The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-01
TOPICS OF THE DIAMOND
SOMETHING ABOUT TIE con-
TROL or LEFT handlers.
lsishlandsTa Have CORndeRes IN chase ~
ChptAln-GlAnts Dtnerent New
Than n Spring Last NsAF-BeelSiey
one - Games Great stickers.

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game With ens or two bases on ball,
he had ROOd control for a left handler.
A a matter Of fact when Il comes down
10 that there are some left handlers. and
not BY any means q striking scarcity Of
then. NhO have quite ~ good control
day IN and day out a. most right handlers
There arent any southpAWs who have
a. good control az MatheWson. but Mathew
con hes exceptionally good control among
right OF left handera The two loft handed
pitchers Who have been In the box for thu
hlshlandcra this season have put the ball
over the plate - we'll a. any right handers
those two being vaughn and Frill Vaughn
has shown nOticeably good control.
Another left handler whose control Il
nearly always cOhspicuously good. for d
right or left handler, 10 Nlliss Of the Giants
Control Il his long suit Plank Of the Ath-
letiCs h a left handler who has nice control
az q rule. and 10 has Doc white Of the White
SOG. Among the left handlers OF tho olden
daya Lady Baldwin was possessed Of
effective command Of the ball Wildness
was not among his faults. while Matt
KllFOy had me control and I'd Morris knew
how to and could put the ball where he
wanted 20.
very best control l. shown bv the right
handed pitchers. Also among the pitchers
who did the most work last year two OF thrre
left handlers were conspicuous by the num-
bsF Of balls they issued. There was killian
Of the Tigers, for instance. In ia innings.
about nineteen Ramea. he gave iorty-nins
passes 10 first. which Il an average Of nearly
three strolls a game. Nap RuCksr Of tho
I
eight games last year. which vas almost
three a game Three bases on balls a game
doesn't seem 10 very many when Won cone
10 think Of n, not enough TO harp on Wild
ness. vet Rucker. next 10 Killian. gave more
bases on balls q game than any leading big
league left handler except knlian and
KarseF
MsiisrH Of the Boston Doves in forty
ssven games dispensed iOi pTom@nades 10
Art base l.eineld Of the pttsburgs
rave only huy-four In thirt y-two games.
Lush Of the Cardinals provided siNty-nine
walks In thirty-four games. In s7S innings.
about thirty games last year. Plank walked
batters siXty-twO times, an average Of a
fraction over two Waddell in 30 innings
walked slightly over two men a game
| Krause Of the Athletics averaged over two
kIllian averaged close 70 three game.
white lees than twO and kargeI, who vas
the widest Of any Of the leading south
paws. over three karger gave tNeniy-tWo
bass on balls In sixty-eiGht innings.
By comparison the work Of several Of
the prominent right handlers Il given.
MAtheWson distributed only thirty-siH
bases on balls In thirty seven games. Brown
slightly over one q xame 70 Matiy's less
than one CamnitE gave slxty-eiNht bases
IN iOrty-0ne Eamea Smith Of the White
soX. gave seventy bases on balls IN asi
eight 10 80 innings. Young Of the Cieve.
lands. hfty-nine IN rs inning Bender 0i
the Athletics, forty five IN 80 innings
Walah Of the White So1. any in 21O inning-
ioninSs. johnson of the Washingtons
slrhty-iour IN ~ innings WARRIOR Of the
Hfvhlanders. eighty-one IN 2f1 inninFs and
petty of the Browns, nfty-thrce in isa
saith averaged les than two walks a
game, Mullen over two Young less that
two. Bender lees than two. Walsh less than
two. joss 4 good deal less than tao John,
son Iesa than two, WARRIOR over three and
pelty over tWo. VIA Bill Donovan. a right
handler. was wilder than any Of the pitchers
% either kind named We handed out sixty
bases on balls In leo innings That h. pretty
practically fifteen games. abd sixty walk
Tor fifteen games l. an average u -four
game
Although there are some 'riti,s Who
haven't 7-eH the Nss l0Tk AW-rIrans this
season who rate them - having a fine
shanCe 10 finish last or Whereabouts Man
aser George Stallings feels encouraged over
the showing Of bis men sud honestly regards
them a. a first division probability Stall
UUgE. Who l. conservative IN speech said
on the opening day have a good bali
club here. the b~st Amer, an League team
New Work ever had, and one that " ~ I'M
prove They 70 gel their bcHtinEs bar they
are a team which will get benefit from tho
The team is playing vith more spirit and
confidence iu ~ oNu ability under he cap
taincy Of Hal chase than it ever did before
h h playing more inside ball. irving aud
doing more things and not indulaing in cut
and dried methods u b. team hkrli 20
play more ball than might he Indicated FROM
a siudv Of lts personnel. q team that Vii
make the most Of what if has. and when e
team does that 10 b doi-g one thing which
counts q great deal Ana one thing the team
has, iud ging from tainss 40 Tar pla{ 81, -
reliable pitching stan aud vastly iu-
nroysd harkst in Sweeney
tbasa D. more serious since taking on the
captamrv Ne alwuys vas lively, foil OF
ginger and clear headed and alert And
Inc Influence Of seriousness without de-
irartina In the least from his great natural
plavinF ability. In fat, he -. n anything
playing . better Esme tbs year than ever
affecting his PLAYING The team under his
leadershiD i long on singer and harmony
/ Inharm0niOus elements have ven cut
away from the team. and ths players all
Hdence In him that comes from knowing
That he knoWs the game They know that
he himself can deliver the goods o. a player
and thinker Chass. 20 a large extent. is a
Ss@ Worn psi rons this year haven't seen
Earl Gardner. the regular aecond ba~eman.
al hts best. Gardner, unlike most young
players. Il not a spring performer lte u
/ ne the veterans In that he h % his test
| When the weather gets warm. The work 81
the Two young piirhera Ford and vaughn
already IL causing the rOoters 70 ~ up and
/ take notice Umpire Evans, Who saw FORD
pitch IN Phnadelphia remarked 20 siAlllnrs
| sfteT the game that he had seen ell the best
/ pitchers IN the American lsaRue. but that
l Ford had things which no 0tber pilrhef
/ had and II 10 Stallinxsa opinion that the
| country will be talking Fort before long
] Aato Vaughn |tallinFs says ne has the nerve
IN tight places and that there h no question
| Of bis ability.
! Considerable difference between the
/ standlnF Of the Giants noV and q year ago
/ A wear AFRO they were sixth, With q per
/ centaFe u lta. with four games won and
| ave Lost Before the prcseut sea-on began
l attention was called 20 tho Likelihood u
| ihs Giants making a bitter start than In
| iara The reason given Wa that Mctiraw
would be on hand from the tart this spring.
/ Wherpna last spring he was a very sick
mangWiih blOOd poisoning and unable 10
direct the team In person. The leaderless
/ Giants on the spring Of ia0p hopped around
more o. les helples-ly and lot an amount
az around which good playing later on
couldn't regain. Nov they are ~ 10 good
start and running neck and neck With the
| Chicagos and PitisburRs.
"a b true that taken a. a whole th~ plsr-z
occupied By the various teams in the early
Wsakn are iaT from Indications % what 10
l0ok for later on when Inherent strength
II telling the tale. but that applies % weak
rremehra rather than the strong ones
10 Team McCiraw has handled in New York
- -hown more hEhfinF spirit or a hetter
. .---.ff A. .suVua than the urnaenN array