The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-27
YANKEES GETPHENOM
Arthur Irwin, New York
Scout, Lands Bill Ryan.
rs VIRGINIA LEAGUE STAR
HAS Won Eight Shut-Out Games Out
OF Nine Pitched-Wiu Report in
the sPring-AIsO Get Caldwell, of
the McKeespOrt Club, Who VIII
Arrive in September.

New York. Aug. 26.-Peerless Scout Ar
thur Irwin, OF the Yankees. is back in
town with the signatures of some Of the
most promising young players ne ever set
eyes on. Some Of them are TO report
this fall two OF them perhaps as soon
as next week. Most Of them, however,
will not see New York until next year.
Among the latter is one Bill Ryan. now
creating ell kinds OF a sensation down in
the Virginia League. Ryan-which is not
his real name-is a collegian; was captain
OF his team last spring. Like Bert
Daniels, he attends a degree foundry that
crowns on professional summer ball. For
that reason he is playing under an as
sumed name
Ryan has only been playing professional
ball little over four weeks. He induced
the Norfolk people to give him a tryout
less than a month ago. He caught on
Immediately and has been their one best
bet ever since. In all. he has pitched
nine games. winning eight of them So
far only one run has been scored against
him.
In nine starts he has pitched eight
shut-outs. The game he lost went 20 the
opposing club 1 20 o and, had Ryan Sc
cured the support he was entitled TO. il
would have gone to extra innings His
third baseman hit a base runner in the
back OF the neck while trying TO throw
him out at the plate, letting in the only
run that has been scored against Ryan
since he started to play professional base
ball
Ryan is a big husky youngster now
and as he is only Just past twenty. the
chances are that he'll take on even
more weight. At present he stands six
feet one IN his stockings and weighs In
the neighborhood OF 1S5 pounds Irwin
says he's the best young pitcher he has
seen in years II will be remembered that
big Jim Vaughn made the reputation that
finally landed him a Job with the
Yankees while playing in this same Vir-
glnia league.
Ryan is a football star as we'll as &
great pitcher He wants 20 put IN
another season on the gridiron, and
rather than take chance OF being pro-
tested as a professional, he viii not Join
the Yanks until next spring.
There Is another giant cub coming
though who will probably be seen in a
Yankee uniform by the latter part OF
next week. He'll come through before
two more weeks have passed, anyhow
This babe in arms is a puny weakling.
with only six-foot-two Of muscle. He
tips the scales at about the same figure
as Ryan. This is Caldwell, OF the Nc
Keesport club Of the Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania League. His club is only about
half game behind the leaders. and the
management win not let him go until the
pennant Is decided The o. P. season
closes on Labor Day, so Wen not have
long to wait for peep at him.
Caldwell Is right-hand pitcher, recog-
nized as the best IN his league but bats
left-handed. For a pitcher, he's
mighty handy sticker. Irwin. who IS as
sure a judge Of pitchers as there is in
the country, expects both Caldwell and
Ryan 20 be regular Yankee pitchers next
season.
Caldwell is such a powerful chap that
he thinks nothing of working three or
four times week. Only last Saturday
he worked through both halves of
doubie-header going eighteen innings in
al. he won his first game. to 0. but
was beaten, to 3, in the second.