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Show PITCHERS NEARLY ALWAYS HAVE ONE TEAM WHICH THEY , CAN BEAT EASILY - 'I Twirlers Flash as Phenoms When Appearing Against Certain Clubs Only By H. C. Hamilton United Press Staff Ceerespondent. NEN YORK. June I Lw Rich! was the original giant killer. Hta ability to wipe out all energy when h faced the New Yorkers for the Cubs kept him In the National league a long time after he had ceased to be useful use-ful against other clubs. Always It a that way. A pitcher In- W uagliflil : pira .ant 111 SgHlnSt OTIS club then another, and generally fhera are several hurlera In each of the major who know of one club against whom thsy ' nearly slways are winners. ' Last year and for two seasons back Al f ivmaree of the Phillies was the tilanU' nemesis. He never started against the;. 'Hants that he didn't pitch a hangup . game, and he nearly always was returned winner. It wasn't until tile fag end of u the season that MrOraw'a stars were able to dispel the hypnotic Influence his presence pres-ence cast over their bats. It was a sort of - vengeance with him. He had been ; stamped no irood hy the Giants and was sent to the Phillies In a trsde merely as jM something thrown In." He pleaded for -his chance against the Giants, got It, won. aiwl has been keeping at It ever since. CUBS SUPPLY MOST. The Cubs have supplied most of thlg queer turn of hurters. They nearly al ways carry one man who can turn bach: the Giants. This year Demaree la a Cub. Rankin Johnson, who wag with the 1 Red Sox for a while, and then Jumped to the Federal league when he had a dls-sgreement dls-sgreement with the Boston club over salary, was a Jinx to Walter Johnson. Whenever Boston waa playing Washing- . ton, with Jolmnnn carried for mound duty against the Red Hox It always was Rankin Ran-kin Johnson a turn to work. His first game of any Importance In the American league wan a 1 to 0 affair in which he downed the mighty Waller. Exasperating Exasperat-ing aa It mual have been Rankin John son steadily defeated his more famous nameeake. They had many memorable battles I fore the Federals got Rankin and caused him to be sent back to the minors. . BEAT GIANTS St4 QUE HANDED. ' Stanley Covelenkie, now with Cleve- land, once beat the Giants out of a pennant pen-nant single handed when he wss a re- 9' cruit with the I'hillief. The season waa drawing near Its close and the Uiants were in a tight buttle for the leadership. II has been charged thst Philadelphia - really wanted to nee the Giants win, nd for that reason dished up a pitcher who had little chance of winning. To the amasement of the Phillies, the Giants M and everyone elne concerned, he not only a defeated th Giants In hia first encounter with thm, but did It twice more during the series and yanked New York out of the running. Rill Joak, considerable hurler st all I ' times, neverthelens never feels more st his ease than when he is occupying the pitchers' box att he Polo grounds against i the Giants. CICOTTE IE STAR. Kridle Cicotte, who this year has de-r veloped Into a pitcher of stsr-like pro- portions, never haa any trouble when he ; aces the Yankees. They generally are ready to call It off before the game starts r4 Cicotte was kept In the American league Ax-through Ax-through hla success in defeating the Yanks. Carl Weil ma ii, southpaw of the Browns, probably la out of btteball now. but the aJ Tigers are not going to shed any tears over It. WelWman was one man who 1 could stop the terrific batting combination combina-tion that represents Detroit, and could j do it eaMly. Ty Cobb, mighty mauler J that he is, never had any luck with Wellman'a twisters. Jack Coombs, veteran of many an American league campaign, and now with Brooklyn, firat faced the Glanta In a world's series game. He won that one Hince he has corns Into the National league he has kept thst record clean The Giants never have defeated the former star of the Athletic. ormer ' And that's the way ft always goes. Kven in the minors It can be found Ther Is always st least on club against which " a pitcher is more successful than aW.t i others. " I |