Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-22
SECOND GREATEST PITCHER
 IN HISTORY OF BASEBALL
What Ted Sullivan Thinks of Ed WaIsIl-OnIy Raobourne of Provi- dence Was Greater.

Fans and genuine baseball experts disagree on the man entitled to first pitching honors in baseball history. T consider Radbourne of Providence the greatest pitcher who ever lived, and Ed Walsh of the Chicago White Sox the second best" This is the opinion held by Ted Sullivan, the veteran manager Sullivan. perhaps. has seen as many of the famous pitch CTS perform as any man living or gone. In his career, extending over two score of years. he has seen them come and god. ''Radbourne 1 place first" said Sullivan. because he was not only magnificent pitcher but he could run the bases and hit equally well. More over, he could play short one day and pitch the next. Then he could go out in the field and come right back in the box. What pitcher on a great team like the Providence Grays could work in over 70 games in one season? challenge any one to beat that.
 Walsh is almost as great and per bourne. Many, know, rate him even a little higher. Walsh is the figure head of the present age of baseball. He is a whole team in himself. This bat. brought victory ont of seeming defeat No man ever lived who looked more like master than he does when he stands in the box. I
 
 If you could put Walsh on a team like the Chicago Cubs. the Cleveland Maps, or the Detroit Tigers it would be the biggest runaway race you ever say. never realized how great Walsh was until last spring at Los Angeles Walsh's reputation was as famous there as in Chicago. in Wash ington or in Columbus Memphis and child who knows anything about base ball has heard of Walsh. Well, the SoX were q little ahead of the Angels, when suddenly the SoX pitcher began deciding to stave off a 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 ball Well, he pitched just about II balls. think and struck out the three batters. The game was saved. That's the kind of fellow he is.
 Tn 1906 Walsh won that pennant for Comiskey with second rate team behind him. At that time he went in more than 65 games. almost Radbourne's feat. Whenever an- other fellow staried to go wrong, Fielder Jones invariably called on Ed to save him. He can field his posi- ton with anybody and he can run the bases. A pitcher who can steal base every third game on an average ranks pretty we'll up with the best Mccormick of the Chicago Nationals was nearly as great as the two I have mentioned. If I remember correctly. he still holds the worlds records for straight Victories-24 in a roW-Inade back in 1886 This beat Radbourne's by six games. Chesbro was at his height in lsO4 when he played with the Yankees He can be ranked with the greatest. John Clarkson was d marvel but not quite the equal of Radbourne or N aish.
 Then there was Amos Rusie, and, before him. Al SpaldinE.- both pitch ing marvels. They laugh today when you tell them about these fellows. but I've seen them all play. and the old boys were just great as they are to- day. Comiskey had a grand pitcher in St. Louis during the early EOS in