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Show PENNANT WINKERS ALWAYS HAVE A GREAT PITCHER rpHCRE never has been an instance where a baseball team which could not boast of ono great pitcher has won a pennant Of course if there aro two such twirlcrs the task is all the more easy, but there must be one who outclasses out-classes a majority of the pitchers In the league Every pennant the New . York Giants won. for instance, can bc attributed to their pitching strength. Last vear it was Marquard. and In former for-mer ears it was Mathcwson The chirago rubs can trace their fiag winnings win-nings ba"k to Modecal Drown, while Hughev Jennings-did not cop any flags after Wild Bill" Donovan started on ihe down grade Connie Mack's failure fail-ure this year can bo directly attributed attribut-ed to the fact that "Chief Bender did not work up to his usual form, and as far back as you can delve into baseball base-ball history It will be found that In ev-erv ev-erv instance a pennant winning team owed its success to a large extent to ' the brilliant work of one or more of its pitchers. |