The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-04
TOPICS OF TIE DIAMOND
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n 10 easier - .-parate ,he strictly fr-t
slaz. right hand pitchers from thoss uho are
nos ih thai las han a. draw the same
I line Ia the left hand division. There are
I half a dozen or 80 rxht handed pitchers
Who would b. named almost unanimously.
| With 81 cour-@ differences ~ opinion az 20
I the best of this lot bat among he tsft
handed tSirlers there - M small circk
! that stanai- out - prominently Try tn
pirk out the best -outhpaW in the bis
I leagues and yea and Yourself wonde tng
over the list Of q dozen and waverins q. to
uhich are tbs tiptoppers
In the noFthpaW brigade are Nathewson.
Walsh. Ford. Johnson COomb- and Brown.
whO undoubtedly stand out more promi-
nsntly than any other- and Who would
easily carry . majority Of the votes wsfe
l thsre . vote on the best sir For day In and
dAy out work and having sverythins they
are at the top Il the heap But Who 10 the
/ best left handler OF Who are the best LETT
! handlers In the business There wouldn't
I he anv such unanimity in naming The
1 chosen few More pondsrnE would be 70
quired to arrive At n derison
3 Ask George StAllinzs Who IL the best left
/ handler and his answer would he Jim
Vaughn Ask connie Mack and he would
say Eddie Plank But there ISN'T any
| port -,der Nho looms up the strong. solitary.
in a class by himself nEure that Rubs
! NaddslI did when he wa- the king Of the
New YORK. the greater city. has three Of
! the best left handeTs in the game, vaughn,
/ wiltse and Rucksr This Is NauShn's nrgt
earned the IepatStion that comes from a
/ long period 81 consistent work. a. has wiltss
by 'n .ors Wing but on The he 1ims- when be
has been in form be has undoubtedly Shown
he sI game an and more Than most ~ ~
! Vaughn has speed change Of pace. con
troll, good breaks. a. rood repertoire ~ the
Tattled lie l. probably the most promis ina
young left handler IN the game to-day
/ but he has a fine physique and all thlnes
considsrsd comes nearer having the beet
/ Were ali the LEFT handlers thrown in the mar
ket none would command a bigger price
wil.ss Is yery Di sSS,i'sn ssss head SSs.
exceptional control and lots OF pluck.
tie 10 steady. a good man 20 send IN IN try-
/ far among the lei; handlers. With a more
/ rugged physaue he would be at the too q
than s n sSg Other lei, hsndsr %scept Vaughn.
/ but tends toward un-teadine~. ana moon
s,,,sn S3r c, IN s Abe, h S %oGs s MA sitS
! tendency toward being erratic. Sallse I.
another lef, handler with all the wrinkles OF
success and interfere. with HE innate KIN.
! Doc white Is one Of the hest left handers.
While and Wits. are cons ' SPURIOUS no, only
4 for good service hut for long service wash
L. sNn of f the ESSdinais and Mattsfn Of The
better With stronger. teams behind them;
s Mspa Michel ' Of q The cisyeIsnd. :
newcomer andivery promising krause, the
7 peatsd his success this year bu' may come
back There never vas a souihpaw Who
| " seymour. but fatal defect Wa lack Of
/ control
Tho of repeated argument that the
| National League lays over the American
| in catchers Isn't convincing whom one looks
| over the lists and leaves worlds series out
| OF the discussion u happened that the
| eiToitS In their Two series With the Cubs
and one with PhtsburE we're not a. strong
| behind tho bat a. their National League
| opponents. and that IL about all the ground
there - for asserting that the National
! League IL the stronger IA harkgtnp material
| There wasn't any National League su-
/ perioTity IN evidence when the Cubs PLAYED
the white SoN for the worid's championship
/ The soI had frSS' class catcher and king
| over the Detroit catcher " happened
tina, ben the cub" and Pirate. won The
| the bat than their American League rival.
hut that do~-n't mesn that the tmeriean
! League - shy II good catcher When boe-
sox heat the Cubs few YEAR, later there
wasn't any talk Of National League su-
In actual numbers the National League
has more good catchers Than he American.
IN the National Lessue has nothing op the
sest o.tchsr q the tmer,cana G,nson.
Phelps. Graham and Doom are the bee,
National League cAtrherS u y d9upiul
better ter than nm sSecney' CTiS.r. Sullivan.
street OF CarriEan. stanage and STEPHENS
are two more good men n she AMERICAN
improved vastly this year and Lapp OF the
same team has como M fast
In both leagues Hrs' place u conceded TO
the team that l. IN the lead and unless here
should he phenomenal spur' or tre-
mendous slump the hRht for second place
will he tho livelie~t feature from nov on.
when tho Giants went away last time n
looked ~ " they Were more likely to nntsh
third than second hut their chances for
sscond place have improved Their knock
down in chicago was black eye for remnant
hopes and while they are not o.t Of u yet
nobody hut the cubs Is being seriously
considered for frat place.
However. the q innt- have almost an even
chance for second place Most of their
remai ms work - to be done ~ home. and
InasmuCh ~ they have only Few games
iei, WIN nicsgn ahb ,,.w g. III sIom. ~
an even and lively clap TO the finish iseing
on the road u not IN itself 10 he conshered
Pirates ar VIGOROUSLY a strong ruad team.
aud away from their HON" 'ity. where he
fans set cold feet much more uutc ally Than
rlsew here and where 'hey eau forget abcn
the unrnllct for. unEfatctul treatment
handed out 10 their able loader, Fred Clarke.
the Pirates are quite likely 20 do better Than
at home STU b.-'RuSs ot the failure OF the
pitching stan they have ~ no time shown
the steady get there work of las year.
The Bianis game at all tins and are
barkesi up by more lOvaltv 10 Their own city
than the ptttsburxA receive At home
The Giants " ~ finish At least third. white
the HiEhianderr Will hsye to nght hard all
the NAy to finish a. good a. third and nGht
still harder 20 dni~h -~cond Right nov
FArrell's sandy team n making a stun night.
bat the bo~ton- are going ~ a Rreat pace
aud With no Indication ~ = letdovn IN their
gait They are hitting and their pitchers
are in form The Diet rOtts tor doubtless
Will ~ better at home In the closing weeks.
To tumble from first 10 fourth pla'r WOutd
he n humiliation Which they VIII try hard
- avoid aud that they have some night leit
Wa- show by the brace in philadelphia.
- here they we're spared on Nv the desire
to beat the Athletics even u there " a. no
hOn-s 81 catching them
buTink the recent -ereS with the West