Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-05-05 | Page 10 | Second-String Backstop Proves Best Battery Partner for Star of Philadelphia Hurling Corps

SECOND-STRING BACKSTOP PROVES j BEST BATTERY PARTNER FOR STAR I OF PHILADELPHIA HURLING CORPS bp ftiii.i.r r4. I .Ball players are a auperatlttous I jlot. Thla goes ap strongly for the I ! stars as the run nf the mine. j I In lit 22 Kddie Rommel wss the I pitching "ensatloo of the American league. With a seventh place club 1 ho wen iwenly-aeven out f forty gamer, a remarkable rocord. Cy Perkins ihnt season was as ; much tn the limelight aa a catcher sa Hommel a pllcher. Perklaa was Hommel'a battery partner Iist aeaaon Komml dldn t go bo 'well WHb a much better ball club he lacked one game of breakiag even on the season. In a number of games one tough break would bring about his defeat. trms Kortu-ne that had smtlod on him throughout lft.il deasrtsd hiro, UIf?e,iaat Taar. with tho eltih ing badly. ruggy waa ''. catch Hommel. with a hp that it would break, tha Una that aeem-d to pursue the pitching aco of, I ,hriA Dni.fi'i direction Pommel The situation la unquestionably unique In baseball, A star pitcher prefers pitching to the understudy rather than a catcher catch-er ratsdl on of the best receivers la the game. Merely a matter nf superstition, which is strong In the b4.ll player t'erhapa It would be bettor to lay it to psychology . To win a playr must bellev in It. Continued defeat deatrovs confidence. That waa Hommel' Hom-mel' a rasa In 1!2S. . Poaalbly there la alao a bit of sentiment back of Rommel a Jestre that Bruggy handle his stuff. During Dur-ing the early davs of hia minor tea pits career. Bruggy helped maa Hommal the rert pitcher that ha l The arrangement gults Perktas perfectly. "Rommsl csn make the ball do more than any pitcher 1 over caught' aaya Cy. M mlghtv hard man to ,trhK JI knucktsr tskee euch peculiar st timea that a catcher aeka to kiotSftv It. rather han catch It. P iSdte liad a lot of lough breaks started to win. It ta underatood Bruggy will catch Rommel exclusively exclu-sively this year. ... OetUng away to a -to-t victory osr WashWigton In his first start of the year and coming back with i 4-ft win -r ths Red Sos. will 'aervo to strengthen Rommel s confident confi-dent In Bruggy aa hia battery partner. laat year, should nave won gameNnat he lost h;PVrj,tl,lt 10 Bruggy will break h.a Jin. 1 certainly hope ao. for with Romtiftl pitching winning ball wn will be a tough club to beat. "U may also make m a more valuable catcher, since It rellere. m of the difficult task of catching Rommel''