Show Yankees Grab Staff of I Exceptional Twirlers 11 Br Ne New Jan 4 Greatest 4 pitchIng pitch pitch- In lug Ing staff starr In the world again seems to toO tobe tobo bo be O the slogan of the Yankees Miller Hu backed b by Co Col Jacob Huppert Is already showing every indication of or outranking his Ills former rival for first star box honors Geor George e Stallings St B Back In 1910 when George Georgo Stallings gave the Athletics quito quite a n grapple and amI tho the Yankees finished second tho the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Americans had h the tho greatest pitchIng pitching pitch pitch- In Ing staff In the his history tor of oC tho club Russ Huss 10 Ford rd then on the top of or his form Corm na Ray flay Fishier r and Caldwell aldwell youngsters roun coming strong trong Jf Quinn Jack War War- ar hop and Tom Hughes were ers whIle hi big Jim Vaughn looked after the assignments Had Hl Stallings remained remt at the thc helm of oC tho the Yankees there is no telling where he might ht have ve led this club but the tho big chief chic was relieved b by Chase late in 1910 and under the Chase And Wolverton regimes the great staff starr went ent to seed There were several se members o of this staff start such as Vaughn Quinn and anol Caldwell Cald Cald- well who sho needed heeded Jle e a manager of the type o of Stallings Barrow narrow or ur McGraw McGran to handle them Chase so never tried ll to enforce enforce discipline pline and h by the time Frank Prank Chance Ch came hero he had hall the tIle Federal league movement to contend with The rhe Feds I wrecked discipline throughout base base- hal ball I. I Ruppert and Huston have e spent a n. lot hot lotof of oC money tr trying ln to give tho tue Yankees R another pitching staff start like that one of oC 1910 bu but t despite te hea heavy expenditures tures the Yankee Y pitch pitching In staff tt was as its weakest est department last season However In the last c few w weeks ecks Mil Mil- I I I I 1 ler her Huggins has swung deals which should give the tho Yankees the thc best pitching staff start In tho the history of or tho the clu club Tho The acquisition of or Dutch Leonard Leon and I Ernie Krnic Shore from the tho TIed Red Sox in tho the big league last st week the purchase o of Pete Poto Schneider from tho Cincinnati Reds Red an and tho award of oC Jack Quinn b by bythe bythe the tho national commission has entirely changed the pitching status of tho the Yankees Instead ot or having one of or the tho weakest staffs starts In baseball they now have ha ono one of or thc the greatest The four our men are arc a capable callable pitch pitching In staff start in th themselves e Leonard has no superior among left handed pitchers In baseball toda today un unless t hc are arc Jim Vaughn and nd Babe Ruth nuth His Ills record Is studded with brilliant feats eats Ho Ito has hali the best run earned record yet et made when ho held opponents to earned c runs in 1914 h he has hns pitched two hit no-hit games and won two worlds world's series contests contests con con- tests one of or them won In a pitchers pitchers' ba battle with the great groat t Alexander Shore is as capable a t. t right right-hander as 8 Leonard Is a left hander and stands at tho very ver top lop of or the class Next to Johnson he has more so called stuff than any other right handel In the tho American league ue Schneider always was a t. t stead steady re reliable re- re liable right hander in the thc National league an and ranked fourth among National National Na Na- n l league pitchers rs In 1917 when he hewon hewon won von 19 games and lost Jost IS and allowed earned runs an all Inning He lie is a n. horse for Cor or work and on only I Alexan Alexander ol pitched more Innings than ho he hoIn In In 1917 i. i The Thc mystery of oC the Winter Inter league Je is how ho ever got out of oC tho National ague 1 The Thc Yankees finally have havo Jack Quinn back after he has hns seen Been a lot of oC tho the country countr since ho hue parted company with tho the time did Hilltop crew cre In 1912 lie He was with the Braves In 1913 but hut jumped to the tho Baltimore Feds In 1914 fluid and later drifted out to the tho Pacific Coast league Both tho the Yankees and 11 Chicago o White Sox claimed him after the Coast league broke up but Jack Joined the thc White Sox Here Hero he pitched gr great groat nt ball bail winning five out of or six games with a badly up shot-up club In fact Quinn was sas the tho only White Sox winner late in the tho season The Tho national nation nation- al cl commission awarded him hini to the thc Yankees and Ins figures I he hewin will win be bc a valuable asset ear year earIth With Ith Fisher and back from rom tho thio service and 1 and Russell h Jd d over o from last years year's team will have ha so o man Juan many pitchers he wont won't know knoss' whom hom to pitch |