Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-21
EXPECT ANOTHER
FINE YEAR FOR LEE
Veteran SOuthpaw Always
Shows His Best Form in
Hot Weather.
STRONG FOR HOT SPRINGS
tFrOm stan Correspondent Of the New
ark Evening Starl


AUGUSTA, Ga, March 21.-There is
one youngster with the Tigers this
spring who is not burning the catch
ers' tender palms through their thick
mits, Neither is he boasting about
what he will do. This preeocious IN
fant is of the southpaw type and in
his time has done quite a few things
of note. For instance, last year he
won something like twenty-five games
and lost nine, for percentage of no.
He was tied for fifth place honors
with Dave Roth, the Baltimore spit
Taller, drafted by the White oox.
Wyatt Lee is the name of this infant
prodigy who has been pitching the
baseball for fifteen years in profess
sIonal baseball and, Judging from his
physical makeup, he IS equipped to
pitch for fifteen more years, II his
wing holds good
Last Years Record Looked Coed.
WyatCs record last season was a
thi,ly of joy forsany manager TO be.
hold in such troublesome times as
these, when the Federal Leaguers
have turned things topsy turvy and
added % the ponderous burden which
rests on a managers shoulders. The
records show that Wyatt was the iron
man opbtiAEeAn Vi tic iNti5u 6s Aleih Nv
been a few years younger, he surely
would have been grabbed off as were
AitchisOn, Quinn and Roth. In fact,
the only man ahead of Lee who did
not go up was Johnny Enzman, and
Johnny's stiff wing was the cause of
his failure IT, advance. Lee heaved
The sphere over the plate in thlrty-siX
games, in which he pitched PSI and 2-3
innings. He had a wonderful record
for CONTROL naGGinfr nFfu
men and hitting ten. AS a rule a
left-hander hits more batters than
right flanders. AS the dope shows,
BAILEY and Jameson each hit nearly
a score apiece, so Lees ten target
shots are no discredIt. The reasons
for left-hander hitting more men
than a north paw" are manifold
For one thing, the right handed bat
ters are not so fearsome of stepping
in and taking a tap from a left-hand-
er's curve ball Another is that left
handed batters, not being used to
facing southpaw pitching, find ii hard
To duck and the pill often grazes their
shirts.
While we are looking over Lees rec
ord we discover that it was Lee, more
than the Newark team, which won
his own games, for Wyatt allowed
just a tritle worse than two runs per
game. "A twirler who can hold the
enemy down TO less than three tallies
per contest is rated highly, not in
Bradstreets or Dunn's, but In the
good old Spalding or the Reach guide.
Lees Future.
Having delved into the past we will
now take a little prospectus on Lees
future. OF course there is always a
chance of u man going wrong, but
there are indications this year that
faVtI1 4, Il
First of all, Wyatt generally requires
warm weather to get going. Realiz-
ing that Lee would be needed more
than ever this year, Harry Smith
gave him permission to train at Hot
Springs, in order that he might get
the jump on old Sol and not have to
wait until the Wea Their got warmed
up before his offerings began to siz-
zle and sputter over the plate in
proper atyle. Lee knows how to train
TO satisfy his owing requirements. He
reported underweight this year at
Columbus, owing to his workout at
Hot Springs. Wyatt says II he had
ball club, he would wait until three
weeks previous to the opening of the
league season and spend all OF his
money in training his squad at Hot
Springs
Poor Start In 1911.
Lees worst year while a Tiger was
in 1911, the year the Tigers trained at
Lakewood. Wyatt had no chance to
get in condition and he did not get
going until late in the year. Even
then he was ready as usual to go in
cold and save games for other pitchers
for which he got no credit. Wyatt is
10 busher, but he watches his record
and keeps tabs on the scorers. He
figures every game won means some
thing in his pocket when he signs the
following season and he has just
about the right dope.
Nothing need be SAID Of Lees style
of pitching Wyatt is noted for be-
ing the brainiest sOuthpaw in the
minor leagues. He himself taught
Raleigh Aitchison how to throw a
-fadeaway that Raleigh had never
been able to master until he Joined
the Tigers. Raleigh was always will
ing and ready to listen TO Lee, for
10 pitcher knows more about bat
ter's weakness than our own Wyatt.
He can sit down and reel off the line
ups OF the entire International League
last season and tell just about how he
would mix them up for the different
batters in different exigencies. If
Wyatt wanted to make some money
he could compile a dope book that
would be worth a whole lot to new
pitchers, and old ones, too, In the In
ternational League circuit Yes, sir
wyatt looks Just as good as ever this
spring and gives promise of getting
away to a better start than usual
Just watch him in that first series
against Rochester a few weeks from
now.