Show HOGG MAKES HIT WITH NEW NEbY YORK Former P iL N League Player PlayerS S Showing Gotham How ilOw w Ball Is Played in West h b 3 Willie Hogg the Spokane pitcher of or the theP theP theP P N league seems to have made a strong bid for fame in the American league In speaking of his game at New York last Tuesday one New York sporting writ writer er or says Twirling with science and art that jus jun titled all ail the confidence in him shown by Clark Griffith Billy Bilty Hogg of Pueblo yes in American League park shut shutout shutoUt shutout out the Puritans In an almost hitless game the Highlanders bunching bingles on Gibson toward the close and winning by a score of 8 S to 0 O Hogg held the hit smiths of Collins crew to a lone safety a clean single by Fred Parent in the sev seventh sevEnth seventh inning To do so he be had to pitch with the dexterity and might of a master for the same stellar stickers who the day before made hits off oft Ches Chesbro Chesbro Chesbro bro and Newton were hot on Hoggs trail and aching to fairly burn up the perspective perspective perspective tive with distance drives The western youngster stood his ground on the firing line Une coolly as any veteran ying bungles by his support lease him for an instant He was wa wa a human icicle with a heart of fire The way he mixed them up for the tha was one of or orthe the of the century His speed was cyclonIc his control marvelous Only one man drew a pass from him and he lilt hit hi t tone one batsman Consequently counting first bases on errors precisely five Bostonians reached the premier pillow all aU afternoon and of those JIve five two got to second one oneto oneto oneto to third There was just one moment in the en entire entire entire tire game when the th home team was in danger and that Hoggs fault Conroy in the first inning muffed a long fly from the first man up Selbach the batsman going to second on the error But Billy was right on the job from the drop of the hat and the next three hick hickory hickory ory 00 went out so quickly It made their heads swim Freeman got cot to third in the second chapter on his jaunt Grim shaws sacrifice and Ferris fly to Connie but Hogg held the visitors in the hollow of his hand and Graham was turned back at first through bright stop and lightning hurl Thenceforward with one exception no Puritan made first until at least one man was out and the home twirler never relaxed his vigilance Hoggs work was wonderful It proved him to be he the major league pitcher Gruff Grit always said he lie was and if it he can main maintain maintain tain tam the standard he set for himself he will take his place speedily among the sovereigns of the slab I |