Show MYS MYERS MAKS MAK'S SlAB LA MARVEL I Ii i IS GRADUATE t I 44 i By HAROLD JOHNSON I Muscles developed developed as a kid puffing bellows and massaging the anvil In his dads dad's blacksmith shop in York Springs Adams c cOunty Pennsylvania anla are making Elmer Myers famous these days I From the smiths smith's stand beneath the spreading chestnut to the front rank of the 1916 curving m marvels was a short jump for the rookie who now boasts a record of six straight triumphs th the last scored having knocked the chesty Indians from first place I Myers is the greatest young pitcher I have ever developed Better than thair Plank Bender Dender or- or Coombs Yes sir sin Myers does docs not know as much about pitching as these old stars but right today he is a better pitcher than any I of them hem were In their prime I THAT IS MACKS MACK'S TRIBUTE TO THE GRADUATE BLACKSMITH The Tho youngster is a right ight hander bander stands 6 feet 3 Inches tall and has a a long j pair of arms which aids him hint in getting closer to the batsman before he lets the ball sail go out of othis his hand That section of Pennsylvania whence he came saw the therise rise of Chief Bender at Carlisle school and Plank at Getty Gettysburg burg i As a boy wonder Myers was called an Iron Man because of his ability to hurl lurl and win three games a week Mack signed him in 1912 The lad was then 18 years of age so Connie shipped him to his to his son Earl at Raleigh N. N C. C for seasoning S After two years In Dixie Myers the 1915 training Jaunt with the host only to be returned to Raleigh Last fall he again reported t to the he Athletics but failed to impress until the last week of the season when he blanked Washington granting two blows and fanning ten The youngster has splendid control a corking curve ball and a graceful easy delivery which gets tile the ball over the plate plat almost before the batter realizes it I In three games against Washington Detroit and St. St Louis In the same week only t twelve elve hits hilts were made off him Only one one Tiger rapped him hard Burns getting three safeties Mack predicts that piat hat before the season Is ts over Myers will rank with Walter Johnson and Grover Alexander |