Show ROOKIE TWIRLERS TWIRLER'S 1 PAST READS LIKE I HORATIO ALGER JR 0 p Elam Van Gilder might be A Aban ban banker cr Again ho plight be bo A great Ireat Dutch merchant Van Gilder Glider Gli Gil- der er sounds that way But ut what's In a a. name Nothing at all Elam Etam Is neither a banker nor a merchant He Is a r okle pitcher with Ith the St. St Louis Browns and take It straight from Manager Jimmy Jimmy Jim Jim- m my Burke hes he's a n. bearcat From an obscure sand lot to the i St. St Louls Louis Americans la is a long long jump for nn any youngster to make but Elam made mado it in one ono leap and he Is la taking to leaguing big it like a duck to water k Prior to last fall fan Elam never saw ff ERWa sawa a a. major league ball park He was Just a town small ball player who had never been heard of outside of his own town but ut Burke opines that Elam will be heard of or quite frequently this season cason and for somo Bome seasons to come Having gained considerable ex experience ox- ox with semipro teams in tho the southern part of or Missouri Van Gilder was rated as the best pitcher In In his hla section of ot the tho country when tho Chicago White Sox came along f of n n. n n Tn r. r I u b got hl his first chance to to toss a ball at a big bg league batter Well he ho hoI I took the measure of or tho the Sox Sax And then this pring att after r he had beaten beate beat- beat e en the St. St Louis Car Cardinals In an an exhibition game Manager Burke Burke decided to send for him and give him a trial Shortly at after r the season opened the White Sox Sex and Browns were tangled up In n a ball game with Bert GI Gallia hurling for the tho Browns Tho The day day was raw and Galila's wing was S a a. bit stiff so BO Manager Burke urke decided to Q vend send nd Van Gilder to tho the to relieve the veteran Van yati pitched six and third one-third Innings f t for f. r the tho Browns and though ho lost his game tho 1110 Sox picked him for for only five hits and tho the wa way he ho handled himself in the box created n a great impression on Burke In Ink a. a k second meeting with the Sox later ter on on In the season Van Gilder GlIder was given s a sound beating but once once again he ho showed Burko that h he h had d a a. who e lot of ot latent Intent pitch pitch- 4 Ing ability and he 13 11 s going to get et 4 It his chanco chance to improve it for the boss of ot the Brownies thinks he IB is isa a a. d diamond In the rough |