Show Billy i Evans E Siy f fU UNCERTAINTY U OP UP GAME GAU Baseball is filled tilled with uncertainty Last season four tour pitchers In its Inthe Inthe the American league ue won wan 20 or more games I Two of ot the quartet were right right- handers handels Walter alter Johnson and Hol- Hol lintha ha II Thurston the others south south- southpaws southpaws paws Joe and Pennock Of the four Cour winning pitchers of oC the American league last season the veteran Walter alter Johnson Is the tho onlY one to pitch consistently good gool ball this year ear I Perhaps the biggest disappoint disappoint- disappointment ment of the four is Hollis Thur Thurston ston of the Chicago White Sox 1 He Ie surely Is h If you consult Eddie Collins on the subject Thurston has his usual amount of stuff In fact he ho says say he Is faster aster than ever before Is la pitch pitch- pitchIng log Ing ng the same Bame Intelligent baseball ba that hat has always nl as characterized his work yet jet he Is unable to win with any an degree of ot consistency If It Thurston was traveling at last lat seasons season's gait Eddie Collins' Collins record as al manager nager of ot the White Sox would be considerably snore morO Imposing SMART S PITCHER Thurston In baseball circles Is Ii what Is known as a a a. smart mart pitch pitch- er His fast t ball bail doesn't whiz past the batters ala Vance and his curve cune Isn't as nil a good as 1 Mattys when he was at his hla hi best When n Eddie E l le Collins took over the management of tho the White Sox Thurston was was the one pitch pitch- pitcher er on the staff he banked on to win sin a a. majority of his hi games The ace of ot the White Sox staff I got away to ton to a a good start atari then slumped badly and for tor the past month has had his troubles fin fin- finishing finishing a a a ball bal game No Xo one Is more bewildered oy failure to win than Thurston himself True Tru the breaks have not ore favored hlin him they seldom do smite smile on a loser loer Last st ea If the h e opposition ft SI made m six el runs un the t White Sox would make seven Ie or more for Co Thurston If It the rival rl pitcher went big Thurston would invariably tably step a n little faster futer This year everything seems to break k badly bad I If It he gives give a b bon bM basa on balls U it usually results result in a run If It some soma player yer makes make an error it starts start a a. rail rally When hen he pitches well selI his mates matell dont don't hit When they hit he doesn't pitch well wet I. I In one respect Thurston ap ap- appears ap- ap appears pears to me to be several shades below last seasons form I have reference to his control I am in inclined In- In dined to think that is the cause cau e most of his trouble CONTROL CO IS FAULTY Thurston the type twirler who puts some thought back of ot ever er pitch must have control above c all things to get results He lie has always shined in that feature of ot pitching I recall one game In which he retired the side on nine pitched balls all strikes and not one of ot them over o the th heart of the plate Usually he has the batter in the hole then thee he starts to work on him This year ear lack of control contro has hos given the batter the edge dge and anO he has hOlS taken advantage of ot it bj by b picking on the cripple ThE Tho case of ot Joe Is practically practicallY practically a parallel with that of ot Thurston The breaks braks simply ha ba haveit vent vel come his isis wa way wa I The failure of ot the Yankees to topia I play pia up to standard has hurt the showing of ot J Pennock His pitching In most cases has been superior sup to team play Walter alter Johnson has been the big surprise Doped to have more moro trouble winning than the other oth r three leaders he has Jias Jas pitched great ball b |