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Show . J BAYMAY JOIN NATIONAL LOOP BY BILLY BVAlffi. .u Jht' Da38ln8: of Jim Bagbv from the Cleveland club the American league loses one 0f the unique characters char-acters of the game With Jim Dagby there was a reason for everything He enjoyed nothing oetter than a friendly argument. Dur-,lnK Dur-,lnK the playing season. Bagby llvss i-iasebuii talks it Incessantly. Jim Is always willing to' take the second guess at some play if ho f-el I It will start a discussion as to what I should have been done. Most of the heated discussions on the Cleveland clur which were usually of a friendly friend-ly nature, had Bagby at the bottom ; of t hem ! Jim Ragby may prove a second Babe Adams for Pittsburg, that club having refused to Waive on the veteran. , During tho football season. 1 attended at-tended a gamo at Pittsburg between jNotro Dame and Carnegie Tech. Xow that Pittsburg has bought Bagby. I recall a remark a Pittsburg sporting , writer made to me on the day of the ! game. INQUIRIES BOUT BAGBV What kind of stuff has Jim Bag- ! by0-' he asked. Evidently ho had heard thai Pittsburg might take a chance on the veteran. "As much stuff as he over had." T 1 replied. It was a perfectly truthful remark JIM BAGBV. Jim Bagby. in 1921 and 1922. had as much stuff as he ever had yet he couldn't win. In 1920, with the same assortment, Bagby won 31 games and was the leading pitcher of the American league. Jim Bagby never boasted much stuff. Ninety per cent of the major league pitchers have far more than Jim. yet few ever reach lh fame of winning 31 games in a major league campaign. Bagby pitches with his head more than his arm. ills half speed ball i faster than the ordinary slow ball, and slower than the ordinary or average av-erage fast ball. It is well named 'half speed ball. The fact that It Is 1n between a speed that tis the exception rather ,than the rule makes it hard to time. In addition. Jim boasts a nice fadeaway. fade-away. A good head, plus fine control, plus stu'f that is a bit d ff n . fells why Bagby has been successful when hundreds of pitchers with twice his stuff have failed. Absolute lack of confidence was Bagby's prevailing fault the last two ears. Tbo lack of confidence in his ability to ln is what made a loser out of him. CHANGE MAY H"EUP. In 1020. when Bagby won 31 games ho was the "cockiest" pitcher in the erigue. There was nothing chesty nbout Jim's attitude rather It was ono of supremo confidence He figured fig-ured he could beat most any team, 'and that Is Just what ho did. I A change of scenery, different handling, han-dling, and a now crop of hatters to 'work on. may do wonders for Bagby Certainly he is worth the waiver price. I Barney Dreyfuss is taking a worthwhile worth-while gamble. Jim Bagby has as much stuff as he ever had Fallur to win the last jtwo yours was a mental hazard rather than physical. |