Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-05
to receive suggestions of this kind
from you at all times. Yours sincerely.
WILLIAM HARRIDGE.

TO receive suggestions of this kind
from you at all times Yours sincerely,
WILLIAM HARRIDGE.
The victories and defeats will not
have the slightest effect on a pitchers
standing SO far as the official records
are concerned. His rating is based on
the percentage of earned runs he al
lows per game and nothing else that
his record may show is considered in
fixing the pitchers standing in the
league.
But the fans. while satisfied With the
system by which pitchers worth is
decided, also are interested in the num-
Der of games the pitcher has contrib
uted to the won and lost columns Last
year was the first time that the pitch
er's records were based on his effect
lveness In preventing earned runs and
was the first season the victories and
defeats were not kept tab Of
According to a dispatch to the New
York American from Savannah, where
the Yankees are training, Capt Huston,
one OF the fifty-ive owners of that
club. is down in Jacksonville confer
ring with Connie Mack anent the pos
sibility Of the New York club obtain
ing Frank Baker. Just what progress
Capt. Huston is making in his pleas
with Mack is not known. but the cap
| tam is figured to be man of much
diplomacy and it is hoped he will be
able to persuade Mack to let the
Yankees have Baker at a figure within
reason
The taboo on the emery ball, it is fig
ured. will affect some Of the pitchers
in the American League. Joe Wood
made successful use Of the prohibited
delivery last season until the ban was
put down on it, and it is charged that
Carol Brown. the former Athletic, was
much better pitcher after he Joined
the Yankees, where he was taught the
emery trick. There is no chance for
this delivery to be used the COMM
season, and it will be interesting to
note just what effect this edict will
haYe on those pitchers who relied on
it's Use most of last season.
The emery ball was one of the most
deceptive deliveries that has ever been
invented and it was sure TO make a
pitcher effective If he mastered it's use
Hence, If pitchers of the Brown type
are prevented from INDUCING in its use
| they are apt to be unable to hold their
own in fast company.
Clarence Rowland. new manager of
the White Sox. is following the theory
that sentiment does not win ball games.
and al a result he has cut loose lot
I, of the teams old favorites. Rowland is
charged with having cold heart back
OF that bland smile, but he seems on a
fafr way to get results II, is driving
| his players to the limit in their train
| ing work, but he has the knack of
treating every man according to his
disposition, which has always been an
essential qualification for a successful
| manager. Rowland proposes to have
his team on edge long before the season
opens and incidentally he does not pro-
pose to have player in the line up
who is not hustler and has not the
best interest Of his team at heart at all
times
Taking ball teams to the extreme
! south does not always assure a good
| training season. The weather is Just
| as apt to be off color there as it is
| farther north, and that is what has
happened to both the Detroit Tigers at
| Gulfport. Miss, and the Yankees at
Savannah. Both have struck chilly pc
RODS and have been unable to get their
share Of work.