The Detroit times., 1914-08-26
Great Little Pitcher With q
Great Head Ii the Boston
Clubs Big Card
CONSISTENCY is HIS
MOST VALUABLE ASSET
Give Him Four Runs a Game and
He'll Win Nearly Every
One of His Contests
BY RALPH L. YONKER.

1 BY RALPH l.. FONhEh.
Detroit fans can probably get the
beat idea OF Dick Rudolph, the DIG
card IN the Stallings deck In the Ma
tional league, from George Dauss.
Huxhie Jennings jewelled little right
handed pitcher.
Rudolph and Dauss are different IN
4 many ways. of course. but there are
) many points OF similarity between
them. Both are small men as pitchers
{ a. the big leagues go now. A man
under SIX feet in height and under ITO
A pounds In weight Is considered small
\! by big league managers II he aspires
to be- pitcher.
The Boston Brave Is SO small that
r he Il generally known ~ Little DICK
Rudolph."
LIE Dauss, Rudolph's success has
.,xlepended upon consistent good pitch
let rather than OF brilliant streaks.
Neither George nor Dick has ever
Sitched . major league no-hit game.
1nch has come within two or three
hlts OF Il several times.
ss3lve Rudolph four runs game and
Ma1l win almost every one. That
&vos what his manager, George Stall
1ngs. said OF the young fellow early
I'M year. His record has proved
9tnIlfngss statement. In only seven
"a the 81 games that he has taken part
IN would four runs scored by his team
ntes been insufficient for victory.
kAnd In one OF theSe four runs would
hnve been enough for q tie score.
Little Dick generally manages TO
hold his opponents down TO three
unS. Very often he permits them
1only two. Once In while he man
Inres to hold them down to one. But
only three times this season has he
rocured q shutout. He isn't OF the
6fxofic order, the kind of pitcher who
|nfx1kes out dozen men In one game
nd takes to the showers In the first
<{nning Of the next.
Rudolph IL said to rank next to
s Christy Mathewson In ability to con-
6erve his strength. He uses his head
|fo relieve his arm. Probably this &C
6ounts In large part for the fact that
ko Is always scored upon. When he
X has 4 safe lead he doesn't try to throw
q ne ball past the batsman all the time
hui he lets them hit and leaves part
oS the defensive game to be played BY
Hi eight comrades.
Through April and May Rudolph
Ifdnt amount to much az twirier.
Ne lost about as many games as he
fon. In June he began to pick up
ana he won more and lost fewer gaines
hon before. On July he began q
Winning streak that wasn't broken
until Sunday when the Cubs found
i'm easy. They cut his string when
~ had pulled It out to eleven vic
ofies
Rudolph's steadiness Is indicated by
16o small amount of unearned trans
D0rtation he issues on the base on
bo1ls and hit by pitched ball routes.
Dince he began his winning streak
only twice has he given more than one
&ooe on balls In game and In none
Nh he hit q batsman. He walked four
tofomen In one game, two IN another
Ind one each In six. In Ave he re-
kQDed to pass man.
Rudolph Is a great credit to Stall
ltHn. The Boston manager took him
nkker he had been cast on by Muggsy
1Io0raw and used him at Buffalo for
= time. When Stallings became man
16ef Of the Braves he brought Rudolph
x1th him.
EAeY TO PICK
NOW
lt h easy to pick the Athletics as
Winners Of the worlds series this fall
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