El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-07-07
: EW YORK. July 7.-Everybod

= EW YORK, July Every DOQA
seems to be entered in the
= grand little guessing contest
What's the matter with Walter John
SOM And nearly everybody has a
different hazard.
Some thing that Walt has hit the
chutes-that he isn't what he ulster be
as a pitcher, and that he'll never come
back They figure out that Walt has
been on the firing line for about eight
years and doing so much firing that
he's run out Of ammunition-and that
he's through
Others think that Waits just a bit
worked out-that he's having an off
year as is the case with most ball
back next year with the same stuff as
Another faction thinks that Walt is
going 10 hook up with the Feds next
Indifferent about what he does this
year. They point out that Walt has
been promised a huge salary by the
Feds next year. no matter what he
does in the pitching line this year
and, therefore, he's Just taking things
easy.
Larry Cheney, of the Cubs, seems to
be a curious mixture of cOntrOl-and
lack OF it Larry has given more
bases on balls than any pitcher in the
National league. and has struck out
more men than any Of his rivals. How
do you dope it? When he's good, he's
very, very good, and when he's bad
he's awful
Some of our little gOlfing experts"
have just discovered the Ito them)
startling fact that Larry NerdOn is
one of the worlds greatest golfers
If these fellows horned their way into
baseball it's a cinch bet that before
1914 Fhnvr'd n the r0mH1U sim that
Ty Cobb was pretty good batter IN
his day
Christy Mathewson, Of the Giants,
in addressing a crowd Of schoolboys,
said, in giving advice anent the art
Don't be too anxious to throw
curve Some Of the best curve pitch
ers I have known were never able to
make the big leagues. The reason
was that they could never attain
control In pitching control is every
thing.
Most young pitchers attempt a
round arm delivery because il per
mits them to put more on THE ball
/ would advise You to keep to
straight overland delivery. Never mind
If the opposing batters do make hits
off you. 1t won't be long before you
viii have such control that you can
place the ball where You want to and
begin TO outguess the batters."
Dutch Uncle" writing in the Min
neapO1s Journal, ramnied the nail on
the ton, when he penned the following,
some days back, concerning the SQUAD
Bile between the Feds and organized
baseball
The general public is goinp to see
the winning ball teams or the ball
teams showing the dash or the speed
or the most class The organized
bases need not think any one is go
ing to follow organized teams
out Of any sentiment It Isl a
business and amusement proposition,
and the crowd will go where the best
show is offered It is a fight wherein
cash is fighting cash with cash for the
winner and no cash for the loser. No
great or vital principles are involved.
II is merely one set of professional
athletes in competition for coin with
another set equally ravenous.
And in the meanwhile tennis DoIO
golf and the amateur sports are max
ing tremendous inroads."
It wouldn't be q bad plan for Ban
johnson to stop wasting time making
absurd and caustic remarks about the
Federal league and devote his time to
the affairs IN his own league. They
certainly demand somebody's atten- !
ton.
There are two or three teams in 1
the American league that need I
strenSthening-and need It immediate !
~ for the good Of the game. One Of Z
nose teams Is the Yankees. If they
had a real ball club here they would /
outdraw every other city in the Amer /
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