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Show COMPARES LOVE WITH LATE W 10BELI Donovan Says Former Coast League Pitcher Is a Sure Comer. . NEW YORK. June 23. "If that big fellow ever acquires control lie will be as difficult to hit as Rube Waddell was in his best days," remarked Bill Donovan Dono-van one afternoon during the spring training campaign of the Yankees at Macon. He was speaking of Slim Love, who was warming up at the time in front of the grandstands. "No lefthander left-hander since Rube's time had such a good fast ball. His curve breaks fa6t and his great height will add to his effectiveness," continued the Yankee manager. A short time ago Slim Tove was just a bench warmer, with a very low rating among Donovan's pitchers. He was the only one of eight veteran box men who had not been allowed to start a game. His 1916 record of poor control was against him, and it was not surprising, in view of all the pitching talent at Donovan's disposal, that big Slim had not been called upon. He had been in three games, but only a finish up after some other boxman had fared poorly. That was a short time ago. Today Love looms up as one of the best of the Yankee pitchers. At least he gives promise of better results than other pitchers who were more highly regarded up to a short time ago. In a stretch of a little more than a week Love pitched twenty-nine innings for the Yankees and has not been scored on. More recently Love has been given a regular turn and has been going at a great rate. |