Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1923-07-22 | Page 31 | Luque is Major League Mound Ace

l 11 I LUQUE IS IS MAJOR LEAGUE MOUND I ACE I I I i a i t 1 wf 4 11 1 I Nt-A Nt wr i Luque Dig Big Cuban Twirler tot fOl the Cincinnati Team 1 the of lilt ilu Year B I Ih HILLY L A L LAS A a CINCINNATI July 21 Often Orten one pitcher going colne at top speed sped spee makes a ball club This Is particularly true tru If it the tho didn't bank strongly strongly-on on the showing of that pitcher Luque Luque of the Cincinnati club Is ca easily lIy tho pitching sensa- sensa sensation sensation tion of th the major leagues lie Ho has hamade made mado U tho Reds a 0 dangerous con con- contender for tor or the fast going colne New York Giants Last reason penson Rixey by his sousa- sousa sensationaL work kept hept the tho Reds neds In the tho therace th thrace race raLO This sear Luque has sup sup- supplanted supplanted sup supplanted planted and then som some Tho The jin jinx that pursued Luque last las y year 1 seeni to bo on the trail trait of oRi I cy t this ls season Inability of Luque to vin In i In consistently last year is lS as a big biff handicap to Pat Moran In his que t for the th pennant I Getting Ge tUII away iway to a bad start In tho Iho spring of ot 1922 Luque had hod his winning no matter how ho The Tho ery ery bet best ho hJ could do was win 13 and ond lose 23 gao gao-cs for tor a percentage much lone lone- loneer I er than th n that recorded by his club When the 1923 1323 campaign i Int Moran foran had his doubts I about Luque Some of the tho experts on the National league lea sue circuit fig fig- figured urd tim tho Cuban was vas slippIng Luque Immediately proceeded to t thu the dope and has kept on doing It In the first 15 games sames that he ho has has hns scored 13 sic sic- Uc Ic- Ic torieS and suffered only two da- da de defeats feats Strangely enough the Chi Chi- Chicago Chicago Chi Chicago cago Cub Cubon Cubs Cub's von on on both games cames by the es of 2 1 to 1 and 2 to 1 0 Luque pitched brilliantly In the th two tb the breaks of thee which w en against him decided decide the i Isue Ot Of 0 tl the e 13 games won by came Caine In 0 a row Only 23 13 runs hs ha base e been made off oft Luque ery In his remarkable able pitch pitch- pitching pitch ins In ing performance covering at tI games sames In several of which he be act d das as pitcher An additional dI I proof of his can D os gleaned from rom the tact fact that he ho leads National league in strikeouts