Show I LT L C. I- I T OPE Te TACt L 1 tE THE ei t mP Year 30 Recruit Upsets Dope Takes Huggins' Huggins Eye Wiley Wilcy Moore May Prove Savior to Yankees in Pennant Chase x By BILLY EVANSS EVANS S So that's Wiley Wilcy Moore J Tho The scene is laid In St. St Petersburg Petersburg Peters Peters- burg Fla the time is early March Marchand Marchand Marchand and the actors ar are the rookie bat- bat of the New York Yankees I had Just asked Miller Huggins which one of at the six pitchers who were warming up was wa Wiley Moore He had pointed Out ut a big gangling six footer who showed me plenty of ot speed for so early in the year Hes the baby that had a tough time last year losing four tour games while winning thirty isn't he lie I asked Manager Huggins nodded assentA assent A fellow who can win thirty ball games in any old league must have pretty good stuff He did it In the South Atlantic ai a mighty fast fut organization or or- Maybe taybe Moore will be Just the man needed to bolster your your- pitching Miller Huggins knows baseball I He Ic doesn't Jump at conclusions He I has an analytical mind There Isa is isa I Ia a reason for tor everything baseball with himI himI himI him I certainly hope so he replied after considerable h hesitation lie He seems to have pretty good stuff but its it's too early to get an accurate line lineon lineon lineon on a pitcher After I have seen him work in some real ball games I will have a better Idea of his worth Despite Moores Moore's remarkable record record record rec rec- ord last year I figure it is more sensible to take a pessimistic view of his chances to make the grade His first handicap is age al although although although al- al though that mustn't be considered too seriously Moore is one of those old youngsters He is breaking Into the majors at 30 years of age old for foi pitchers Secondly he lie has been pitching minor league baseball for flye years and none of or the scouts have en enthused enthused enthused en- en over his Work Of ot course scouts scout makes mistakes like the rest I I I of ot us but most roost of them know their thel baseball Moore 1 may be Just th the man needed to round out my toy pitching staff which at this time is a rat rather er uncertain quantity I hope he is but the odds are against it That was six weeks prior to the opening of the season In that time Moore has proved his showing in inthe inthe th the Sally league was no fluke He has already won a berth on the Hie Yankee pitching staff The rhe pessimism pessimism pes pea of ot Huggins has changed to extreme optimism as far as Wiley Moore Is Js concerned He has a great chance is the Way the mite manager of the Yankees Yankees Yankees Yan Yan- kees now sizes him up he should help the Yanks a lot Making his career all the more moro colorful is the story that the Yankees Yankees Yan Yan- kees signed Moore sight unseen making the deal on his record of ot having lost only one game in his first twenty-one twenty starts Moore is a fast tast ball bail pitcher who keeps his ball low His most ef effective et- et f delivery is what ball players call a sinker This ball is de delivered de- de livered side arm and nd breaks down much after the m manner of the spit spit- ali the batters usually topping it The freak break Is made possible by ny the manner in which the pitcher ets th the ball balI slide off his fingers There is Is really no explanation of It that can be copied the style be beIng being being be- be ing peculiar to the Individual ItIs It Itis Itis is a delivery similar r to that used by Ernie Shore when he was one of oC the Boston ostOn Red Sox pitching stars Moor Ioor Is not a strikeout pitcher He whiffed only men in Inthe the innings he worked in the South Atlantic At Atlantic lantic last year ear He has that great asset control however to a marked degree He Hc walked only seventy men last I season son while piling up his thirty wins and four d defeats Its It's a long leap from Main street in Greenville S. S C. C to Broadway but Wiley Moore appears to have successfully negotiated it |