New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-07-12


Sway;
How long ago their fame was sung;
And yeti was but yesterday;
Though none may say that one may
shine
Above all with the fancy fluff,
You stand with those whove earned
eEs this line.
He had the stuff.
Beauty and the
Pulchritude and puissance are not
always linked in thoughts that a-ge
the field of athletic achievement Yet
in many cases the game has thrown
them together If one had to select
the four greatest pitchers of the last
ten years their names, almost with
cut argument. would be: Maathewson,
Walsh, Alexander and johnson. And
these four are much of the same
physical type-al1 over six feet, we'll
built and good looking enough to pose
for Mr.. H. c. Christy or Mr.. G. D.
Gibson.
IT is also worthy of note that these
four stars have all been hard workers
and have carried more than their
share of the pitching burden Also
that all four have been what might be
called easy tempered, almost placid,
wasting no energy in pesulance or
worry over the breaks Of the game or
unfavorable decisions from umpires
This temperament has permitted them
to. direct or concentrate their main at
tention upon throwing d baseball
where they wanted it to go, which is
what they were being paid for.
"Hardwick + and Brickley," COM
nents an exchange, 'the two greatest
ell around college athleces that ever
nlayed."tH Pruning no credit from the
estimable and eminent careers of these
two stars how much did they have on
Jim Thorpe for all-around efficiency?
The Braves we're under a tougher
handicap this season than last For
this season the esteemed experts were
mostly picking them to win.
Even More So.
'fThe Braves were sure to flivver, and
Willard couldn't do it,
AS was proved in facts and figures
by the ton;
They were absolutely hopeless
there was simply nothing to it,
The dope was all against tnem-but
they won!
Don't let the dopesters daunt you.
though
They have the whole thing charted
just fight your battle doggedly, my
son,
A q
You can chuckle, msrry-hearted;
The dope was all against me-but
/ won.''
Burton Braley in
@ seThe New Story Mag
There's an ever greater triumph you
can dream of super proudly,
There's an ever finer conquest to be
spun;
For you'll reach the games star limit
on the day you cacKIe loudly,
"The dope was in my favor-yet
won
Aye, that's the final answer to the
games achieving story
There waits the greatest stunt be-
meath the sun.
On the day when you can rise up as
You chortle in your glory:
''The leading experts picked me-
but won"
The one thing that made for the,
extra-ability of the Braves pitching
staff last season was the fact that
Stallings, through lack of effective
pitching help, was forced to work
Rudolph, James and Tyler every third
day. BY this system they were worked
often enough to develop almost per-
feet control and top efficiency. They
were developed to point beyond their
normal efficiency, and it is beginning
to look as if Stallings must take a
+ chance and swing back to the same
system If he is to win again this year.
For nothing but another collection of
extra fine pitching is going to carry
the Braves on through the field these
next three months
Norris Williams evened up with
George Church for the lawn tennis in
tercollegiates Of last year, but con-
tinuing this advance against McLough-
lin will call fer additional tactics,
heating Mr. Mclaughlin 5000 miles
from home on Eastern sod is no
| light undertaking. to say nothing Of
boarding him in his California den.
"rlayed around in II strokes, one
y orse than the number OF strokes al
lotted for the course" Can any one