Show THURSTON IS STAR HURLERS I M M M M DISCARDED B BROWNS STARS NOW FOR HOSE Regarded Most Effective Twirler in American League Today I By BILLY E EVAN S July 11 Wonders Wonders wll will CHICAGO never ne cease cee In This time lime last icar ear Pitcher Hoi HOl- HOllis lis Thurston of the he Chicago White Whit oi was regarded as Just so-so so Today he be Is s one of the most et- et etI et I t In the American league disputing the with Ith the tho great Walter alter J Johnson Thurston come came to 10 the American league as os a member of the St Loul Browni Dro n During the tho tirs month of the tho 1923 season he IlS v u ed as a relict pitcher That tailed felled to make a hit Ith him He lie told the world that heas he as wa a 0 regular or nothing that he ho mud much preferred going back to the bushes bushe than sitting on the bench For this outburst he be was sold to ti Chicago the White Sox to ti al 0 on him W lit cn ABILITY S TS Thurston met with only fait tali ces after joinIng the Sox As a matter of o fact he showed shoed sho ed to advantage nd as a batsman than pitch pitch- pitcher erThe er The wl e men of n no e n m the they make many ml takes It Is well known a tact that f last lI allon tI I was as given ghen to the making oC o an outI I fielder out of ot Thurston so a as tc hl hitting l ability His fast tast ball Isn t good nou n nto to get him by In the American league was the opinion of experts in judgment n Thurston LICKED J GOOD FAST ST D IT The f that he had hoA a 0 tood curve cun e a fine change of pro Pt 1 cat ability as a II fielder were 0 ed Id in considering his chanc 10 make good he to lick a a fast ball o doubt it was as lack ot of pitch pitch- pitchIng Ine Ing talent that gave ga Thurston 10 1 M chance to or er Before the e co-e of the season ho he had pro provid that thata a can make good lu III th Ih hi show sho without a fast tast ba bai a 11 ia III W alter Johnson 1 This season Thur Thurston lon ha has 11 iri plo d his goo good olk of lis lu Ill I illand ranIs as one of th the I Ine Ing pitchers of the American e Thurston rost the White Sox foo in the neighborhood of Ten times limes that amount t bu him today toda A cr of his ab would mean muc to the St Louis Browns Bro In Its fI ht for tor the pennant In s H ii iii i HEW ius y r s ono best bet Is n delivery much ito to hilt made famous by fon Last I worked a game In Thurston performed a mo feat the tho thi th owing 0 Ing of 11 h Right strikes nil all of them fade os n In one Inning he retired the op opposition position on nine pitched ballo till e of the strikes were called six others swung at nt and nd en- en entirely en entirely He threw t two 0 strikes to the first man to face him In the net Inning is IR one of the pitching sensations o of the year |