El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-12
Leralds
Waste Much
Energy in w arm
Arms Feel Good.
By SAM CRANE.

followed by all managers and catch
ers in general
1t is a very bad system. 1t must
necessarily be So There is no pitcher
who ever lived, who, if his arm feels
great" viii not cut loose more speed
than he ought to and continue longer
than is best for his strength and
stamina, unless he is called down and
warned thai he is going dangerously
far But who IS to give them the
warning, or who does, rather?
Robinson Recognizes Fault.
L have seen coach WiIbert Robinson
once in a while shout to a pitcher,
That's enough, what do you want TO
do. pitch yourself Out2' But unfOrtu-
nately il is not Robbie who does the
warm up job with the pitchers who
are to work in a game. He is usually
busy in trying out some youngster, and
manager McGraw is batting to the in
fielders.
ing their pitchers what to do, and
then again two catchers work with
one pitcher and therefore fail to ap-
preciate how much their pitcher is
doing. 1t is safe to say that more
pitchers have been knocked out Of the
box by reason Of OTerwOrking them
selves prior to a game than from being
out of condition otherwise
This is the opinion held by Jack
Lynch the pitcher OF the old Nets,
WashingtOns, BuffalOes and other
clubs in the early days Of the game
and who was one OF the most famous
boxmen in the country and contempt
raneOuS. too with such cracks as Rad
bourne. Keefe, Welch, Burlington,
John CIarksOn, Mullane and others
Lynch probably has the record of
pitching more games in one day and
winning them all than any other
Washington, then an unattached club,
he pitched three games in one day
At Fall River, Mass, in the morning
of a Decoration day; at l o'clock IN
Taunton, and at Providence, R l., at +
in the afternoon. 1t is needless to
remark that Lynch did little warming
up before any Of the trio OF games,
and he did not believe in much OF it
when he had but one game to pitch.
Worked Every other Day.
Lynch, in speaking of the prelim-
mary practice OF pitchers, said:
When Tim Keefe and L were pitch
ing for the Nets in 1884, we were the
only pitchers with the club and we
had to work every other day and pos
sibly that is the reason why We did
not feel like warming UP too long and
hard, but even with pitchers Of the
present day who are asked to work
only twice a week at the most, all
that is necessary is for them to work
enough to be sure they are stretched
enough ont Of the necessary sup
pieness. There is no need OF get
ting Up the big sWeats- that pitchers J
seem to think they require nowadays. |
OF course, we oldtimers loved the good 1
old sweat the same as pitchers do now, |
but we would not OvereXert ourselves /
TO get before game, to that extent !
that it would weaken US.
Il have watched Tesreau and Mar
guard warm up before games at the /
Polo grounds this past summer when /
I felt like calling them down myself. !
Let y
self when he is pitching, anyhow. He /
has tearing, wearing delivery and
Deing a big fellow he works himself ?
much more than pitchers with a
smoother action
On hot day. such as I saw him
warm up, and the way the perspira- I
ton poured off him, ne must have been !
pretty nearly all in before the game /
work in the first few innings Of
couple of games 1 well remember.
Waste Of Energy.
'Tn the ten minutes of warm up 4
work q pitcher who works fast, as /
most Of them do now, will pitch nearly |
as many balls as he may be called on 1
to use during an entire game, and he \
In my opinion it cannot help but be a 4
most needless and dangerous waste Of 1
energy It is bound to be-
Again, I have noticed that the other /
players, besides the pitchers, work too 1
much before a game. It is all well /
enough to have speed to burn and give /
a lightning fast exhibition Of prelim- /
mary fielding for the benefit Of the 4
spectators, but when that period is 1
over the players should take a short /
rest before the game begins; but no, /
they are out doing their lively stunts /
that must sap their stamina and take /
all the ginger and good old pep out Of =!
them"
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