Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-07-02 | Page 14 | Are Portside Hurlers Failing? Only Few Making Good in Big Show

Are Portside Hurlers Failing? .. ' Only Few Making Good in Big Show By BIIXT STAN WHAT haa bacon af Ua aouUpaw plirharn. The other day. while dlacuaeing pitching la tha majore with a oaupla of tha National league umplrea, I ra I narked: "What aa4 Ueklr 1 ft -handed plthere I broke Inta your league thla year?" "Nona, replied, ana af tba arbitrate. I "Bill Bailey ta tba beat looking lefthander left-hander that baa broken Into the loagua 1 la a couple of jreara," replied tha other. I That etrwrk ma aa rather Interacting, eince Bill Bailey had hla chance In tha American league for three ar four aoaaoaa, I then dropped back Into tba minora " Par about ten yeara ba waa uhunte4 around In tha buehea, only ta eome bark j laat aoaaon with tba St. Lou la Cardlaala , for hla eecond big ckaaca ta tha .major a. SKCOXD COMEBACK. Hero waa a fellow wha had been nitahlng for fifteen yeara, aemlog back far hla ae and chanoe, and being claeaod aa about tha beat looking eon th pew that haa debuted yeara Coadttlana In tha American league hava been very much elmllar, although perbapa not quite aa bad aa eipreeeed by my brother umplrea of tha National. euthpawe af the Nehf-Cooper atyln aa the Waddel-Plank atandard are certainly few and far between. All af which brtnge ua bajck again ta tha remark! XL TWO OLTMrAWS. "What abour tha aouthpawiT ' Ara they becoming extlnctT" Laat fall tha St. Louie Browne of tha American league gave eleven playera for Dave Dan forth. Thla further tenda tn ahow the ooarelty of aoutbpawa because Don-forth Don-forth previously had two trlala In tha American Amer-ican league. of all tha aouthpaw reemtta triad out In tba aprlng by the eight American league clube. only two hava ahawn np to advantage. advan-tage. I hava reference ta Prod Helmach of tho Athletic and Herb PrneU af tha SL Lenta Brewna. Halch haa turned In eevera! mighty good vamea for tha A t hla t Ira. Ha baa a lt-ia-ntng victory ta bio aredlt aver "Red' Faber and a 4 to I win aver tha veteran. Bob Kb aw key. ffe baa promlae. Thla fallaw Pruett af the Browne threat-ana threat-ana ta b a much talked about yeung man before- -the aeaeon la over. Poaalbly tha cbanoeo of tha Browne ta win tha American Ameri-can league pennant may ta a certain tent depend an thla college aouthpaw.