El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-27
Giant Scout Has New Cure For WiIdness
Twers Lacking Control VIII Pitch Through HOOpGOSp
About the Big League Players
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DAMON RUNY0N

he had no time for anything else. Be
sides, there were no recruits who by
any amount Of practice could have
come anywhere near the hoop
Control Is Main Essential.
It is RObbie's theory and the theory
Of all other baseball men, that a pitcher
with good control doesn't need much
Of anything else. Lack of control was
always Marquard's fault before he
finally acquired 1t, and lack OF con-
troll also threatened to hold Tesreau
back last season Robbie says Jeffs
fault was in not letting go of the ball
soon enough fear of not putting it
across the plate being responsible.
There was one yOungster with the
squad last spring who would have been
a wonder if he had had control This
was Hickory" MunSeQ, who had an
enormous amount of natural stuff but
no idea of what to do with it. McGraw
sent him to Buffalo, and Buffalo sent
him to Sacramento, where he started
out to astOnish the natives, but got
hurt
George Pierce, the left handler who
startled the New York State league
last season and who gets another trial
with the Cubs, was also shy on con-
troll, and there was apparently some
thing about both Pierce and MunSeIl
that convinced McGraw they would not
get command of their stuff soon
enough to answer his purposes. So they
went to the minors
With J. J. McGraw at present quar-
tered in New York, Saskatchewan as
not such bad place for Monseer Rec
shard de Marquis de Marquar' to hold
out in, at that.
Getting fined for speeding does not
admit Mr.. Mathewson to membership
in the New York Giants Alimony,
Breach of Promise, and Assault and
Battery Defendants association, but it
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Hughey Jennings, the actor, is also
the manager of the Detroit Tigers, who
are not holding out In recognition Of
their loyalty he is going to give all
three letters OF recommendation if they
fail to prove Of big league caliber.
Speaking OF the St Louis Browns,
whatever, they may disappoint those
who are talking Of rejecting them to
the position they held for several terms
up to the time of their defeat last sea-
son through local chicancery. George
StOVall has SHARED g flock of unusually
promising recruits, and his pitching
staff includes three or four youngsters
who may turn out to be the sensations
Of 1913.
Baumgardner, Allison. Weilman and
Hamilton all displayed flashes of great
ability last year, and many baseball
men declare that Hamilton is the best
left handler in the American league, rot
barring the veteran Plank, or the great
Gregg.
StovaI will probably play first, with
Pratt-a fine young player-at second,
Bobby Wallace or Balenti at short and
Austin at third Balenti is an indian
who has been up before and is about
due He hit .2SS for Chattanooga in
the Southern league last season.
His outfield viii probably be com
posed Of Shotten, a player who approx
mates greatness; Brief who hit 80 in
Is games with the Browns last season,
and 1858 in the Michigan State, and
Patterson, a recruit from Oakland, OF
the Pacific Coast league. McGraW was
after this fellow, and he says his re-
ports Indicate that he is a good man.