| Show MAJORS LACK STAR TWIRLERS 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 SHOCKER BEST IN AMERICAN 0 0 0 o 0 0 o 0 00 0 0 0 00 0 O 0 0 0 0 0 LUQUE LEADS IN NATIONAL BY DY GEORGE f Cop right 1923 by The Standard Standard Examiner ExamIner NEW IW EW YORK Sept Critics 1 of cf baseball today In tho the I twilight of oC the 1923 season are asking Where are the tho pitchers I With all alt the kno knowledge ledge that baseball as an organization should hate hae with nith all nil that has been told toldas toldas I ns as to what hat tho the pitcher should have with all aU tho the games game that ha hac ha c been pla placed ed the troops came camo sailing back from Crom France there t been a star pitcher developed between the bears ears of oC 1914 and 1923 The fhe most ot of those who are tray trav traveling cling eling In the paths of ot the now are the ol old fellows still hang hang- hangIng hanging hanging ing on And still tol folks ks ondee that e eel c el y now and then some orne pitcher is shelled out of oC the coun coun- countr coun- coun country country tr try Managers say siy that there I Is not nota nota nota a pitcher in either cither league to lay Jay who l will 11 draw a crowd d as an a pitch pitch- pitcher er Take Uhle of ot the Cleveland club lie has won twice tIce t Ice as many games gameR aJ he has lost He lIe has pitched over oer 80 30 He lIe came from tram a 0 sand lot team I around Cleveland Cle and ho he has some nome of the points that should help to tomake tomake make a 0 pitcher talked about but IOU ou dont don't hear him discussed much The fhe kids dont don't gather nt lit the thc knot lenot- knotholes knot holes holes to look him 0 o or er and let et that loung oung man stands toda loda for Cor about as good AS there thero Is In the Amer Anier- American ican league 1 National league managers will tall teU you that Shocker Is the best pitcher In the American league They gain their opinion b by con conver com conversation er- er and estimation Shocker t done as well ell as Uhle Utile lie may be moro more talked about but no noone noone noone one ever claimed he lie was a second secondEd secondEd Id Ed Who Vho will ill iou ou find In the Na- Na National Na National league I a Cuban lie used to pitch for time tile Long Bach team back in when hen lien the Giants Gants ver wont to go to Long Iong Beach to play Sund IY games and the baited him e een c en n then themi In most mot reports he h e ehas has the best record ot or any today In lit He lIe has pin cd In more moro 20 games and has 1135 won four times as many Il as he ha has lost But look when hen he lie began u Back in 1913 nt at I Long ng Branch and he ho might haic hae been en somo years in Cuba even eVE be before Core then It If that doesn't Indicate a 0 along leng time between een drinks for tor pitch pitch- pitchers pitchers ers en to make mako an appearance then what does Babe Adams Is as aa good as the tho second be best beet t In the National National- league and he ho was as winning InnIng a orld I world series In 1909 Where here are tue the tae pitchers Aleander who Mho began when hen Math Math- Mathewson Math Math-ewson ewson was nas in his pi Ime Aldridge Scott and nil Benton Benton ill old timers timers- timers aro ore in the tho stage light In tho tile Na- Na National National Na National and thero there Is only one kid Morrison of ot pittsburg who In the tho row with them Wilbert Robinson who manages the tho Brooklyn team part of ot the time each eich sear ear and shoots ducks the remainder was the first to di- di direct di dl direct attention to the exact perIod In which there have been no fresh fresh- freshly freshly freshly ly discovered Mathe Mathewson son Johnson Youngs Waddells Benders or Planks Not a a really great rent pitcher pilcher has been beon de developed eloped in Irr tho major leagues league or minors since sinco the tho war he said And chimed In a 0 smart base baso- baseball baseball ball min man not a II really great the was as a as developed during war ar Oh Ob yes thero there was as bO- bO beSan be began San gan and thon then blurted out I dont don't know by golly but you are right I a was going to say I helped pull that kid along What II a record bo ho made nado the tho first year that he ho made good Less than one earned run a 0 game Bamo for tho the season seaon Great Grent tarpon what a 11 cuss CUBS he ho would o ha hao 0 been it If he had stuck to that for three ears Cars But his arm wont went bad But ut say there thero aint been a as aSwell aswell s Swell pitcher has baa there thero when hen ou come to look ook em cm over There have been a lot of oC morning glories MornIng squish squash blossoms 1 d like some o 06 them Do you know hat hat ails em Dont Don't want wat to work Pitchers aint pitchin for tor the sake q 0 pitch pitchin In they're pitchin to get geta getaway getaway a away ay with Ith it and hang on to a summer job with gray trimming as long as ns they can linn AKI THEY TIlEY Where arc ird the tile Ne mind about the stars of oC ester eal fans famis ha e their to theli eyes looking for tor tho the stars of this lear ocar Car and the sears ears cars to come They cant can't be found with field glas glasses es and baseball needs them Baseball Ins has had liabo Babe Ruth with Ith his ability to hit tho the I kind of pitch pitch- pitchIng pitching ing lug with w which h ch he Is sen ser served ed cd and It has m made de much ot of him It Is true that great pitchers ent all alla a s been great drawing dra cards That I is because they do not play e eer c er day and it is seldom that thit a man man- manager manager ager nger will tell In advance anee who ho the pitcher will III be IaD Many a II time qUIte a throng throng- gathered on Saturday In Inre New r York to see seo Mathewson Mathe on pitch and as likely as not he didn t but rot ot the tho assignment the Collo followIng Ing Monday which was wis J an oft off day In New York rork as a 0 rule Yet Tet thero there was ns as that interest IDlerest In Inthe the work ork ot of a 0 pitcher like Mathew Mathew- son Mathew ton on that hat would increase tho the attend attend- attendance anco ance on two or three days because tho the fans would continue continue- togo continue to togo togo go until he did pitch n |
