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Show TWO MARVELOUS If PITCHERS IN TEAM I Philadelphia, Aug. 21. The marvel- IS j ! fi' ous pitching of Grover Alexander and INifn Erstinc Mayer, the two twlrlers who w havxe kept the Phillies In the pennant WW fight in the National League, brings MU forcibly to mind the niany small If ' if IS ' things upon which success In baseball Hp j hinges. This Is especially true In the ?J, h , case of Alexander. -''Isjil Not only was this phenomenal jT'Si twirler, probably the best in the i g-. game today, picked up by draft, and fr if considered only a second rater at the III I s start, but he would have been actu- lll'M' liny sent uuch iu liiu iimn-u n.u&uvu 11 f ! but for two men. f ' l lii One of these is Pat Moran, and pre- MM I1 sent manager of the Phillies, and the 1 JJHJj other Earl Moore, the former Quaker f iJli' pitcher, who has now drifted Into cb- I ( ', Sffij Iivlon in the Federal League. Ii'1!? Charley Dooiu, tho manager of the :Ji! ' Hffl! Phillies, despaired of getting results i with Alexander and preferred Chal- 1J f' mers as a pitcher. Pat Moran, who IHr IV was the pitching coach, liked Alex- Sjc i' andor's style and his personality, but jd), W, agreed that he did not know how to j: 5fj get the results, though he persuaded ji ji Dooln to keep him until he could go f'fl'fii' over him thoroughly. i fi At this Juncture Moore, who when f flfP going right was the greatest side arm llfjfl1 pitcher In the game, stepped into the ? j ifil breach and offered to teach Alex- ly' Sffl ander his stylo of pitching. Alexand- I iUfl! or took to the side-arm style of hurl- if tl lng like a duck to water, and this has III 'Era' been his pitching method ever since. il KM! The new Annette Kellermann feat- I a fo H ure for Fox will start about Aug. 15. ' fi I The Kellermann company, numbering J.'b.itJ ff about 300 people, will go to tho Ba- ',' jM hama Islands and thence to Yucatan, !''.H 1 and the Fox offices intend to charter L " : 1 a Bpecial steamer for the trly, the '''m'I players to live on the boat ! llffijl |