Norwich bulletin., 1910-08-16
LEFT HANDED PITCHERS
Have Quite as Good Control, Day In and Day Out, as Most Right Flanders.

It was common expression in base ball that when portside pitcher goes through game with one or two bases on balls he has good control for a left handler" AS matter of fact, when it comes down to that, there are some left handlers, and not by any means a striking scarcity of them, who have quite as good control day in and day any southpaws who have s goon con- trol as Matthewson, but Matthewson has exceptionally good control among right or left handlers The two left box for the Highlanders this season have put the ball over the plate as well as any right handler, those two being Vaughn and Frill Vaughn has shown to the Jersey City team of the Eastern league few days ago for little more
 Another left handler whose control is 8 right or left handler is Wiltse of the Giants. Control is his long suit. Plank Of the Athletics is a left handler who has nice control as a rule, and so has Doc White Of the White Sox.
 It must be conceded, however, that the very best control is shown by the right handed pitchers Also among the pitchers who did the most work were conspicuous by the number of balls they issu{d. There was Killian of the Tigers, for instance. In 173 in nings, about g19 games. he gave 49 passes to first. which is an average of nearly three strolis a game. Nap Fucker of the Broeklyns gave 1o1 baS on balls in SS games last year, which was almost three a game. Three bases on balls a game doesn't seem so very many, when you come to think of 1t, not enough to harp on Xildness. yet Fucker gave more bases on balls than any leading big league left handler ex cept Killian and Karger.
 Mattern of the Boston Doves in 47 games dispensed 101 promcnades to first base, Leifield of the Pirates gave only 54 in g games. Lush of the Car dinals provided 65 walks in 34 games, In PTS innings. about 30 games. last year, Plank walked batters 62 times, an average of a fraction over two. Wad- dell in 2o0 innings walked slightly over two men game Krause of the Athletics averaged over two game, 40 walks in 220 innings White aver aged less than two a game. and Kar- ger. who was the widest of any of the leading southpaws. over three Karger gave 22 bases on halls in 6S innings.
 By comparison. Sie work of the srv- eral prominent right handlers is given. Matthewson distributed only 36 eases on balls in 37 games. Brown gave B in 50 games. averaging slightly over one game to A.Atty's less than one. Camnitz gave 6S bases \n Il games. Smith of the White Sox gave 70 bases OH pdllS m 3o9 lnn1nSS. Muliln or the Detroits 7S in 309 inninsSs Young of the Clevelands- 59 in 295 innings, Ben der of the Athletics 4. in g50 innings Walsh of the White Sox 20 in 2?0 in nings. Joss of the GleVelands 31 in PAP Innings. Johnson of Ithe Wlsiiinstons 84 in 297 innings. Warhop of the High flanders S1 in 233 innings, and Petty of the Browns B in ls9 innings.
 smith aVeras ed less than two walks a game. Mullin over two. Young less Bender less than two. Joss good deal less than two. Johnson less than two. War hop over Nthree and PeIty over two Wild Bill DoHbvan- a right handler was wilder thar any of the pitchers of either kind named He handed out 6n passes on balls in 40 innings. That is practically i5 games. an average Of four a game