Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-07-24

save a game, l don't see how they
could stop U.S."
This is the line Of dope one hears
on every side and yet there isn't half
dozen of the select great" pitchers
In the business. with each club car
ryfng from eight to ten men.
You can't land the money without
at least one great pitcher" remarked
a baseball critic. In tact, this has
been the rule for years"
Il was forced to differ with the
young man." says Tom Murane. THE
ball team that must depend altogeth-
er on phenomenal pitching stan Is
not the ideal organization. If you
started to build up a winning ball
team, the last thing you would think
of would be the pitchers. First, you
would scour the country for fast
infield that could hit. Then would
come the outfeld-fast ground cover
Ing outf1elders, who could hit, and run
bases. A catching staff would follow,
and then the box men would be Sc
lected.
In the early stages of the game the
pitcher came first and the catcher
next. One catcher did four f1fths OF
the work behind the stick, and one
pitcher with a sub did all the pitch
Ing. That is the reason we remem-
Der such players as Buck Ewing,
Mike Kelly, Charles Snyder, Frank
Flint, Charley Bennett and other
great catchers, as we'll as such pitch
ers as Charley Radbourne, John
Clarkson, Amos Rusie, Jimmie Calvin,
A. G. Spalding, Bobby Mathers and
other famous box men.
Some of the greatest ball teams the
game has produced had no star box
men. One can hardly remember who
did the pitching for Charley Comis-
keys four-time st. Louis winners.
What fan outside Of Baltimore can
remember the staff on the Baltimore
three.time winners under Ed Hanlan7
Yet where is the real fan that cannot
name the other members Of the or1ole
WI OOoIOAos
No club in the business has dis.
played the form for ten straight years
that Pittsburg has, and no team has
depended less on their pitching stan.
Whether the pitchers were going good
or bad the Pirates have always held
formidable position, depending on
their ability to field and make runs.
The announcement that Red" Rob-
ert Kelly was absent from the White
Sox right field on account of an injury
proves to have been not quite the
whole truth. The club officials forgot
to add that Kelly had been stopped
playing with the sox by order Of the
National commission. It seems that
while at Notre Dame last season Kel-
ly got tangled up with the Holyoke
club Of the Connecticut league in some
way. He did not sign any contract
with Holyoke, but gave that club
enough claim on his services to allow
Holyoke to protest against his use by
the Sox and it was necessary to stop
him until President Comiskey can
straighten out the tangle into which
the collegian got himself. Negotia-
Mons to that end are in progress.
For IS years Hans Wagner has been
hitting at q better than 800 clip, q
feat beaten by only two men in the
history Of the two major leagues.
They were Arson and Dan Brouthers.
Arson had a 800 average for IL years
straight and Brouthers scored as high
Q figure for II years right OF the reel.
Waco and San Antonio, of the Tex.
q league, played through four and q
half hours for % innings recently to
q tie, 1 to 1, record for the league
and one Of the longest games ever
played In the south. Ables of San
Antonio and Londell Of Waco were the
opposing pitchers. th9oEormer striking
out II and allowing 16 hits, while
Ludell struck out II and allowed Is
III. : -. .