Show r Change of Scenery May Help Jin Jim Bagby s o 3 bj LO fr k d 4 Is 1 5 J S 1 By Billy Evans EvansIn vans In the passing of ot Jim Bagby from the the Cleveland club the American league los loses s sone one of ot the unique characters of ot the t With Jim Bagby there wa was a a reason reason for for everything or He enjoyed nothing better better better bet bet- ter than a a. friendly argument During the playing season Bagby lives baseball- baseball talks It Incessantly Jim Is a always willing to take the second seconda guess a at some dome pl play If lf he feels It will start a discussion as to what should have been done Most of or the heated discussion discus discus- sion slon on the Cleveland club which were Z of a friendly nature ture had Bagby at the bottom tt of them e Jim Bagby may prove a second Babe Adams for Pitts PIttsburg burg that club having refused to waive on the veteran During the football season I attended a game at PIttsburg between Notre Dame and Carnegie Tech Now that Pittsburg has bought Bagby I recall a remark a sporting writer made to me on the day of or th the game INQUIRES ABOUT B BAGBY BAGOY What kind of ot stuff has Jim Bagby he asked Evidently he had heard that PIttsburg might take a chance on the I veteran I As much stuff as he ever had hall I re re- re plied piled JIM BAGBY I It was a a. perfectly truthful remark Jim gag Bagby in 1921 fand 1921 fand 1922 had as much stuff lit as he ever had yet had yet he couldn't win In 1920 with the same assortment Bagby won thirty one games and was the leading pitcher of the American league Jim Bagby never boasted much stuff sturt Ninety per cent of ot the major league lealue pitchers have far more than Jim ye yet et few tew ever reach the fame of ot winning thirty-one thirty games In a major league cam Bagby Bagby pitches with his head more thaI tha his arm His half halt speed ball is faster than the ordinary slow ball and slower than the ordinary or average fast ball bal It Jt is well named named halt half speed ball The fact tact that It is in between between-a a spec speed that is the exception rather than th the rule rule makes makes it hard to time In addition addi- addi tion tion Jim boasts a a. nice A At head e plus fine control plus stu stuff f good Ore t that t l is a bit different t tells why Bagby has been successful when hundreds o of pitchers with twice his stuff have failed railed Absolute lack of ot confidence was wa Bagby's prevailing rauH the last tw two years The lack of ot confidence in hi his ability to win Is what made a loser ou out of him CHANGE MAY HELP In 1920 when Bagby won thirty one 1 In Inthe inthe games he was the cockiest pitcher the lea league ue There was nothing chesty chest about Jims Jim's attitude rather attitude rather it was on one of or supreme confidence He figured n ne he could beat most mORt any team and that i Is Just what he dl did A change of ot sc scenery nery different han ban dung and a new crop of batters to wor work on may do wonders for Bagby Certainly I he is worth the tile waiver price Barney Barne i Dreyfus is taking a worth while gamble Jim Bagby has as much stuff as h hever he ever h had d. d Failure to win the last tw two years was a mental hazard rather than tha physical |