Show P Paul Purman By al A pitcher h r would ba bs a a. a first bas baseman nan or an outfielder Outfielders OutfIelders- would like to be pitchers I and sometimes cha charIg g oare s o sare are beneficial Joe Ioe Wood is about through as a pitcher heri but during the Illness of Jack Graney h filled in at left Jett field as well weli as Graney would have done himself Wood always a a. great hitting pitcher improved his batting when he was playing every day hit opportunely and fielded well It is 15 a i curious coincidence that Jack Groney the man Wood supplanted temporarily tem tern was originally a pitcher Lee Fohl Fohl who wh managed the Columbus club club club-a a afew few years ag ago got Graney among a aan r of bim an outfielder Fohl says Graney Grancy was the I wildest pitcher he ever saw Harry Hooper the Red fled Sox outfielder started his baseball career as a a. a pitcher bu but t when he landed in the big leagues he was quickly shifted Dave Robert Robertson on was a pitcher at North Carolina state college and was ranked as as the best hurler In the Carolinas and Virginia alt although ough at the same mme time Eppa Rixey V r was pH pitching at Virginia sity Jenny Benny Kauff did dM S so some pitching when he was younger and and two old time Giant outfielders Mike and Cy Seymour both started as pitchers Frank Baker flaker was originally a pitcher as was Rhody Wallace Wallace was a regular for tor the Cleveland club in the late nineties and it was only when his tal talents as an infielder became so that he was taken from the mound Everyone knows how George started his career as a pitcher and was shifted to first when his hitting and base running were found to be of more value than his box work Ty fy Cobb always alwa's wanted to be a pitcher and several years ago would take his turn on the mound during batting tice He stopped this thin when he found it was injuring his throwing arm Babe Ruth also has landed In the outfield outfield out out- field on account of ot his his hitting power |