The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-18
BASEBALL PITCHERS MANY
National League Will Not Suffer for Twill
ers This Season.

Chicago, March 17.---According to the
latest returns from the headquarters of
the twelve league clubs there will be
about 245 players tried out" for future
service between now and the middle Of
April. OF this small army at least 100
are pitchers, of whom probably forty
will have to seek homes in minor
leagues. In the National league the
pitcher crop was never so large as it is
ahis season, and it was never less prom
Using, and really good pitchers were
never more in demand.
A review of the pitchers Of every club
will show, in every case excepting, per
haps, st. Louis and Louisville, two
pitchers are relied upon to carry the
team. New blood may be good, but
there are just ten managers out Of
twelve in the league who are making up
their teams with two old pitchers each.
1t looks as if the great Baltimore team
would start in better fixed for boxmen
than at any time since Hanlon has had
the club. Nine pitchers are on the
Oriole list; little experimenting will be
done. Hanlon will take no chances if
RIcMa.hon is in shape. Last year Hoff-
er, a novice, carried the team so far as
pitching went, and with such backing
as HanlOn's men could give young Hoff-
er won 81 per cent of his games last
season and thus held the club in front
Till Mcmahon, rounding into form, could
come to the rescue.
Hoffer and Mcmahon will, therefore.
do the bulk of the work for the cham
pions Hemming and Esper will pitch
"a game once in while. Arthur Clark
son. who has been trotting along in a
mediocre way these many years, may
show himself better than either of the
Mi hY1t 2 -.
likely that any of the four youngsters
who went south with the champions on
Saturday viii ever see the necessary
fifteen games TO put him among the aV-
Rrages
Cleveland is fortunate in having two
stars--Young and Cuppy. The work Of
these men at the close last year won the
Temple cup from the less brilliant but
equally reliable Baltimore twirlerS. who
could not stand the rush of five short
successive games as well as the CleYe-
land pair. Young sa sturdy and trust
worthy veteran---Cuppy is as steady as
a clock, and both are capable of ire
mendous eXertiOns and burst of skill.
Pat Tabeau seems, on paper, even better
fixed for pitchers than Baltimore, for
he has a good assistant twirler in young
Wallace, and Elton Chamberlain, once
the equal of any man in the business.
has come into line and signed his con-
tract With Chamberlain working as
he can work with a good team behind
him, Young and Cuppy III last years
form, and Wallace standing ready. Pat
will hardly need any of the raft of
young twirlers whom he has signed.
There are no stars, unless Taylor can
he counted such. among the Philadel-
phia pitchers. The hard hitting of Phil
adelphia won many a game last year.
fanck work by the Quaker pitchers very
few. This year the Quakers can rely
on MctTills left hand curves. on Inks
acquired from Louisville. who should do
finely with the hard hitters: on Carsey.
who has absolutely no speed. but has a
brain and uses it: and on Orth of Vir-
GINA. who sends the ball right over and
trusts 10 the men behind him. Lucid.
the printer. seems hardly up 10 league
standards and Taylor. as good a pitcher
as can be found. is Of unreliable habits.
With Taylor in form. however. the
Quakers cannot be figured out % the
frst division unless their whole outfit
of sluggers should be crippled all at
once.
Arson seems 10 be in magnificent
shape 50 far as pitchers go. Every one
or his youngsters Is reported as doing
well. and the only trouble seems 20 be
IN making a choice among them. Griffith
and Terry. of course. remain as the
foundation Of the nine. Little Griff is.
10 judge by his work of the last two
yeas, the best twirler of the two. He
would never lose a game. save by
strange accident, with Baltimore. and