| Show IS CLIMBING CLIM BINa i dodger twirler trying to dup q oate cate feat of alexander he Is out beyond philly star mamaux and all others manager hlanak r robin son believes him to be great est of pitchers big ed of the dodgers it trying to duplicate the teat feat of grovet cleveland alexander last year alex ales the great pitched tile philadelphia into a pennant Is net actively ively engaged in an endeavor to accomplish the same thing for brooklyn tills this year big ea ed d Is leading the national league hurlers now ile he is out beyond alexander daniaux Mani Bl amaux aux anderson and all the rest wilburt robinson manager of the dodgers believes that Is a as great a pitcher ns as there Is in baseball ile iia does not concede that alexander oz 01 oven even walter johnson has anything on the brooklyn left hander this year has been algood a good pitcher ever since lie he broke into the national league only alexander Alain aux and toney were ranked ahead of him last year lie ile won 19 games and lost 14 and allowed an average of runs per game the dodger star had a better belter record in 1014 ills his first season la in brooklyn that year lie he won 23 and lost 12 and only allowed runs per game stands six feet three inches high and weighs pounds he is twenty seven years old and was born in champaign ile he began its his career nt at la crosse in the minnesota wisconsin league in 1909 1009 then he went to fort wayne alp ed in the central league in 1011 lie he was bought by the st louis americans but turned b back ack to port fort wayne wane in september 1011 after a season at al fort wayne wane during which lie ho won 10 and lost five games was bought by denver denor ile he worked in five games for the colorado city in the spring of 1012 1912 ond end was sent back to fort wayno wayne which club traded him to grand rapids in 1913 won 25 and lost eight games for crand rapids that fall lie ho was drafted by Bro brooklyn oldyn ills his success with the dodgers was instantaneous lie ile was w as the pitching sensation of 1014 ile he bids fair to have the best season of ills his career this year ills object Is to duplicate the feat of alexander and pitch ills his club into a pennant |
