Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-07-19
NOW JUST What
DID GARRY MEAN?
Says Federal League Is
Keeping Chase and Mar
sans From Playing.
H T tt N G SOUTHPAW
Theory That Left-Handed Batter Can.
not Connect With SIantS of Port.
Side HurIers Appears to BE
Bunk.
(By Franak G.. Meenke.)

(By Franak G. Meenke)
Garry Hermann gave fandom some
thing to puzzle over when he remark
ed recently:
We are not restraining Marsons
and Chase from playing, but we are
trying to get these men to play. 1t
is the Federal league that is keeping
them from playing if anyone is"
A beautiful prize is being offered
to the first person who can figure out
just what CARRY meant by such a
statement. AS fandom viewed the
matter, Garry and his colleagues were
trying to do just what Garry says they
weren't trying to do. In other words,
CARRY and his gazing hustled into
court and asked the judge to please
do something SO that Chase and Mar
sans wouldn't be allowed to play.
At the time that Garry slipped such
a plea to the judge both Chase and
Marsons were playing ball and were
intent upon continuing in the past
time They would have continued if
it hadn't been for Garry and his
chums, whose plea to the judges was
answered. Thereupon, Chase and
Marsons quit cavorting on the-greens.
However, in the face of these facts,
Garry assures the populace that Eve
are trying to get these men to play"
To use the expression of one of the
cartooning persons-"Can you beat
it?"
There seems to be lot of bunk in
the idea that left-handed batters can
not hit the slants and shoots of
southpaw twirlers. Most of the big
league clubs carry an extra right
may send him against left-handed
twirler, but it seems a waste of
money.
Joe Jackson, iris Speaker, Ty Cobb,
Eddie Collins, Frank Baker, Sam
Crawford, Larry Doyle, Dave Robert
son, Frank Shuttle, Harry Hooper,
Jake Daubert, Bert Shotten, Gus
Williams and Fred Luderus are all
left handed hitters, yet they club The
offerings of southpaw pitchers with
as much frequency aand eclat as they
starboard twirlerS.
Tommy Leach seems to have been
overlooked by most of those who are
singing the praises of those who have
long lived in major league circles.
Wagner is now serving his eighteenth
term, Lajoine is in his nineteenth and
Matthewson is in his fourteenth.
Their achievements have been her
aided almost daily, but Leach, who is
playing his sixteenth season has been
passed by.
Tommy, playing in the Cub outfield,
is fielding and throwing with all the
skill and power thaht made him a
wonder ten or a dozen years ago. He
is clubbing the ball harder and safer
than in any of the other years of his
big league career, and if he main
tains the present clip he will lead not
only Lajoie and Wagner in the club
bling line, but has mighty fine
chance to top the National league
batsmen.
Leachs legs have gone back on
him a bit and he hasn't the marvellous
speed of ten years ago, but the pedal
trouble is not of a serious nature,
and even now he is as speedy as most
of the youngsters just breaking into
the game.
Owner Frank Farrell, of the Yam
KEGS. who recently purchased Birdie
Cree from the Baltimore lnternation-
ais. might make a master stroke If he
bought back a half dozen other play
ers that he released t othe minor
leagues during the past year. 1t seems
that most of the players that Farrell
let go signalized their escape from
the Yanks by at once becoming dem
on clouters. !.
Cree, who was pronounced "all in
by Farrell and Manager Chance.
dubbed 'em out TO ra 1853 average
while with Baltimore. Daniels, anoth-
or Yankee castoff, is hitting 1893 in
the international league, Derrick is
doing $3.50, Midkiff is hitting .313,
CHANNEL is over 800, Gilhookey is
around the 1920 mark and Whiteman
is connecting for $40. All these play
ers are in the International league,
which is one jump removed from the
majors.
half dozen other players that have
been released from the Yankees dur
ing the Chance regime have turned
right around and played like phe-
noms What's the answer? Didn't
Chance give them fair trial, or were
thew unble to play at their regular
gait because of the fright that comes
to every rookie that enters the big
leagues?
lack Martin now with the Phlllies
has heen on three big league teams
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