Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-08-15 | Page 8 | Southpaw Pitchers Having Good Year Hurlers Overcome Handicaps to Win

Southpaws Keep Batters Guessing This Year r A I i I I p 2 I 5 4 AC A- A C I i. i I CLARK OVE ANDT Pitchers who chuck the pill pUi from the port side no longer hold the disdain of the fence bust rs In fact I the he left handers have won non a a. lot of or respect from the hI hitters tt rs this summer to say nothing of ot considerable concern con con- cern ern Cpr falling batting averages Southpaw Pitchers Having Good Year 4 Steal 1 Limelight L Lim eligh t in Majors 1 4 Hurlers Overcome Handicaps to Win B By William Braucher NEA Service Correspondent NEW YORK Aug 13 An 13 An astonishing astonishing aston aston- number of young men who terrified their mothers as babies by grabbing the spoon In t thie h 11 cl ef wrong hand are J. J i still carrying on 1 their campaign of terrorism With dog days i I I and all aU that at on I the hands their added problem of i- i i how to beat left left- 4 handed pitchers pitcher y f rr has become a vexing exing question t V. V for major league managers This with the i l year J. J new ball all that thata tl A f a southpaw has hasto hasto to do Is keep kaep his Gomez Gomes socks up and shoot that old hook in there I Recent major league averages showed that of the first uirt 53 pitchers in hi both circuits 20 were gents with the same nickname Lefty Lef ty Among Amons the leaders In the American American Ameri Amen can are Grove Gro Burke Wells Walberg Vial Wai- berg Fischer Pennock Gomez Hebert Hebert Hebert He- He bert Lloyd Brown and Stewart i In the National league Brandt Clark Walker Hallahan Elliott Zachary French Mitchell and Hubbell are among the first 30 I The greatest pitcher in either league eague is Grove a southpaw Over Overn in n the National I Ed Brandt of the Braves winning 14 games for a n second second sec see ond division ball team eight of those victories in a row would dominate the he picture if U It were not for young Derringer a a. right hander of oC the Cardinals BAMBINO TO BLAME Bucky Harris In town the other day da with his tottering tott ring Tigers gave me a tip on this left-handed left success success suc sue cess cers on the pitching rubber You can blame Babe Ruth for alot n a lot of it said Buck Bucky For years batters have e copied his full swing Now with this new ball bail giving a better chance for sharp breaking curves they are In the hole with that kind of swing Left Left-handers can catch them ot off balance The Babe himself himsel knows what's going on He isn't hitting them out of the park like he used to Study his style this year Hes He's taking a shorter cut at the ball That's what hatters batters will have to do to clout those southpaw curves Youre You're going to see choke hitters coming back into the picture PITCHERS RECOVER RECOVEREd Ed Brandt underwent a sinus op operation operation operation op- op last lost winter and has been beena a frequent victim of stomach trouble For several years after coming to the big show Lefty Letty Grove was wild and his gripping fingers tinsels blister bUster every year ear until the tips Ups become raw It used to be bc said that Walberg couldn't sleep the night before he was slated to pitch Bill Bm Walker was warned by doctors that his heart would not Ilot stand the strain of a major major major ma ma- jor league season reason Jim Elliott suffered suffered suf suf- fereti a weak stomach for years Joe was plagued with a shoulder pain that defied treatment treat