Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-11
MANAGERS HOPE TO FIND
STARS AMONG RECRUITS
Seek Hurlcr Who Will Duplicate
Feats OF Those Developed
Last Year.
FEW GOOD PROSPECTS IN SIGHT
Gallia. Mays. Ruth, Boland. Walker.
Harstad and Jones Appear to BE
Best Young Pitchers Due for Try
Outs With Majors.

American League managers are Won
derinc ~ there are any shores Brcss
Iers. Coveleskics Hill Janeses or Fabers
among the score 81 recruit pitchers
receiving trials This spring. They are
hopeful even Of uncoVering pitchers
equal to Woltpanr liarper Ayers,
BENTLEY o. Cavet who attained tai:
amour; OF success in the American
Lea cue during the campaign % 1914.
Five tinbs-Detroit. cleveland. Wash =
ington. Boston ana st Louis-arc irving
ont bunch or youngsters. Detroit talk
Ing the lead with a quintet of rookie
hurlers. Rill Carrican - looking over
squad Of four youngsters Clove =
land has three. Washington. two: 81.
Louis. three Philadelphia. TWO: Chicago.
three. and New York one
On paper Washington has tho best
prospect in Reri Gallia. who was tried
out by Grfilth i'm 1918 and sent 10
Kansas City a year ago 10 aCOuir. CON
troll and experience lie gained both
and returns 10 the Nationals real
pitcher. lie wen twenty-siN aud lost
twelve IN the y \, being a vsri sue
cessful spitball dispenser. Tn. only
other new pitching member OF the Ma
'ionals /. Hopper. who pitChcd 20; ST
Paul in 1919 Nopper who acquired
fane rs being involved in a deal for
bunting dog. belonged TO the Car
dinalS. ard was ACQUIRED IN trade by
WASHINGTON for Outhelder Long. He
won nine and lost sixteen games
It looks rs IL the Red SoS had the
best incoming pitching material. a.
all four % their new men uitched for
remnant winners in 1914 carl Mays
hlesscd with q WARRIOR uuderhand dc
livery led the international League
pitchers with twerty-four wins and
only eight defeats Ruth, southpaw
icceiNer. won twenty-five and lost nine
pitching for Baltimore and Providence
also Winning and losing one for the Red
Son. scott. of Saginaw won twenty
SIN ard lost ten. while Comstock for
n1er Tiger. won nre and los; twelve
for Providence. scott, however. passed
100 men
birmingham Why Tie 1.urky.
Joe Birmingham believes he has
taken three stars from tho minors in
sam Jones. of the Spiders: Ray Walk
a. OF New Orleans. and Oscar fIarsiad.
Of Vancouver. Harstad lost only TWO
games out of fifteen: Jones captured
ten out OF fourteen in the \ a. while
Walker was on the biz end OF fifteen
games having eleven defeats Walk
err was considerable Of strike OUT
artist. tanning 200 batters on tn.
other hand, Jones cannot be called
strike-out pitcher. whininr only Htty
men in twenty-three games
Cunn!ngham. the premier hurls- Of
the Northern League l.cdhet;er. on.
81 the stars OF the North Carolina
League. and Boland OF Nashville are
three OF the recruit pitchers expected
70 stick with the Tigers Jennings
also may retain Snithson. who pitched
Tor Clinton. IA. in the Central Assoc!a
ton. Smithson did not quite break
even in iaif hut Roland won seven
teen and lost thirteen lIedbettsr won
~
ninEham non t~er;l-three and lost
Ten. Cu7riHgharr. the owner OF a ,nys-
tityinE sp!t;er. famed 2ss batters in
fo-iE.fve SsTas H worked 2a2 IN
n.nrs while Le3haitsr pitched SIT
-ourds. XIII Bolari lsoor!rg sos In
ninEs
i-oudermilk. Of -l7uiryii,. Perrynsn.
~ Atlantis ana COCHRAN. ., Charleston.
% the South atlantis i<EEua a-e
Branch RjeEeys me. ruoa.. yi;rae.s
Loud s:nilh ras ae.- =; u.tc'. Nup
ne T. vtry Effective i.s:Cn.; ~; MI.
lsoH a control my y.-v.rt hi. MAJ
ing good . ;t- americas rr.
"n' .. bsne's and vs-,eo - lie
Won eight..1 arr .us' sixteen Perry
me- Won Ttt.-r G-c fptt rir. - ;N.
southern '-tec-' MI. -ocn'a. ct.-
'urcd ;Ts-'y co. u' -. - --r. -t-r.s
perrymar passed u.l. .ul--y.-5-e --.r
In ,nirt>'g- cs-..
IN" Whl,. ScN .s- ;cw.''- ,---
ins STAG IN 81. t,.st.ait ma, ..
reason ;re corr .s-,'-C.s .laaa..- =.cw-a-1
comhinat.cu has not ilcgG ma, yo.-s
hurle-s The-. 49, on, ,t... ,art-'
ScroEsins- so-tr1t= wrr 10Y nine
teen arc losi f'-r'sfr RI ~ W.zte--
League L. lo-rso- MO NO. rh;s-1
Lost .our:eeu - Toro,,o ana f,s:t.-
former YANKEE. 80 c.:,--.1 iser'r-
three ar6 drcppec fifteen r. ne pLc!.-