The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-28
TACT HELPS PITCHERS
Managers Like Mack, Who Use
Strategy, Get Best Results

man Get chance to start game. Only
a complete reversal of form on the part
OF some of the regulars, or unexpected
lpJurIes, ever gave one OF the sub
stitute twirlers a chance to hear the
umpire announce his name as the
pitcher before the start Of the game
Relief duty was about all that was
expected from the second-striug heay-
crs
Nowadays very few managers cling
to the theory of working the pitchers
in regular turn. If a manager happens
TO have four great stars on his staff
he naturally gives them the prefer
encc, but usually shifts their turn so
that their work will show 30 the best
possible advantage. Winning ball games
is the goal of every club leader. He
always seeks TO attain sucb an end, and
9-toS victory IN n sloppy exhibition
boosts his managerial stock more than
y l-to-0 defeat IN an extra.iuniug game.
Defeat in brilliant eatra-iuuing game
simply means a waste of so much pitch,
ing energy of the best grade, victory
in poor exhibition simply means that
so much poor twirliug has been put to
the best possible use,
Few managers have been more sue
cessful than Connie Mack, and 7 know
Of no leader who iuggles his pitching
staff more than the silent general Of
the Athletics. During his highly sue
cessful career as leader OF the Chicago
White Sox Fielder Jones was constant
" forced to depend on strategy rather
than strength to return his club the
winner. Much Of the strength Of his
club was in his pitching staff. No man,
ager could have got better results from
that staff than did Jones. No manager
made so many changes IN his twirling
arrangement, It was well known fact
that YOU could never tell who was GO
ing TO pitch for the Soy. although you
always had an idea that it would be
Walsh
There is no getting away from the
fact that Jones was wonder when it
came, TO getting every bit Of ability
possible. not only out of his pitchers,
bus out Of every other member of the
SQUAD. He always seemed to know when
the derrick should be used on falter.
ing twirler. He invarisble selected the
proper spot to insert pinch hitter. and
! fortune usually smiled on him, for the
pinch hitter came through in q great
majority of the cases. He never ap-
peared 20 be caught mapping by having
some pitcher who had been workip9 2
fine suddenly blow up. II always seemed
ss if Jones had pitcher all warmed
| up ready to take mp the burden
Ei Walsh. the great spitball pitcher
or the Chicago team. is an f'iron man -
| when il comes to standing work. The
spitball is supposed 10 be very weak.
euing on the arm, but il never seemed
to have any bad effect on Walsh. Since
Jones left the Chicago team Walsh has
done lot of work for Comiskey, but /
seriously doubt il any manager will
ever get the work out Of him that
Jones did. II seemed as If Walsh work ed
a whole or part Of every game in 1906.
when she Sox won the pennant after
q bitter struggle. Any time you looked
at box score Of Chicago game yo,l
could usually see the name Of Walsh
at the bottom of the box score. If
the name happened TO be missing YOU
could rest assured that Walsh spent
most Of the afternoon warming up so
as to be ready TO take up the burden
Of any wavering HEAVIER,
While it is not generally know, Field.
er Jones was responsible for The adop.
tion of Section 3 of Rule 80. by the
men who look after tho playing code.
That section roads as follows;
/ In event of the pitcher being taken