Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-11-11
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all the praise he received; but a
pitcher In that series who. in my opin.
ion, has been a little sighted is Dick
Rudolph. To my mind. perhaps be-
cause it is pitchers mind. his per
fermance was quite as wonderful as
Gowdy's. r.
Rudolph is small for pitcher in a
BIG league-in fact. so small McGraw
was prejHdiced against him when he
was with the Giants for n short time,
because Mac" likes them sizey. How.
ever, McGraw knew Rudolph was a
good pitcher then, and he probably
would have hung on to him if he had
not had SO many pitchers around his
club at the time that a player could
not throw his bat away without en-
dangering one. - r.
Rudolph Student Of Game.
When Rudolph was turned back to
the minors and appeared with the To.
ronto club he realized ne must make
up for his lack Of size in some way,
so he went to work to make care.
full study of the pitching business.
He has the best head OF any pitcher
In baseball. believe He never
throws the ball until he knows where
he is throwing It. After the season
with Toronto Rudolph put Il up to
Kelly, the manager.
81 want to go up to the big leagues"
he told Kelly.
Suppose they don't want your" an
swered Kelly
81 can make good In the big show
now, and IL ! cant then want to quit
baseball and take up plumbing or
something sensible"
Kelly put 1t up to McGraw. Mac
still had q good supply or pitchers on
hand. But about this time George
Stallings put In a bid for Rudolph.
and McGraw waived his claim and the
young pitcher from the Bronx started
to work to make good IN Boston
Found Bakers Weakness.
/ Perhaps RudblDh's most remarkable
performance in the worlds series was
The manner In which he handled the
batters on the Athletics. With Fred
Mitchell. the veteran coach Of the
Boston pitchers, he watched the Ath.
letics play just one game before he
faced them the final game of tho
American league season in Philadel.
phia. Particularly Rudolph matchsd
RakeE,
II think I've GOT hss weakness,
Mitch. announced Rudolph to Mitch
I'll. "He hits Ike Tim Jordan. and.
tcn know. played en- the same club
with Tim He could not hit q slow
BALL on the inside corner He used
to take those and let the umpire call
them strikes. I'll try Baker on a
slow one inside.
Rudolph did and got away with It.
Baker will pull q ball on the outside
Eof the plate to right field, the Phila.
tielphia slngger batting from the left
side OF the plate. The young tWiFler
from the Bronx kept edging that ball
over on the inside corner Of the plate
and had Baker popping up fouls or
short flies.
I The day OF the first game went
down on the Boston bench before the
contest started. Rudolph said to me:
IF walk every man that faces me.
] won't give them a good ball to hit "
outpuesses the sattefs.
He didn't, and ne constantly out.
guessed their batters besides All the
Boston pitchers had been warned
against giving Schang fast ball, since
Stallings was well acquainted with
the Athletics' catcher's weakness on
slow ones. They sIow-balled this bird
to death, but Rudolph has told me-
since that he slipped over two fast
ones on him.
They were for third strikes and he
took them beth declared Rudolph
Not in a boastful way, for he is mod
est in the extreme. Rudolph said Of
McInnis after the series:
4 would like to pitch against nine
men like him every afternoon He
can only hit a ball to one field. and II
you keep the bali on the outside o.
the plate he viii never hit Il safe.
He won't hit ali those on The inside,
either. but he Is liable to bust one and
blow the bali game.
/. have token this opportunity to-
show the fans OF the country what
great pitcher Rudolph Is IN my esti-
nation. His skill ID working those
Philadelphia batfers was remarkable.
because hls ~stu1 Is not wonderful.
II batter knew when his fast ball
was coming he could bust It almost
every time but Rudolph keeps slop-
ping up those slow sDft<efg and curves
and then works n q fast one when be
has the batters hanging on their tees
% time the slow one.
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