The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-23
SMALL PITCHING
STAFFS CARRIED
Modern Managers RelyOn Fewer
but Dependable TWlrIeTs.
DIZZINESS PROVES INJURIOUS.

Foolish to Have Many Slab Artists
While Moat Of Them Sit on the
5ench--PiIots IN Big League Be-
ginning to Realize Folly Of Il.
THAT long pitching strings are no
longer necessary and that four or I've
dependable men are worth two or
three times that number OF ordinary
twirlers Is fact
Previously the necessity Of having
seven men. each one ready at all times
to take bis turn at box. was point
that was emphasized By managers
And during last season. too. the major
league manager who did not have at
least six available men for the box
figured that be was heavily handicap
ped in the fight for the coveted bunt-
ing.
Things have changed. however. The
wonderful work of the Pittsburg
pitchers last season and the now very
patent fact that four twirlers prac-
tically did the hrunt of the work for
the Pirates have given managers and
owners cause for believing that too
many pitchers are worth hardly as
much as none at ALL
Last season, with Camnitz, Willis.
Maddox and Leitield performing in
their turn. the Pirates were up in the
race throughout the entire season. and
they finally drew away easily from all
other competitors at the end. In pre-
vious years II was the pitching OF
Mordecai Brown, Pfeister. Overall
and Reulbach that won for the Cubs.
and every one for years has realized
that Christie Mathewson has been the
real mainstay of the Giants. This
only goes 20 show the value OF one
good pitcher TO a team. With four
dependable boxmen the ordinary man
ager should be reasonably well salts
fed
In 1909 the Red sox bad one of the
biggest strings or pitchers in the coun-
try. They had Hall Karger. Wood.
Cicotte, Matthews, Arellanes. Pape,
Wolter and Schiller at the seasons
end. while previously there were Ryan,
Chech, Steele and Morgan as members
Of the pitching corps and yet had
Morgan pitched the ball for Boston
that he did for the Athletics and Young
had been retained. these two, with
Arellanes and one other reliable man
to take his turn In the box, might east
~ have beaten out both the Athletics
and Tigers and brought the pennant to
Boston.
The better part Of the pitching for
Connie Mnck's club was done by four
men. Plank. Bender, Krause and Nor
gnn. and they are doing the same thing
this yeSr Four or five regular men
on any team would be worth double as
much as a string Of nine or ten men
with cnly one or two Of them in first
class pitching condition.
Too many pitchers are a hindrance |
instead Of help. Ii Clcotte, Wood
and Wolter had been In shape to help
out Arelianes last season the pitching /
star of the Red Sox would not have
been the weakest in the American
league, But the wildness OF Wood, the /
injury to Cicotte and the bad start that
Wolter got in the spring handicapped |
the team so heavily that Arellanes was
forced to do pretty nearly half the
pitching for bis team.
Managers and owners both are be
ginning to realize the folly OF keeping
Eve or six ablebodied men upon the
bench while the bulk of the work is
left to a couple OF good men and a lot
II second stringers. Travelling is ex-
pensive. and salaries today are at a
pretty high figure II the work could
be got ont Of ave men the saving
both IN travelling expenses. salary and
general efficiency would be consider
able and owners would be willing to
tack snug slice on to the compensa-
lion Of the i've dependable men who
could az in and do their regular stunts
The Athletic recruit now with Balti-
more. Ben Egan. has developed into
the best catcher in the Eastern league
and also into a terror with the stick.