The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-07-12
National League Standing.
ED. WALSH SECOND GREATEST.
Only One Pitcher Better, According to
Ted Sullivan.

Ted Sullivan.
Fans and genuine baseball experts dis
agree on the man entitled to first pitch
ing honors in baseball history. 4 con.
slider Bathbourne Of Providence the
greatest pitcher who ever lived, and Ed
I Walshs OF the White Sox as the second
best" This Is the opinion held by
Ted Sullivan. the veteran manager Sui
ligan perhaps has seen as many Of the
I famous pitchers perform as any man
living or gone. In his career, extending
over two score Of years he has seen
them come and so. "RathbOurne place
! first, said Sullivan. because he was not
only a magnificent pitcher but he could
run the bases and hit equally we'll
Moreover, he could play short one day
and pitch the next Then be could 20
out in the field and come right back in
the box. What pitcher on a great team
like the Providence Grays could work II
over, over g games = :, g ne se TO- ehai'
@Walsh is almost as great and per.
haps equally Is brilliant as Bathbourne
Many. | know. rate him even little
HlEHtia hANtnH tr NitE tiEAA OF TIE
present age Of baseball He ia e whole
team IN himself This last season he
has. unaidcd with the bat, brought Vie
tory out Of seemingly defeat, No man
ever lived who looked more like mas.
ter than he does when he stands ii
The box. ] consider him the Apollo 81
the game.
IF You could put Walsh on a team
like the Chicago Cabs, the Cleveland
Maps or the Detroit Tigers, it would be
the biggest runaway race You ever saw
/ never realized how great Walsh was
until last spring at los Angeles
Walsh's reputation was as famous there
as in Chicago, in Washington. OF in Col
umbus Memphis and indianapolis
Every man, woman on child who knows
anything about baseball has heard Of
Walsh. Well, the Sox were little ahead
Of the Angels. when suddenly the Sox
pitcher began to fill up the bases. Man
ager Duffy, deciding to staye of rally
and save the game, sent Walsh up to
pitch. Big Ed had no sooner got In
the box than everything seemed changed
Doesn't he look like the king Of base
ball7 Well he pitched just about I'LL
balls, l thirs, and struck out the three
batters The game was saved. That's
the kind 81 fellow be il.
In 1906 Walsh won that ant for
Comiskey with second.ra am be-
hind him. Az that time went in
more than So games, almost egualing
Rathbourne's feat. Whenever another
fellow started to 60 wrong, Fielder Jones
invariably called on Ed to save him.
He can field his position with anybody
and he can run the bases. A pitcher
who can steal a base every third game
with the best. Mccormick Of the Chi /
cago Nationals was nearly as great as
the two I have mentioned. If / re-
member correctly he stu holds the
worlds record for straight victories, Ri
III row made back in 1886 This beat
Rathbourne's by six games. Chesbro was
at bis height in 1904 when he played with
the Yankees. He can be ranked with /
the greatest. John Clarkson was a mar
vel. but not quite the equal Of Rath
bourne or Walsh.
"Then there was Amos Rusie and, be-
fore him AP Spalding, both pitching
marvels. They laugh to-day when you
tell them about these fellows, but I've
seen them all play and the old boys
were just as great as they are to-day.
Comisky had grand pitcher in ST,
Louis during the early sos in Hudson
odd Hud we used to call him. joss of /
Cleveland, johnson Of the Senators and /
Muffin Of the Detroits are great. Then
in the National league there are Nlath-
ewson Of the Giants, Brown of the
Cubs and Adams Of the Pirates, also
splendid fellows in the box" sullivan
was told at this point that Umpire
flank" 0'Day Of the National league
considered Walsh the best in the history
Of the game well. Hank ought to know
II anybody does.p replied "Ted." sHank
was himself pitcher who took off his
hat to nobody. myself think Rath-
bourne had little more variety in his
delivery, but Walsh is not far behind. -
Springfield Republican.