The Detroit times., 1912-09-16
|PITCHERS ARE NEARLY
ALWAYS POOR HlITERSi
Why? HERE'S A REASON
Jim Mcclure Says They Turn To
Pitching When They Find
They Can't Hit
vEACH A HURLER ONCE
Two Years Ago Our Latest Out
field Acquisition Thought
He Was a Pitcher
BIZ RALPH L. YoNKER.

BIZ RALPH L. YONKER.
.He must be a pitcher; he cant his
ne ball"
A hitting pitcher like George Mullin
- John Dubuc is a rarity. Russell
Tord "a the only pitcher In the Amer
ear league to hit 300 and he just
nIcks the mark with exactly that per-
why are pitchers almost always
roor hitters? ~
Jim Mcclure, Tiger scout, says that
11e OF the reasons Is that when base
r bail men Ind out that they cant be
<6od hitters they deyelope themselves
mo- bitches. glAnd, vice versa, when
f1,>v And that they can't be pitchers,
new make stab at developing them
elves into hitters and become out
+ 1elders.
veach. for instance, the new Tiger
c0thelder and slugger from Indiana
rolls. tried two years ago TO be a
pitcher. He found, however, that ne
. xas going TO be SO valuable as mt
fcr that he decided to give up the
1urling stunt. at which he could De
only mediacre, and give his attentIoh
~ the development OF his hitting.
The result has been that he has nit
himself into the big league with e3-
teIlent prospects of staying there.
yeach certainly has an arm that Is
<reat, ali right. He has shown IL In
1is pegs here. OF course, after using
a as he has for throwing from the
o1fneld, he has tossed away ms
finances OF becoming pitcher again.
Cashion, the big go pound pitcher
WITH the Nationals, Is a man whom
Clark Griffith tried to make into an
ouffielder. Cashion started In to hit as
N ne meant to be among those In the
400 class but ne failed 70 make GOOD
and Griffith returned him to the regu-
lar pitching stan,
Mcclure has found that good out
Ieiders are the players hardest TO
md. Some scouts have said that third
14semens or class are the greatest
rarities, but Jim finds the far garden
ers the scarce ones.
With the Nationals automatically
|nsf ahlesto tie the Red Sox, Mr.. Jinx
has failed all over himself In his effort
10 get them. He has a record today
hat makes his former achievements
Iook like one Of these thin Canadian
rIekels, plugged.
Three players otu Of the game with
injuries, two suspended indefinitely,
captain chased from the contest
With q suspension hanging over his
head, and the star outflelder suffering
nom hurt ankle-these are his vic
IN the early part Of yesterdays
anne Eddie Foster turned an ankle
hiding to second. He tried to stay
III the contest but had to retire. The
washington trainer, Mike Martin, says
that II will be several days before
ho can get back into the fray. Chich
Candil, the only first baseman on the
<riub, came incontact with big Sam
crawford at first and hurt his wrist
- badly that he had to quit. Henry
brew out his bum knee the first game
hcre and has been out since.
But there is more TO come. Just
bcfore today's contest started. tele-
rams were handed to Mcbride, in
charge OF the team, with the pleasant
information that Manager Griffith and
Germany Echaefer had been suspend
"a indefinitely for their run ins with
Connolly yesterday. Griffith was in
!. Cncinnau az the time the message
came.
TO add TO the horrible condition Of
Ne club. Mcbride lyet his temper get
Ne best OF his better judgment and
1rgued with Tommy, Connolly upon
1ccision that in no way effected the
NAL result OF the game.
II took Tommy long time to throw
cut the scrappy captain but he final
~ did It Mcbride protested when
Iorriden let the ball roll to the dug.
ont, Hart waved the man on third in,
md then after consulting with Connol.
NJ decided that he should score, While
|cBride was arguing Edgar Willett
ritched one ball TO warm up and the
washington captain exploded again
bout that. Connolly told him to beat
Every team In the American league
nut Philadelphia and Cleveland is idle
[o1ny. New York starts a three game
cries here tomorrow. s. "
Troy. the pitcher purchased from
11rian, made good impression upon
Ne first appearance here yesterday
{e is q great big fellow, which makes
|in look GOOD and he has lots of
&0ced and good control.
Troy looks to some OF the Tigers
themselves as the best OF the new.
/0mers whom they have worked be
Ind Most players are strong for big
I'tchers. They like the big ones who
|oh't have to pnt everything they
lave on every ball pitched. They like
~ big guys who have plenty OF re-
|6rye for pinch.
Troy suits this pattern.
He was pounded from the box yes
|fday, but the good opinion Of him
|ands nevertheless.
Hed Corridor, the $4,000 beauty,
|@bbed from Kansas City at high
rec % save him from the draft. Is
shining 10 make good on his tout
C6Frfnsh pulled on some classy field
NJ stunts both yesterday and the day
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