Show Bull BillI Pen Remark Rem ark II By HENRY McLEMORE PHOENIX Ariz March 5 UP What UP-What What did ol 01 Pete Alexander Alexander Alex Alex- ander really say when he was called in from the bullpen that afternoon to strike out Lazzeri of the Yanks and win the W World i Series for the Cards How flow does a baseball scout go I about his business and what is the first thing he looks for in ina a young player I Who is the greatest right right- I hander who ever pitched a ball baIl I can tell teIl you the answers to I these questions dear readers i because a few days ago I talked to the man who knows the an an- He is Walter WaIter Dutch Ruether who from 1913 to td 1927 was one f. f of the most formidable southpaw southpaw south south- paw pitchers In the game and anda a man who being as he worked for P Pit i t 11 t s 5 b burgh Cincinnati ia Brooklyn Chicago Washington and the Yankees didn't miss much In either of the major leagues Dutch now a scout for the Chicago Cubs was in the bullpen bullpen bull bull- pen for the Yanks that fateful afternoon when Alexander was called In to go against the Yanks Pete had just pitched the day before and was just sunning himself out in the bullpen R ether told me He had been out most of the night before and had no idea of getting in the game He was dozing away when he got the call All AIl he did was to shuffle to his feet slip his cap on spit in his glove and andI I amble off He took about ten steps and then turned back to tome tome tome me and said See you later Dutch I gotta stop this damn rally raIly Dutch swears there never was another right hander like 01 Ol Pete Just suppose Pete had really taken care of himself Dutch I mused Think of what he might have done then Even so you would have had to pitch ag against him to know how tough he was He licked me 1 to 0 three times in a row in 1922 and one of the games took only 51 ute minute to play He lie had everything everything every every- thing a l earth that a pitcher needs Ruether has been scouting for the Cubs since 1938 and in that brief time has come up with such I I pla players rs as whom he yanked right out of softball Lou Stringer who has a chance to play a regular second base this year Verne Olsen one of the leagues league's most promising left left- handers Glenn Russell first baseman and Dellasandro out out- fielder He got these men for a song and has yet to discover one of those lemons that scouts come up with every once in a while Ruether spends most of his waking hours at baseball games garties Up and down the Pacific coast he travels looking at sandlot high school semipro college and professional games It is nothing nothing noth noth- ing irig for him to see four or five games a day starting in the morning and finishing with a night doubleheader |