The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-31
THE PFEFFERS
 'JEFFg' AND ..yEFFs'

ssJeff' Pfeffer is known to haaebaI1 students as one of the best little zsiteheBs in he National League. Tiny ssJeffss has made great reputation in the uniform of Uncle Wilburtss Brooklyn Dodgers Tn 1914. his first season in. the big eI1tertaIn1nent, he woT tyf enty- three games and lost only fNEa1ve Last year he was "a bit slow 1n starting, but he won nineteen games against fourteen lost He stood fourth among National League twirI- CTS in 1915 and third in 1914 Some record that, for a new beginner who Is handicapped by being aglittle saw ed-on runt only six feet and some three or four inches in height. This year the Brooklyn fans confidently. expect Pfeffer to give Alexander a run for his money in the race for the premier pitching honors of the old league
 with %Jefr Pfeffer which has baf- fled many fans, and which will here be elucidated- Although @Jeff has been in the majors only two seasons, yet one occasi onalIy comes across ref erences 10 s'Jeff'' Pfeffer, right handed pitcher, who was with the Cubs more than a decade aEo
 The 4original .sJeff'' was Frank x Pfeffer and he was born in Cham pa4gn, tIH-, thirty-four years ago to- 4ttys H1EIFSn eO1s l6SZ. Old i"JGffS was educated at the University of IlIt- nois, near his home town, and made a great reputation as a pitcher on the Illinois team in 1908 and 1904 The following year Frank Selee hired him for the Cubs, and in 1908 Pfeffer was with the Boston Nationals After two seasons with the Bean City club Frank was turned over to Baltimore, and in 1909 he wore a Toronto uni- form He returned to the Cubs in 1910, and went back to Boston again in 1911. The first time Pfeffer went from Chicago to Boston he was trad ed for Pat Moran, now the Philadel- phia pilot
 While old .sJeff'' was going back, his kid brother, Edward some seven years his junior, was forging his way to the front Frank had been called ssJeff'' since his Illinois days, and for some reason the fans attached the same mOnaker to Edward. Why they did it is unknown, unless with the malicious design Of making the prin- ter send out a hurry call for more
 f's' for his linotype magazine.
 Young Jeff got his professional ssart in Fort Wayne in 1909, but he was soon turned over to Lacrosse, Wis., where he made fine record. and was recalled to Fort Wayne in 1910. The Central League swatters fell on him pretty hard, and he lost l more games than he won that year. Nevertheless he got trial with the St Louis Browns in 1911, but was turned back to FortWayne. and that Fall he was sold to Denver. The Grizzlies turned him over to Grand Rapids, and in 1912 he broke even with nine games and nine lost.
 Up to that time young Pfeffer hadn't shown much but promise, but in 1913 the promise was made good. He suddenly developed surprising and sensational class, and in 1918 he won gtWenty-five games for Grand Rapids, losing only eight. Toward the close of the season he was sold to Brook { szEr4 and got Szaance to display his wares under the main tent. Mighty few twirlers in baseball his- tory have come within shouting dis tance Of the first year major league record hung np by Edward ttJ eff'' sF1assanss Pfeffer If he improves with age he should be one of the mar zyels of the sport. Already he has far surpassed the big league record of his older brother-and the original Jeff was a steady, dependable twirler.
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