Show PITCHING WONDERS OF 1912 manager managers of several big 1319 league team teams confronted with serious problem some fizzle there Is to tho the same old question con tho the manageri ma ina of sacral bis big league teams und and aho au tho tile loyal fane fans thir spring that bobs ui up every season it ib will tho the good young pitchers of lael last season repeat repent it Is 1 doubt doubtful fal it ever before so many oung tw majo mado good goo in the major leagues aa as win mail the tile case 11 year first year annara nn Ara rs sometimes repeat but bot often clubs abat figure on thu the same sort of work from their are often cruelly disappointed tho the pitchers who shine for years are usually who nho she show gradual improvement christ Al mathewson atheson adlie joss nali rucker walter johnson eddie eddle plank flank chief bonder dender aliree fin gored drown brown joe joo wood ed reulbach und and jack coombs are of this class i on tho the othor hand there aro are king cole grover alexander russell rord 1 george chalmers Ch almors babe adams willie mitchell hll and gene krapp as well as others who looked great in their first ear only to fall down doun one or two to years later even vean gregg was not aa successful in 1912 ue us ho lie was the preceding 3 ear when he was the pitching sensation of the year lords fords 1910 reward was 26 game games won on and G 6 lost in 1911 ho he won on 22 aad lost 11 last year ho he won on 18 and lost 21 king colo cole pitched the cube cubs into a championship and helped win the only game taken by the cuba cubs from the athletics lie ile came back all right 14 W ft russell ford in 1911 but fizzled last year babe baba adams was a wonder in 1909 especially in the worlds series against the tigers he has done nothing sensa dional since alexander and chalmers put tho the phillies in the race in 1911 with both hurlers going poorly ir 1912 the phillies never were ere contenders willie mitchell MUch cIl won ten straight games for tho the naps in 1910 and tor for two years has been trying in vain to bleak weak even gene krapp won 12 out of 20 in 1911 he is now back in tho the milars tl TI e 1912 crop of first year stars in clydeb jeff tesreau claudo claude hendrix cheney and robinson national leaguers and bedient Bed Ded lent dubuc and cashton cashion american leaguers tesreau lifter a year with toronto won 17 games and lost 7 hendrix a rank bush leaguer in 1911 laet last year won 24 games and lost 9 and cheney won 26 und lost loist 10 great records for young tera aters breaking into fast company of tho the american leaguers bedient won 20 games and lost 10 dubuc won 17 and lost 10 while cashion wo u 11 iland lost it |