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Show ONLY TWO MANAGERS HAVE ENOUGH PITCHERS 'MAJOR PILOTS LAMENT WHEN MOUND STRENGTH IS ARGUED ' ' j Two Hurlers Mentioned as ' Having Promise of Great Future I'itching Is a problem that confronts con-fronts practically every major league ma nuger. A good mony of the major league leaders are pretty well satisfied With their ball clUbS, pitching ex. eptd The lament of a majority of the managers is "If our club only had a little more pitching we would make lots of trouble." John McGraw of the New York Giants and Miller Muggins are about the onl tvo manaRers who seem j pretty well satisfied with their pitch-I pitch-I ing staffs. Pespitc ibis McGraw is carrying a number of recruits who have prom-rise, prom-rise, Likewise. Muggins la hopeful that Lefty Cv'Doul and a right hafader b the name of. Murray will he of help in the campaign of 192J. Pitching is a peculiar proposition' Sometimes s youngster who appears to have gTeit promise is a onu time arriving. Occasionally some pitcher Hale considered develops into a star inside Of a season. In th-- American league today there aie two pitchers who have every I chance to reach stardom I have in mihd George I'hle of th- Cleveland club and Wilkinson of the Chicago ' bite Sox. , j The season before I'hle Joined tho Cleveland club I saw hm work in a game In the fall of. the year against a : team composed of nig leaguer. Inside of a couple of innlnjgs' I j made up my min i Hint Uhle was ai I real big league RSOSpeCt Before ih I game was over i learned he was the I propert of the Cleveland club I ventured the prediction that the I saQd-lotter Inside of three ears I would be a sensation in the American Ameri-can le.-iRiie While l"hl.- hi-nt iu!le lived up to n.;.- pfVpllOcy hp has ileni- ..I.-: rated that he is a great pitcher. I I haven't weakened on him in the least. (JnquSStlonel)ly there Is still some little thing lacking. One of these days he is going to flttd himself, him-self, correct that fault, whatever it may be, nd '.hen look out! A pitcher with the speed fast, breaking curve nice change of pace ;-nd free 3 ell very that DhlC uses, should have no trouble winning from 2 0 to 30 gj&tnos every year with a club Cia' iBjUp In trio rjce. Roy Wilkinson f iIh Chlcngrp club has had a similar experience to that of Uhle. in fact, he h is never been nearly 'las' successful as tho Cleveland..-:-. In the ' nal game between the Giants Gi-ants and the White iox. on their recent sprlflf trallltng '-rip. Wilkinson Wilkin-son tood '.he "iiitnts on their he ids. Me pitched the kind of a game you always .xpe:t him to but seldom doe? Oleg on believes he has discovered ViVlnsins f . iM. v. orklng too hard on every b il' .'r. Ccrt itirly he h tz 'the stuff tj be a consistent winner. |