El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-12
S0UTHPAN|S ARE FALLING DOWN;
TEAMS SHOW EFFECT Of SLUMP
Most of Big Run Totals and Hitting Records This Season
Have Been Made Against eft Handed Pitchers, Who,
For Some Reason Have Been Unable to Deliver;
Few Southpaws Are Delivering the Goods
By MONTY.

Z FEW YORK. June always
M more or less inconsistent Great
- ures, taken as a lot the south .
paw pitchers are less dependable this
year than any other time in the last
decade At least they have Travelled
the rockiest sort Of a road thus far
in their journey. Nearly all the pig
run totals and the hitting records 1f
the year in the two big leagues have
been made against left handlers. to say
nothing Of long strings Of bases on
balls 1nterspersed with wild pitcnss
and hit batsmen- 1t is possible, q
course, that the port wings VIII lose
some Of their kinks after a protracted
spell Of good old fashioned hot wealth
er. But if Mr. SOuthpaw as whole
is TO break even with his normal sided
brethren during the season he will have
to get a move on him pretty soon.
Several teams with pennant asp1ra-
tons based much Of their hopes. when
the campaign began, on expected sea
sational work on the part Of their
leading left handlers. The most notable
case Of this kind is the Boston Red
SOX The Red SOx counted on sensa-
tional pitching on the part Of Dutch
Leonard, who led the American leagues
sOuthpaWs last year, and Nean Gregg,
Cleveland star Of a few years back
who appeared due for another first
rate year.
Gregg and Leonard FAN.
Gregg has been an utter failure thus
far. Manager Bill Carrigan has not
even given him a regular turn in the
box. LeOnard's case has cooked up the
scandal Of the season According TO
the manager and president Joe Ian
min. owner Of the club. Leonard has
keep in condition His recent suspen-
sion brought forth charges Of internal
dissension in the team.
Regardless Of the dissension, suspen-
sim aud HfGnhHHfnmnn of training rrfIa=
however, IL is sufficient to say that
Leonard has been practically worthless
so far whereas he was counted on 10
win probably more games than any
other man on the staff
Babe Ruth, still another Red SOx
southpaW found il impossible to strike
q winning gait until his return from
the first western trip, and his entire
record thus far embraces about three
times as many defeats as victories.
Ray Collins also has been about use
less
The one biggest disappointment OF
the champion Boston Braves is George
Tyler. This tall left handler, who
ranked right with Dick Rudolph and
Bill James when the big trio swept
through the National league last sea
son, has been worse than Indifferent
in his showing this year If he should
fail to round back into his 1914 form,
the Braves will have q mighty tough
time repeating.
Dodgers Need sOuthpaw Aid
The Brooklyn Dodgers. a team OF
great potential strength, the heaviest
hitting outfit in the universe. viii 90
no higher than last year unless It's
two leading lefthanders come through
The comeback Of Jack Coombs. veteran
discard OF the Athletics has been a
wIndfall for the team, as also has been
the uncoverinE OF a sensation in
Wheeler Dell Both these fellows have
been doing great mound work, and
JEFF Pfeffer, the leading twirler OF
the team last year, has begun to ex-
hibit his former effectiveness With
these three delivering as they now
are. the Dodgers will become danger
Gus pennant contenders il either one