The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-21
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to Work in Two Weeks
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PITCHERS WHO COVER FIRST.
White Sex Twirlers Excel in Taking
Plays at the Base.

A pitcher can make or break a first
baseman, says Cleveland observer If
the pitcher shirks and fails to help the
first sacker out in the fielding Of infcld
hits, the latter is bound to be thrown
off his stride and fail to cover the
ground that he otherwise would. Nat
urally, first baseman is supposed IN
these modern days to cover ais much
ground as possible. On bunt he is ex-
pected to come tearing in AT other
times he is expected to play as deeply
and as far toward second base as Is
possible. Wish slow fielding pitcher,
the territory that he will cover Is linn
tied Given him pitcher like joss and
he will take more chances and play a
deeper game depending upon the twirier
to cover the bag in case the ball Is down
between first and second. Give him a
pitcher like jack Powell OF certain
members Of the Cleveland pitching staff,
and he will be forced TO keep much clos
er to the sack
"Jiggsn Donohue of the White Sox
will admit that much Of his reuown as a
first baseman came as the result Of the
assistance given him BY the pitchers
OF his club White. Walsh, Aitrock and
Smith are among the best in covering
the bag Outside Of Altrock not one Of
the four was naturally a star fielding
pitcher. but each had 1t pounded into him
50 thoroughly by Comiskey that he
finally acquired the habit Of doing his
duty. II he failed to hustle over to
THAT cushion when ball was bit to
Donohue, he heard from 'Cammyp in no
uncertain tones the next morning when
the Sox reported for practice As the
result Of this continual coaching By
Comiskey. the Chicago pitchers led all
rivals during the last season, with the
remarkable record Of 1873 put-outs. twice
ais many as tile pitchers Of some Of the
other American league clubs had. White
had 30. Walsh 81. Smith %, and Altrock
g. Patterson and Owen, who pitched
but seldom. having five apiece, OF course
many Of those put outs might llaye
been catches of pop flies, but observation
IF the games played by he X IN Gleye-
land brings back the knowledge that
the Chicago pitching staff as whole had
the best Of It's opponents in respect to
covering third base
Next to ne Chicago pitchers, the Ath-
letic twirlers did the best work in this
particular. Plank having IS pat onts and
Waddeli ld, the aggregate being 90 The
Cleveland corps 81 pitchers ranked third,
but Of the lot loss was the only one
to really have d good record in put outs,
he having I'll Rhoades IL. clarkson 10,
Thieman nine Leibhardt iilnc. Tess six
and Berger two Howells and Petty of
the Browns were two good men to cover
first, but aIaekn Powell had only two
putouts III 81 games. while tilade lai only
three. New York did not have a pitcher
that had more than nine putoufs. that
honor going to Ar 0rth. Hogg had
seven. Newton six and lSitsor fanT. Willie
Doyle was 50 slow that he rot over to
FIRST IN time to get but five throws from
Hal Chase Chesbro was another who
failed to shine, three put-onts heing bis
record. Earl Moore had only one putout
in his dozen games, while Keefe had
tine same number