Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-08
SOUTHPAWS SELDOM
HAVE GOOD CONTROL
Most Left-Handed Pitchers Is.
sue Many Passes-KiI|ian OF
Tigers Led Them All.
specisI Dispatch TO The Star.

Special DiSpatch 10 me Sthf-
NEW YORK. May 1T is a COM
mon expression in base ball that when a
port-side pitcher goes through a game
with one or two bases on balls The had
good control for a left-hander. AS a
matter of fact. when it comes down to
that. there are some left-handers, and not
by any means j striking scarcity of them,
who have quite as good control day In
and day out as most right-handers. There
aren't any southpaws. who have as good
control at Mathewson. but Mathewson
has exceptionally good control among
right OF left handlers. The Two left-hInd-
ed pitchers VINO have been in the box for
the Highanders this season have put the
ball over the plate as we'll any right
handlers, those two being Vaughn and
Frill. Vaughn has shown noticeably good
control
Another left-hander whose control is
nearly always conspicuously good for
right or left handler is Wiltse of the Gil
ants Control is his long suit. Plank of the
Athletics is left-hander who has nice
control as a rule. and so has Doc White
Of the White Sox- Among the left-hand-
ers of the olden days, Lady" Baldwin
was possessed of effective command of
the ball Wildness was not among his
faults. while Matt Kilroy had fine CON-
troll and Ed Morris knew how to and
could put the ball where he wanted to.
Right-Handers' Strong Suit.
1t 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 last year two or
three left-handers were conspicuous by
the number of balls they issued. There
In,
In 1I3 innings, about nineteen games. he
gave forty-nine passes to first, which Is
an average of nearly three strolls
game. Nap Rucker of the Brookiyns
gave 1O1 bases on balls in thirty-eight
games last year, which was almost three
q 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 wildness. yet Rucker gave more bases
on balls than any leading big league LETT
handler except Killian and Karger.
Mattern of the Boston Doves in forty
seven games dispensed 1O1 prOmenades
to first base. Leifield of the PlttsourSs
gave only fifty-four in thirty-two games
Lush OF the Cardinals provided sixty
nine walks i'm thirty-four games In 10
innings about thirty games. last year.
Plank walked batters sixty-two times. an
average of a fraction over two. Walden
in 10 innings walked signify over Two
men a game. Krause of the Athletics
averaged over two game. forty-nine
walks i'm oaO innings Kilian averaged
close to three a game, Whlte IesS .hd,i
two and Karger. who was the WlideSt
OF any of the leading sOuthpaws, over
three karger gave twenty-five bases on
balls in sixty-eight innings.
Mathewson Not Liberal.
BY comparison the work Of several OF
the prominent right-handers is given
Mathewson distributed only thirty-six
bases on balls in thirty-seven games
Brown gave ffty-three in fifty games,
averaging slightly over one game TO
Natty's less than one. Camnitz gave
sixty-eight bases in forty-one games.
Smith of the White SoX, gave seventy
bases on balls in $50 innings; Mullln OF
the Detroits, seventy-eight in 3u3 IN
nings; Young of the Clevelands. hity-
nine in 295 innings: Bender OF the Ath-
ietics. forty-five in 80 innings;, Walsh
of the White Sox, fifty in 80 innings;
Joss of the CIevelands, thirty-one In az
frnings: Johnson of the Wasnlngtons,
elzhty-four in 297 innings; WARRIOR OF the
Highlanders. eighty-One in 2S3 innings,
and Petty of the Browns, fifty-three IN
la9 innings
smith averaged less than two walks
q game, Mullin over two, Young less
Than two, Bender less than two. walsh
iess than two. Joss a good deal less than
two. Johnson less than two, Warnop
over three and Petty over two. Wiid
BiIl Donovan, a highlander, was wiioer
Than any of the pitchers of either klno
named. He handed out sixty bases on
balls in 14O innings That is practically
fif,een games. and sixty walks for fifteen
games is an average of four a game.