Evening journal., 1914-07-31
FABER IS Pitching
FIND OF Season
Youngster Expected to be
Successor OF Walsh as
Teams Best Rescuer
INTO THE BIG
LEAGUE BY CHANCE

CHICAGO July 31.-Who's Urban
Faher?
Where did Comiskey get himgp
What's the strong point about this
recruit that makes him .effective?"
These were some of the queries
fired at baseball men travelling with
the White Sox on their recent tour
( Of the eastern cities.
oh yes; Faber's the youngster
who pitched before the king Of Eng
land vas an oft repeated sentence.
especially in New York, where the
Giants have advertised the world tour
extensively
Ihere IS something about Faber
that attracts attention al once when
lie has pitched few balls to batters
OF various degrees of prowess that
makes fans and scribes ask questions
about him. The reason for this ls
patent Faber really shines among
cluster Of the most brilliant Sian
stars in the game
AS rescue pitcher for the Sox
tnls season Faber has succeeded I'D
walsh and has saved SO many games
that ne has attracted the attention of
pahepall men all over the big leagues.
flsures show the remarkable win
nlng streak of the White Sox was due
largely TO the work OF this young
slab giant, who came out OF the west
70 help make Commy's pitching STAFF
the greatest collection of mounders
in captivity.
some eastern scribes started tho
old racket that Faber was being over
worked, but an inspection Of tbe
neures shows there is no foundation
for this charge
The figures show that Faber has
all the qualifications 10 make an ideal
rescuer and with a light hitting team
even the greatest pitchers in the
world need to be rescued occasion
ally. The White Sox nave nrovad
ms contention many times this sea-
son.
Less than one earned run per pano
was made off Faber in the eastern
series. In the last six weeks he has
failed only once to rescue A slabmsn
when the Sox had a chance Ia win
and he has saved many contests for
Chicago ~
Urban c. Faber was norm senten,-
Der on a farm near Cascade IA III
began to pitch when IA wears old He
attended Sacred Heart school ~
Prairie du CHEN. Wis. when "a rabe,.
played on the school nine nitcbin.
playing at short and catching Alton"
ded st. Josephs College Dubno,a
~, tnree years. playing ball there
pa'olil1g ~ most OF the time, and when
o., gsais oid went to the Bayless
BUSINESS College, Dubuque.
Faber was with Pittsbureh rons
enough for cup of coffee, he saws.
~ lsli' ana was sent TO MINNEAPOLIS.
Dut injured his arm and was sold To
Sepio' owned at that time by Frank
ispe!i' former star of the White Soy
When isoell transferred his hold
ihes ne took young Faber with him
ana y was while member of the
pes MONIES club, in which Comiskev
Is interested. that the work of this
young player attracted the attention
Of the scouts.
Il was a freak Of chance that made
Faber a big league star. Christi,
Mathewson told McGraw he could moi
accompany him on the world tour
faoer pitched against the world
tourists in the west and Il was mutu-
any agreed that he was the proner
person to fill Matty's shoes on Inc |
globe circling trip. So we'll did Faber
perform for the Giants that Comiskev
ana Callahan decided they had dis
covered another remarkable pitching
specimen. Many batters IN tbe I
American league have become ac- /
quainted with Faber, TO their sorrow
he has one of the most puzzljng
curve balls in the game, a good snit7 /
pail plenty Of speed and superlative
nerve TO pitch in the pinches.
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