Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-08
SWAN PROBABLY THE WILDEsT TWIRLER IN THE GAME.
Has Terrific Speed, But No Control
 Plays With Tinker's Outlaws.

Any pitcher who can strike out g batters in nine innings and fan 133 uniformed athletes in 10 games, giving him an average of 13 for each game, ought to make Walter Johnson. Ed Walsh, Larry Cheney and their like quit the business and go driving milk wagons
 Manager Tinker has such man ca vorting around in a Fed uniform. His name is Harry Swan. and he comes from Pittsburgh, where he learned to throw his smoke ball.
 Harry accompanied the Ohifeds on their training trip to Shreveport That is, he arrived there a couple of days late. Tinker signed him on March ', the day before the special train was to Pittsburgh and get his glove and camera and report along about Thurs day of the next week
 Standing six feet and something as straight as an arrow, young and with powerful shoulders, Manager Tinker gave him the several times over and then watched the newcomer warm up. Jimmie Block was the first man to act as receiver for Swan, and the latter cut loose with steam that made the ball sing as it cut it's way through the at mosphere- It hit the ground some, feet in front of Block, and the former White Sox backstop lodged.
 Tt slipped" said Swan.
 Then he wound up and cut another one loose. The grandstand is about 50 feet from the diamond The ball land- ed in the upper rows.
 You've got some control all right, said Block, as he picked another ball out of the big yellow bag and tossed it to the newcomer.
 Block was a bit overweight when he
 reached the camp, but he lost several pounds before Swan had worked ten minutes.
 Tom Seaton, Ad Brennan and Claude Hendrix kept their weather eye on the big fellow. Tinker had intimated that he would make them go some to keep l their names before the public. Say, that fellow held the Strikeout | record in 1912" said Tinker to Hen dirk, and Claude took another look. Just then Swan threw fast one. Be- tween the diamond and the grandstand there Is a race track and several step pers were being given their morning workout. One was just passing as Swan cut loose The ball cleared the | fence and narrowly missed the drivers | head, landed against the rail on the | far side and bounded back down the | race track some 70 feet
 Art Wilson was instructed to look the new man over and see if he could find | out what ailed him. See here. young 1 fellow. you're trying to put too much f speed behind that ball." said Art as he | walked over and spoke to Swan. Now | take it easy and throw a few slow | ones until you get your distance ln- | crease your speed gradually You've got i everything but control. Work on that | Now. let's try it all over again | Swan was a good listener. He began tossing them slowly and Art was talk | ing them in sort of lazy fashion be- | cause the days work was nearly ended i and he had been given a severe test | with half a dozen other twirlers.
 Now, shoot one over and see what | an improvement you will show, salc | the former Giant catcher. Swan obeyed | Manager Tinker complained or losing l A great many balls while on the tram | ing trip One of them was the one | Swan cut loose with. Wilson never 1 turned round to see where it went He | just started for the clubhouse, for tho 1 days work was over Swan colored uI 1 A bit and said it slipped.
 Next day it rained and the players i were forced to work in the big colise- | urn There was plenty of room in there | for the pitchers to warm up, ana th'
 four eatchers were working with them
 two to a man. Swan was on the out 1 side. It was a dirt floor and the place l was boarded up. The horse shows were l given here and this made a regular ! track. The reserved seats were around the circle Swan let one slip and 1t hi
 the wall and had so much speed on i
 that the marble just kept on go1nt
 around bounding here and there. unti
 he had peIted Zeider, Zw1lling and Ma
 Fisk. the latter standing opposite th'
 strikeout king.
 Be careful, there, old boy; don't kill
 any of our promising players" yelet
 Tinker.
 Tinker then went up on the landing