM ORK SCHEDULED IN INNE I NE J CAMPAIGN Nationals Outclass Other Circuit In Slab Work During 1924 Uy Dr fa fil CHAO ICK CHAm of Ihu Thu l COP right 1925 1 25 b bi The Consoli Consoli- Consolidated dated dl d Association NC TC n YO YORK UK Jan 10 Man Manager Man alters L agers ager of ot Major league leaeu team are arc to send semd their pitch pitch- pitchers pitcher ers era er south earlier this sear icar Car than and the reson Is that the I Is getting worse instead ot of Ther There will milt be a 0 shock for the th experts In this statement but It ItIs Itis ItIs Is backed up by the figures fur Fur- Furthermore furthermore there Is R an e emen een en harder blow In store tore tot for said experts experts- experts the pitching In the National league Is better beller than it Is la In the Ameri Amen American American can league Now for or the proof In the th sea sea- season sea sen season son of ot 1923 the pitchers In the th American league who worked In 10 or more full rull games mad made I an 1 earned run average of ot 2 3 5 65 That ThatIs Thatis ThatIs Is to 8 sty iy y they held their opponents to an a ot of that many runs per game eme In th the season ot of 1924 21 th the Ame American league pitch pitch- pitchers en ers of ot time the th me class had an earned lun iun a of ot al- al a- a 1 lowing runs per game cam more than they did In time th sear ear pro pre preceding pr ceding National league pitchers Who pitched 10 games game or more In the th 1933 1923 season had an earned run curt average of 3 5 54 runs nuns per game means mans that they allow allo er their opponents 11 21 run per game cam gam les ies their American league rhal In 1924 1524 the National league pitchers had an earned run nua a of ot 3 not so good gooda n a record as a th they ey mad made e In 1923 but runs per game gOme am better than their American league leaeu It ague con con- contempOraries con contemporaries temporaries In the same sam season FIGURES TILL TELL These TheM figures compiled complied by the tbt writer a niter ft om the tho official pitching records will effectually put II a damper on all American league fans rans but shout noisily that the pitching Is better In their league than It Is I In lit t time e other nuts nut s league The American league pitchers did not do as well ell either I year as the National league leacue pitch pitch- pitch pitch-ds 19 did In tl ii 1923 The fhe weal weak and andI I helpless pitchIng department ot of tho National league about I some ha ha e mae e raved is not a fit tit sub sub- subJect subJect subject to t ia a cover c over t Of Ot courses course the tIme American league ma may turn turA about and Insist that the reason Its pitchers tailed to tomako ma co mako as good food Ing as the league throwers was ass that the the batters of ot the American league a ale 0 better than those of ot the Xa Na National National league leacue Mahe MB Ma be so Yet there I Is not a SL baiter batter of ot the American league who ho wa was able last season to roll up quite quit so Co much of ot a 0 batting average a as Rogers Hornsby of ot the St Louis fr f r 4 1 4 However ha haming haIng ha Ing 1 proved ro ed that the National league I Is not such sucha a and that the tb 1 pitchers ot of 1924 1 24 were not so ao much better after artor all than the pitchers of ot the ear car before betor the question naturally simmers dD down doan n to what ehat hat 11 nil hap hap- hap happen pen pelt In 1926 1925 President John A AHe Hedler of ot the th National league lea sayS the pitching In his league will be e better In 1925 than It has bas been since th the tho war aar ar EFFORTS Ir orr U Heydler studies those thing lie He ha has an art c o that wa Once he be was ass an umpire I Us In- In Invariably invariably In Invariably variably true that Rial hat If It a a 8 man er emer e lias imas been an umpire tor for a 0 ball game and has s retired he h will wilt al- al alWAY al always WAY ways wish to sit It it behind the catch catch- catcher catchen catcher er en when alien he h becomes a spectator and In addition to stud Ing the thecle thes cle le Ie of oC the pitcher her he will call ball balls and al strikes against the urn um pine It I Is a habit similar to that of ot the old trotting horse riv or el who ho can an not noC see a race rac front the grand crand stand land without holding his hand hands handa In front of ot him as It if they were tied tl d t t othe reins rein and clucking to 10 all the wa around the- the track Mr He b bm his opinion on two One Ono of oC o them Is the report o ot his umpires umpIre to him himan and an the other Is 15 the better pitch pitch pitch-lof log Ing motions or of o themen who ha hate hae ha e been coining up the last lost t two tso 0 sea ss seaSons s sons a-sons sons No one on can pro e him a ronI rong before next October That ThatIs Thatis Thatis Is where he bas lias it It on the Iha th chaps chap abo hI ha have hate e been been InsIsting that American league leaeu pitching went ahead of ot National league pItching on on the th part ot of x stars stars-In star In 1823 and 1924 bec because use it tt Isn't so Maybe Bibe bo Ruth will be b held h h l responsible tor or knocking the th American A n er can league pitchers oft off their blithering prestige |