New-York tribune., 1915-10-26
Harry Mccormick Heaps
Praise on a Pitcher
Named Ross.
LOU WENDELL NOW
IN FIGHT BUSINESS
Catcher for McGraW's Team Is
Managing Young Mike
Donovan.
By JEROME BEATTY.

By JEROME BEATTY.
"The most valuable piece Of pitching
property in the Southern League" Is
what Harry Mccormick. x-Giant, man
ager Of the Chattanooga club Of the
Southern League last year, calls Sam
Ross.
Sam Is lefthander and was drafted
from Chattanooga By the Yankees. His
signed contract is in the vault at the
Offices Of the New York American
League club.
Mccormick Is in New York for few
days. preparing TO start with Eddie
Grant on q hitting trip in the Adiron-
dacks. They're going to try to hit a
few deer.
II sold a pitcher named Mitchell to
Detroit" said Mccormick yesterday,
"and the Yankees got Ross through the
draft. But think Ross is a better
prospect than Mitchell. Ross is q
youngster, only twenty years old. and q
natural ball player. ] picked him up
from a semi professional team IN Jack
son, Tenn. and liked his looks from
the start. He has fine, easy motion.
not great deal Of speed. but genuine
pitching sense"
Mccormick believes that In Ross,
Hendrix and Miller the Yankees took
the pick OF the Southern League. Hen
dryx and Miller are cutiielders. the for
mer being the batting leader OF the
league.
"Hendryx is such good man." said
Mccormick. that I'm surprised that he
wasn't taken by a major league club
last spring He has had two fine years
down there and is ready for fast com
pany Miller isn't as consistent HIT
ter as Hendryx, but d great outhelder,
fast, good thrower and quick think
ing man on the bases"
"a league full of bad clubs" McCor-
mick calls the National organization.
"Any team that had Alexander could
have won the pennant."
Which started him talking about the
good old days when Matty was at the
pink peak.
az see there is some discussion as TO
whether Matty ever had speed," he
said. LET me tell you that the second
year Matty was with the club he mad
more speed than any other pitcher |
ever saw. never saw Walter Johnson,
but he certainly can't throw ball
much faster than Matty could.
"Big Six didn't throw many fast
ones, but it was a joy to see him ZIP
third strike over when the count was
two and nothing. He threw SO easily
that he could catch the hitter fat
footed"
Mccormick leaned back In his chair
and mused: "In those days when Matty
or McGinnity went into the box we
didn't have thing 70 worry US 1t
was just a question of getting through
and going home. We had such great
confidence In those men that II either
lost game we regarded II as an evi-
dence that we had offended the gods
and began to look in,o our private ives
to try TO see why this miracle had
come Of"
Lew Wendell, Giant catcher and the
only New York player whose home is
In New York. is in the fight business
this winter. He Is managing Young
Mike Donovan. He talks like a regular
fight manager.
"Once we get O crack at Al Mccoy
he SAYS, well knock him out and take
the middlevei eight title"
/ Tyrus Cobb has made more money
since the American League season
closed than some major league CLUBS
have made all year. He has played in
exhibition games In Montreal and In
small city in Ohio and collected about
81 POO for a couple OF contests. lie Is
said TO have made more than 5000 from
his articles on the worlds series.
Ty was offered $500 to play In Mon
/ treal. but instead said he would take 9
percentage OF the receipts. HIS snare
turned out to be SS75. lie made TWO
bits and caught three or four nies'
The Cubs seem TO be like a much ad-
vertised brand of coffee. They were
"eold in the bean only" the bean being
that OF some dreamy Cincinnati base
ball writer.
The Giants will stand pat on their IN
/ field next year. When MeGraw LOOKS
over mis- squad In Marlin no new
ground ball chasers vii be there 70
/ greet him Lobert is expected to be
back in condition after a rest through
the winter. Honus, because OF injuries
was able to play l.. only about hall OF
the Giant games this year. First he
was put out when Alexander hit him
IN the ribs with q pitched ball Re
covering from that, he suffered three
broken ribs when he bumped into a
mitch from Ritter in practice. Those
ribs healed and then he twisted knee
sliding The last injury still boihers