The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-08-29
hat Il the Reason That IL vt
the 81 etrOit Players Are
Hurlers
AJOIE TALKS OF THE
VALUE OF GOOD FINGERS
1aior League Clubs Have Real.
y Had Comparatively Few
Topn0tchers

76rors have on their roster are pitch
FOR years the Detroit club has
- weak as to 1t spitching stan and
roGhaent Navin and Manager Jen'
~ have made up their mind that
1ochers they must have.
I'M pitchers are very, very hard 70
Il end get good. :,
Nonnleon Lajoie turned baseball
kilcsopher the other day and discuss
some of the difncultiee OF a base
~ magnate. Nap has never been
loobaIl magnate. but from his long
Dogfence a manager and player, he
1Hous whereof he speks just the
-
T-Iets of people thought Barney
1rryfus vas crazy when he paid
1aSoo for Marty O'Toole last faii.
nFkea IAjoie. Il don't know
hother Barney paid that much IN
rA or not, butt Marty comes
rnugh for Pittsburgh It was money
~ epout. II I were . club owner
VI Ma ! pitcher offered me that |
o1ntGlv knew would be star IN
~ ~ league, I don't think would
$3.50 q paying $4,000. 1t would
uomoy we'll spent, but doubt II
- club owners Will agree with me.
sDnf they spend the money just the
- q he effort without getting the
- p1kcher. When I came Cleve-
- aomers and Kufoyl had Addie
0a Ne had cost them nothing and
pr0vod TO be ono Of the best pitch
- and ball players the game ever
Nv. hut after they got Joss they
vootod : good deal more than $50.-
6osln pitchsrs, without getting anotn-
man the equal Of Joss. until Gregg
~ bought. See nay argument? The
1870 club owner will think nothing
1aying anywhere from $4,000 to $5.-
y apleoe for pitching recruits whom
h6Oos Will make good. Nine times
. ~ ten the. money II thrown away.
hf1o the tenth time he may get only
T51r pitcher. Ny contention Is that
No opportunity II presented. . cluO
49, ohOuld no hesitate about pay
kx ~ price for . star. He'll not
IyoaX6 money By not having to buy
M uecond rAter1, but he will
" mc0Is Il up 1t the gate.
&(2n hack through your memory. In
nne Cleveland has had two real
w pitchore Joss and Gregg. Chi
- hos had I'd Walsh. and Walsh
r boon the one man to keep the
Hl1o Gow ont Of the cellar. St Louis
n not lad any. Now York had Ches-
- and later on Russell ord. Phfla-
6lp&la had waddell. Plank. Bender
1 CooGnba Warrington has had
~ ono-Walter johnson, while Joe
Iood = the only one developed BY
oStOn. Cy Young and Bill Dinneen
|ofo HtAeS q Boston. but they were
knIU Stofoee they Joined our league.
II $500 With Addie Joss when he
~ thAt pitching was theb iggest
VI o. the game. II had had vean
Ter 20 work along with Addie back
11oo We would have played the
~ ~ the worlds pennant. but one
~ p1tcher rarely wins pennant.
Spot}n1ly II that star is q man who
DodD at least three days in between
~ gauneS.
HYes, sir star pitchers are mighty
MDorCe. You can 60 out and get the
ntAslders who can throw. bat and
IN bases; you can get the infelders
No can neld with a lot of speed and
& fairly web, but you have got to
b some to- dig up two great pitchers
two or three seasons, to say moth
1g Of In one year. No use talking.
nt Philadelphia was lucky when II
abbed Alexander and Chalmers the
emo season and got them cheap, at
bat.
You say the clubs owning the star
ltehors would not sell. Perhaps not.
ue II some Of the magnates were to
Rmp together the money they throw
NAY IN buying pitchers promiscuous-
4 ana were to offer 1t for one star
tcner, the magnate owning that
tcher would do lot of thinking be-
pfo ne turned down the offer"
SSeo Deaehey, q noted horse trainer
IL river died yesterday at Lexington