Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-12
PHILADELPHIA IS A SCHOOL
 FOR BASEBALL PITCHERS Many Brilliant Mound Artists Hail
 from the Quaker City.

When it comes to the development of young pitchers, Charles Dooin. the Phillies' manager, must be awarded first honors. No team in the big lea gues has had so many star fingers in recent years. and all were raw recruits when they joined the Quakers.
 Alexander the Great heads the list, of course. He joined the Quakers in the spring of 1911 at Birmineham, Ala. He was a raw -boned lad, fresh from years experience in Scranton as an asset. Dooin and Pat Moran worked with him and today Alex is one of the greatest pitchers in the game
 George Chalmers became a member of the Quakers at the same time as was a wonder. Then his arm crack ed" and he lost his effectiveness. But the development of Chalmers into a star was a feather in Dooin's cap and the misfortune which weakened the arm of the finger cost the game a remarkable mound workman.
 Addison Brennan, southpaw, join ed the Phils in 1910, but he was a re- cruit then. After two campaigns un- der Dooin and Moran, with part of a season in Buffalo, Ad became one of the best left handlers in the game and his future was rosy. However, he listened to the Feds and last spring jumped to Chicago.
 Tom Seaton showed up at the Hot Springs, Ark, camp of the Phillies in 1912. He had a strong arm and wsei willing. but he was far from a finished pitcher. Dooin and Moran worked with Seaton from morning till night and when the 1912 season started, he jumped into the game immediately and made good. His work in 1913 stamped him as the best twirler in the leagueElMathewson not excepted Some batsn1en said he had as much "stuff" as Walter Johnson. However, Federal League last spring and the Brooklyn. Feds got the benefit Of the labor of Dooin and Moran.
 With Seaton and Brennan Feds and Chalmers arm virtually gone. Dooin started this season with only Alex ander of the great fingers he had de- veloped. But he did not quit. Erskine Mayer had shown promise in 1918 and this year he has developed into a wonder N orker. May CT, with the 1913 team behind him, would be almost as great finger as was Seaton.
 Ben Tincup, the Indian, has been coached every day until he is advanc- ing to stardom fast. Marshall, also gives promise of being big winner in another year. Oeschger, Mattison, Jacobs and Baumgardner all are pos abilities and out of that quartet Dooin and Moran expect to have at least two able performers in 1915. Rixey has the "stuf'', but for some reason he has not shown it this year.
 Look over the Quaker pitching corps rf the last five years. Then have a glance at the men who hurl for the s,..er blg league clubs. Where will you find a manager who has been so successful in the development of raw recruits? Remember. too, that never have they had a team the equal of the Athletics, Giants or other cham ,,s~rs hehind them Hats off to Dooin and his able assistant, Pat Moran.
 Do set the idea that these young r't rs erew in the bushes and merely are plucked by the scouts sent sste,s- y LOSS Dooin. True enough. all of them, possess some natural ability, out it is not the brand that baffses the Wagners, Dauberts and Zlmmermars . oe the National League slugging bri- gade. The recruit fingers have to be taught the art from the "A' of it on up.
 Go to the spring training camp of ihe Quakers There you VII find Dooin and Moran wearing a bigg mitt and stopping the curves of these raw fingers until their hands are swol- l-:, aad sore They begin afte. break fast and frequently they keep at it until sundown. The motions, the de- livery, the concealnent of the inten- all of these poines which mean go much in the success Of a big leaeue twi-ier. arc driiled into the stude..t until he goes through them in his sleep. And that is why Alexander, Ch1lmers Sefton, Brennan, and now Mayer, Tincup. Marshall and others have become or are bcconins star