El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-01
CALDWELL MAY HAVE Good YEAR;
YANK PITCHER LOOKS WELL NOW
Caldwell's Temperament, Which Caused Frank Chance
to Land on Him, Finally Causing Him to Jump to
Feds, Doesn't Worry Wild Bill Donovan at All,
and Caldwell Is Pitching High Glass Ball.
BY DAMON RUNYON.


TEW YORK, May There has
M never been any particular doubt
\ in the minds Of the followers of
baseball hereabouts as to the status Of
Ray Caldwell. 50 far as pitching ability
Is concerned He has long been Eener-
any recognized as one of the very
best when he is going good" as the
FASTENERS say, but with some infection
on the when.
In point Of natural pitching gifts
the Human Hairpin Of the Yanks rank
with Mathewson, Alexander, or john
sOR- He has lacked only their steadi-
ness OF purpose in the past TO make
him just as valuable to his club and
Just as famous through the land
Last year Caldwell started out with
a run OF victories that he might have
parlayed into very wonderful record
before the close OF the season. but he
was abducted by the Feds, remained
idle for weeks, and his accomplishments
were almost forgotten in the suisse
quent furry Of events. Even so. how
ever, he hobs up in the archives with
q mighty good showing. He worked
in 81 games before he departed and
finished seventh, in point Of effec-
tiveness, among the hurlers of the
American league.
Those who are familiar with the az
fairs OF the Yanks say that the eX-
telegrapher quit the club because he
felt that he was illtreated by Frank
Chance, whose habit il was TO slap
fines on Ray whenever the long fellow
incurred the managerial dfspleasure.
Frank, probably, has his side OF the
matter, but the result indicated that
this was not exactly the way 70 handle
Caldwell, and the Yanks temporarily
lost the services OF great pitcher.
We are informed that Ray tends
somewhat TO the temperamental, and
Chance never could abide temperament
1t was his firm, old fashioned opinion
that an ellum club was the greatest
cure in the world for temperamental
ball players, and he probably believes
TO this day that only the Society for
the Prevention Of Mayhem to FASTENERS
prevented him from stamping out all
temperament in the large leagues.
On the other hand. Wild Bill DOnO-
van does not mind temperament at all
Wild Bill Donovan can eat and sleep
right alongside old Temperament and
never get any wilder and that IS per
haps the reason that he is able to
coax two-hit games out Of the tenn
peramental Ray Caldwell
More About Temperament.
When we say that Ray is tempera-
mental we do not mean to convey that
his customs in private life are such as
would be disapprOVed by Billy Sunday
A ball player may have temperament
without bad habits-or, at least, with
out any very bad habits Title Shafer-
for instance, had heap OF tempera-
ment yet we have seen Title walk
right into a church and sit down in
pew We saw him from a crack in the
front door.
3 Ty Cobb has temperament. So has
Davy Robertson. So. in slightly less
degree. has Iris Speaker. HOnus Wag-
ner never had much temperament All
he had was a terrible wallOp in his bat
Christy Afathewson is not tempera-
mental. Richard ". Marquard, ST., is
Rucker was always shy in that re-
spect. and Alexander never had enough
temperament to last him over night,
while Sherwood Magee or Heine Zim-
norman has enough to make up for
the rest Of the league.