The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-03-20
SOX new PITCHER
HAS Confidence

If confidence counts for anthing
Harry Sutor the new left handler of
the white sox, ought to be the king Of
pitching marves. He is already asking
for permission to open the season
against the tigers at Detroit, April
a.
I'd just like a chance to get at all
those left handed hitters," said the
wheeler last night during a fam
ming bee. "They have got Ave left
handlers, and / want just one crack
at them. Maybe they would give me
mine, but Just let me at 'em. That's
all / ask"
Sutor's firm belief in his own ability
doesn't amount to swell -headedness.
! and he is not so sure of his Job as to
be offensive. He is just game clear
through and feels that he has VIC
tory cinched as soon as he is an
nounced to pitch.
Everything in the baseball business
lays before the young southpaw He
is a little over 21 years old, strong
as bull and already crafty fellow,
who knows the value OF a change of
pace and kindred tricks. His fielding
and the left-hander's chief asset-how
to make base runners stick close to
| first-are not developed to half their
possibilities. Moreover, those tricks
are not easy to learn either, and per-
haps Sutor will not be fortunate
enough to pick them up.
Fielding his position and catching
runners OFF first are parts of the game
that seem TO come to a pitcher by ma
ture. They are not easily acquired
by coaching. Inability to keep the
base runners close to the sacks was
all that kept Jake Weimer from being
a great pitcher. Three fine managers
Seelee, Chance and HanIon-tried to
correct the fault, but it wasn't in Jake
to keep tab on base runners, and he
never could master the art
Sutor is so young at the game that
possibly "a few words of instruction
from Comiskey and Sullivan will put
him on the right road to attain that
bit OF cleverness which he needs. His
fielding is not bad, but he doesn't re-
mind one Of Altrock and White when
they are running all over the infleld
gobbling up chances everywhere. He
probably will improve constantly as
fielder. He never sidesteps those hot
drives, being absolutely fearless and
ignorant OF his own strength.
Sutor has been highly successful out
here, and his Pacific coast league
friends say he will make the white
sox team without doubt That is
quite likely, but with all his latent
possibilitis 1t is not certain that he
win be able to take his turn regu-
1arIxy In fl1a f,ow fEa ,sir1f xyao,- Ditch
ing against swell batsmen is far
different thing than singing in good
min or league.
Up there as the minors say In
referring to the major leagues. it is not
SO easy to make a record for effective-
ness. The batsrnen work the pitcher
harder. The clever ones will make
faces at the ball half an inch off the
plate or Ii the seam misses the inside.
Even In the best of the minor leagues
there Is, on the part Of the batsmen.
too much anxiety to hit the ball and
they swing at had ones. Pitchers get
great records for holding teams down
to few hits whereas the same kind Of
pitching In the major leagues would
probably result in half a dozen bases
on balls and a cluster Of hits. when
pitchers are forced to put them over
after their offerings have been passed
up bl the wise rftters then they are
in FOR numbering. The Cobbs and
the Doniins will call the turn regular
" and smash down the fences.
Il sakes nerve Cor young pitcher
like Sutor. after his first few failures
At tying 70 make the biz leagues hit