The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-21
NO PHENOMS ON
DETROIT STAFF
Tigers Lack Young Hurler on
Club m Class with Products
Of Other Teams.
HALL TOPS THE PITCHERS
Locks to Be the Best Recruit Finger
IN Jsslinss Grew, but b No
Ssasafion.
HALL TOPS THE PITCHERS
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Its Boehling. Chicago has its Russell,
New York has its Heating, and Cleveland
has its Falkenberg.
Yes. and Philadelphia has its Bush.
St Louis has its Leverenz and Boston
has II Mosley and Foster.
But Detroit has no recruit pitcher to
whom the fans can turn and say. There
is the pride Of Detroit; there 10 the
apple OF our eye
Last year the Tigers had the great
est recruit pitcher of the year, Jean
Dubuc, who showed American League
batsmen a change of pace such as never
had been seen before in the big leagues
since the time of Clark Griffith. While
ISt Louis broke into the honor list with
tBaumgardner and Wielman. yet the Ben
tgal youngster was the real pitching find
of the season.
Tigers Are Lost.
But this year. while four Of the Ameri-
can League clubs have real sensations
among their new hurlers and three of
them have men who give promise Of he
ing snsations shortly, Detroit is snubbed
by the goddess who disposes. of her
favors in the way OF pitching gems
Not that the Tigers may not have
Just as good pitchers as young Boehl-
III,
called the greatest youngster who ever
broke into the big tent. but IL they have
the pitchers have not as yet had the
good fortune TO show themselves
Mark Hall leads the youngsters in the
percentage column. But Hall is no SEN
sation. He has not stirred up the fea-
ture writers of the American League
cities. me fans still have to inquire his
name of each other after the megaphone
work-a day hurler. but no wonder.
George Dauss has always been picked
as the gem of the kids by the Tiger
veterans. Dauss seems to be a great
pitcher in the East and a mediocre one
in the West. The Western climate
seems to affect him. Besides. Dauss
has been Ill part of the time. and had
hard work getting his arm in shape.
Illncss Hurts Housc.
House has given promise OF being a
winning pitcher. but illness has butted
in upon him at inopportune times, and
illness in his family has caused him a
lot of worry. so that he hasn't shown
himself to be another Dubuc.
Zamloch has had both illness, sore
arms and bad baseball luck to COM
bine to stick him OF at the bottom of
the percentage column OF Tiger pitch
ers.
Among the stars of other clubs men,
TONED. Boehling. of the Nationals, is
attracting the greatest amount of at
tention now. Boehling has a percent
age of 1000. He has taken part in is
games, won nine and lost none.
Russell a Wonder.
Tex Russell of the White sox.- has
been acclaimed as the greatest recruit
ever taken up from the minors, which
is some acclaim. He is a big. unedu
Gated southpaw, who can't read Brown
ing with enjoyment. but can put all
kinds of stun on the ban. Consequently
he is due for a salary. of fifteen or
twenty simeleons a day next season
while the lover OF Browning will in
struct our youth in the vagaries OF the
English language again for eighty in a
month. But that's another story.
Heating hasn't much of a record in
the statistics, but Frank Chance says
he's a wonder. and many others say
he's a second Ed. Walsh at his best.
Falkenberg. Of course. isn't young
ster. but he's a recruit even though he
be a comeback.
Bush of Philadelphia, teammate last
year OF Carl Zamloch in Missoula, is
showing well for Mack. Leverenz, II
he pitches right along for the Browns
the way he worked against the Tigers
here, is going to be a wonder, and Nose
ley and Foster. of Boston, are touted
as great hurlers.