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ing and less erratic that some have as
| serted.
Suppose that the pitching talent OF
| Boston, which finished third IN the race
| last year Is taken into consideration
Here will be found Cicotte, Wood and
Arellanes with 40 victories to their
credit and "a defeats Hall ranks a liz
! tie higher than ArelIanes in percentage
but he took part in but 10 games, of
which he won SIX AS Arellanes was q
principal in % games it would seem
fairer to bring him into consideration,
especially as he is counted upon as a
winning factor for Boston in 1910 The
percentage of victories for the Boston
trio is less than that of the Phiiadel-
phfa three. OF course IL IS much less
than that Of the Detroit trio
Arellanes, Of the three. perhaps, can
stand the most work This season will
tell whether he has profited by his first
year in the American league to be a great
er success than he was last season Be
yond that IT is impossible tot enter into
any, reckoning He is not pitcher who
is always sure of himself, but it is q
fault which may be overcome.
CicOtte was not in the best of condi-
tion In the early part OF 1909 II he is
able to pitch more games in 1910, with a
prOportionate share Of success he will
be the winning pitcher for Boston in
1910. Wood, so II IS said. is not pos
sessed of the rugged strength which will
make it possible to use him frequently
but on the days when he is at his best
his opponents viii find him a difficult
pitcher to beat
uniform pitcher. Variations in form are
such that positive reliability cannot be
placed on his efforts as il has been on
! pitcher OF the type of Muliin Other
pitchers of the team are quite wholly
uncertain, and Boston will very likely
n
suitable.
In the Chicago club are found two
known pitchers of the highest degree OF
skill, so far as mere pitching talent goes.
who stand far lower In the percentages
column than some who could be no more
ef1ec1ive with no better support
50 Tar as Chicago is concerned or
was concerned in 1909. It might we'll be
stated that history surely recorded an
instance where pitchers cannot make a
cruz no matter how great their skill.
smith and Walsh between them pitch
ed 6s games Mu1lin and Wilietts be-
tween them pitched the same number for
Detrolt Mullin and Wil1etts won 81 and
smith and Walsh between them won 40
games Would Smith and Walsh have
oone as Wen had they been members
or team which was as powerful in all
respects as Detroit? An answer I'm the
affirmative would not be out of or
der II IS possible that they nav be a
trffIe less effective, as pitchers. than
the Detroit pair, but it seems to be only
trifle
OF the pitchers in the teams which
composed the second division last wear
there IS more 10 be said individually than
collectively They played their part In
the games in which they were assigned
TO the best Of their ability.
rake the case OF the veteran Young,
nd Oh
Adding to the other wonderful work
which he has done In the bax. he won
~ OF "a games II Is true that il was
not record which was the equal of
others which he had made in his ca
reer, but it proved that with q team
which was inferior he is still superior
pitcher Any pitcher who can win more
than half OF his games is not average
JOSS, on the other hand won but IA
or the q games in which he PLAYED
This would seem TO be an indication
more of an off year for Joss than the
result of i'll success with a team not
up 10 the average As matter Of fact,
IL probably was an off year for Joss
and so. when the estimate of work by
pitchers in 1910 are being made the
name OF Joss must NOT be omitted as a
zation.
In the New York club no pitcher an
pears to stand forth with the brilliancy
OF the pitchers in the Detroit Philadel-
phla and Chicago teams Quinn was the
most successful of the year He won nine
games out of the small total OF II. Too
little work TO rank him with the top
notchers.
Waddeu and Powell. two sterling
pitchers in their time were buried under
the slow laboring machine of the ST.
Louis team. Here is an instance where
pitcners are not to be judged by the
success OF their club ST. Louis. early
handicapped by injury after injury to
important players. was never to be reck-
Oned upon seriously in baseball results
me possibilities in the team were Tar
greater than the realizatiOns- Where
baseball nine is torn to pieces by acct
dent there is no fair basis on which 10
compute form
In Washington. on the other hand. is
an instance similar to that In Chicago
Washington has a truly great pitcher in
Johnson unless all signs are misleading.
Yet Johnson lost not only one game
but two and more because his, good work
was nulIified by incompetent work on
the part OF the players who were sup
porting him Hence il is but fair to en-
ter Johnson among the probable winning
pitchers OF the season TO come
If age has set its iron heel so rig
orousIv upon any one of the pitchers
the season of 1910 Will make
II manifest. for there is not one of them
but was very near the zenith of his
ability in 1909
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