The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-15

NECESSITY
TO TEAM
Good SOuthpaW Pitchers
Dreaded by BatterS in
all Leagues.

s~outhpaws play an important part in a
league campaign and lucky indeed is the
club that has a pair of good left-handers.
The train of this statement was exempli-
fed during the last season when the clubs
that had two ~southpaws working well
finished one-two-three. Newark did not
have a port finger until the last month of
the season. Then Frill and Wilhelm were
plucked from the p. o. M. League. Both
look good for this year. The Chicago Ma
tionals considered Frill ripe enough to at
tempt TO draft him, but failed. as Nc
carthy had already been selected.
Detroit has Killian and Siever. The lat
ter was no good against a team like Cleve-
land nor the Cubs, but he could win easily
from a number of teams in the American
League and finished the year with a record
of nineteen victories and ten defeats Kill
ian did much better. for he pitches con-
sistently against all the clubs In the league,
His record was twenty-five victories and
thirteen defeats.
Philadelphia with its great pair of left
handlers. Waddell and Plank, finished sec
ond. Plank won twenty-four games and
lost sixteen, While Waddell, out of condi-
ton about half of the time, won nineteen
and lost thirteen.
Chicago, with White working well all
year and Altrock good but part Of the time,
finished third. White won twenty-seven
games and met with thirteen defeats. Alt
rock had a bad arm most of the year and
won but eight games out of twenty. Had
he been in the form of the year previous,
the White Sox might have won the bunt
ing.
Cleveland finished next, and had but one
southpawal year. Otto Hess. He pitched
but twelve games during the entire cam-
paign, and really was not in condition tC
work in half of those. Had he been righi
there is no doubt of Cleveland finishing
higher up, but when he was injured Man
ager Lajole had no. southpaw whatever t
send against clubs tina We're notriousll
weak against left-handed twirlers.
Nex came New York. Doc" Newtoi
was Griffith's only l~eft-handed pitcher
and he is almost q has-been. St. Loull
had no southpaw except Jacobsen, who wa
of no account, and he was released t.
Boston and later to Toronto. Boston ha,
to bank Oh Jesse Tannehill. and when hi
shoulder went back on him Mcclure hal
no one until he picked up young Burchell
of Baltimore, late in the season. Wash
ington had two southpaws in Patten an
Graham, but the latter was scarcely rip
for the big league, and Patten seems t
have seen his best days.
After Southpaws for This Year.
This year most of the managers In tn
American League arc making preparation
to be better fortified as regards south
paws. McAleer. who had no one until h
picked up Bailey late in the season, wi
have three or four young l~eft-handers [
select from. McAleer says that he wi
carry two south-paws all season, for h
does not want to be caught without on
when playing Chicago and Detroit, tw
/ climbs flint baVa no bnnlarinn ~ hot anafnc
the slabsters with the larboard motion.
Jim Mcclure has three or four south
paws to select from and Connie Mack ha
picked up a couple of youngsters, despit
the fact that he still expects to have Wad
dell and Frank. Clarke Griffith is anothe
who sees the value of left-handed pitchers
for he has in addition to doc" newton
couple OF youngsters in Neuer, who di'
good work for the Yankees last fall, an
Castleton, the Atlanta man.
Maps May Be Well Fortified.
For the first tire since 1904. the Nap
will go South with more thar one lefC
handed finger. In 1904, the Blues tool
Hess and Hickey south and later lie
Hickey go. Since then, Hess has been tn
only southpaw on the Nap roll with tn
exception of Halla who did not last long.
This year, Cleveland will take tire
~southpaws. Hess, baltimore and Graney Il
Macon and 1t is hoped that at least twt
OF them will show form 10 warrant thei
being retained all season. But 1t will mak'
no difference to Manager Lajoie whethe
a pitcher Is a right of left handler. HI
will only demand one thing and that 4
he must be able to deliver the goods. I
all three s%outhpaws are live wires, ther'
is nothing to prevent all three being car
ried.
Fred Clarke Is Generous.
Fred Clarke has allowed more good mel
10 get away from him than any other bis
league manager in recent years. AmOni
the men who were former Pirates ant
whom Fred did not think well enough o
and who have since given him plenty o
chance to regret his action are Ganley AM
Clymer, Of Washington; Beaumont. o
Boston: Del Howard, Of the Cubs: Knabe
of the Phillies; Arty Hoffman, of the Cubs
and Pitcher Karger, of the Cardinals. Civ
that bunch a couple OF more pitchers an'
it could hold its own mlghy well. Pats!
Flaherty, Dave Brain, Rltchey, Courtney
and Bransdeld might also be mentioned.
Did Not Want Sid Smith.
Cleveland might have secured Catche'
Sid Smith, of Atlanta, the backstop Dough
by Connie Mack for the Athletics, had /
so desired, The Cleveland magnates sen
Scout Tom O'Brien down to the Southern
League TO look over Smith and Sweeney
also catching for Atlanta. O'Brien reported
| that Smith could hit like blazes, but tina
he was not a star receiver. AS TO Sweeney
he reported that he could not hit wei
enough for the big league.
When he found that Cleveland did no.
want Smith, O'Brien told Connie Mach
about him, and Connie landed the slugger
whose parents have so much money tina
Sid may not play ball this year.
Smith is the man who insisted that
"Heinie' Berger did not have any speed
last spring and then went to the hospita.
for a few days when "Heinie" let him