The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-13
CRACK TW|RLERF FOR
DUBE| CALLED EAST
Irving Jensen, a Utah Boy, Will
Pitch for New York
Americans.
LEFT THURSDAY NIGHT
FOR THE METROPOLIS
That He Will Make Good Is Be-
yond Question-His Friends
Congratulate Him.

Irving Jensen, the crack twirler OF
the Dubei Tailors leaves for the East
today TO join the pitching staff OF the
New York Americans. Yesterday he
was wired transportation by Manager
Clark Griffith, with instructions 10
come AT once. While the members OF
the local aggregation feel keenly the
one OF their number picked out as be-
Ing worthy OF try-out for one OF the
fastest teams}in the country.
Is Big Promotion.
The entire affair reads like a novel.
Jensen never dreamed OF such a thing
a week ago, no less did his team
mates. To have brush Lacquer. q man
pitching In a league which is not even
considered big enough for protection,
thus picked out and called from the
bottom round OF the ladder to the
very top ie rare occurrence. Cen
orally man works his way up gradu-
ally and seldom breaks into the major
leagues until he has reached the top
round In the minor organizations.
Minor Leagues Anxious.
Now that Jensen has received this
offer from the New York Americans.
the minor league managers, who were
formerly dickering with him, are fall
boy cinched. Spokane Is hot after him
and so Is Pueblo. Jensen, however. has
wisely refrained from entering into any
definite signed agreement with the
managers of these teams and conse
queutly Is free to accept the New
York offer
Born and Raised Here.
Jensen is a Utah boy. born and
raised within the confines of the Bee
| Hive State. Here he first broke into
| the game. He has received the expert
! ence and practice which has developed
him TO his present standard OF EN-
| cheney. But never In his life has he
pitched the ball that he has during
| the past season. Even when tried out
by San Francisco, Butte and Salt Lake
| he did not pitch the ball that he has
| for the Tallors. He lacked the con-
t-ol, the judgment, the ability to pull
steadily out OF a hole which he now
exhibits. He has speed and curves as
long as your arm, on this score nc
viii not meet with his greatest difTi-
Guilty in making good.
Beware of Shaky Feeling.
The greatest difficulty Jensen will
| meet with Is the task OF suddenly
adapting himself to the jump he Is
making. He does not himself yet re-
| allZe the great slep tual hc 10 'ahihe 3
When he does fully sense II probably
he will experience that shaky feeling
In the knees which has been the down
fall of so many other young as
pirants. But his team mates hope ina
when his great test does come that III
Will hold his courage and hght oul
the game, determined on victory. Jen
sen feels confident. II Is good frame
of mind 10 be In. II he climbs Int
the big league securely he VIII be tbs
first Utahn to have achieved the honors
and naturally all the fans In the STATE
Will feel proud in the fact.
Discovered by Harry Joseph.
The story OF how Jensen first brok
into the pitching game Is rather anus
Ing. Harry Joseph was the man wn'
discovered him. 1t was about the tim
the fever was at It's height here owe
| the P n league Jensen was stree
| car conductor. While riding on III
car Joseph fell into conversation wit
him. Jensen told Harry that he coul
pitch and Harry insisted Jensen b
| given q try-out on the Salt Lake team
/ irving was not In shape and he hunke
/ out. His record at this time Shove
4 little that would indicate future great
/ ness In fact, II sometimes happene
| that Jensen was knocked like all otht
| players are at some time or othe
BUT Harry could never get 1t out
4 his head that Jensen was a Bred
] pitcher On this score his friends ha
: nIl kinds OF amusement with him. Bl
today Il will be Harry's turn TO say
Il told you So"