Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-12
ou1T I les BENEFITED, NOT
HANDICAPPED BY POSTPONED
GAMES WITH CUBS AND PIRATES
,roran,s Pitching Staff Is Stronger in Numbers
pO', Than Any in League and Is Better Pre-
pared for Double-headers
nv CHANDLER D. RICHTER

..,or appears to be general
nIHE in'pie,e,ya s.sroa ,dleness Of the Phillies'
llhst tns e".U so,,r additional double'heauers
Halsa ~ season, will prove = echempions,
htsr u .he National Lease ,,,,iI nrove an
~ y hsiieye that instead ~ re- the phiis
tpt We Dehs ~ Moran's team. u yot,,air
.avantage 20 ,sant contender to rerialn
srss the onN last week, Morans twiliei =,
aals during lhe Nv, IN their stride, but as an
nlght be tnlo" , Games, with few excep..oiis,
slasf Easter, as,noned, all things are even III
40 were pV''pN -.
nkresppe,y,n,, pitchers worked out eN.sg .i0
The fney 20 the rain, and aside from .,.e
~ " M sth thev have not had Worh f,nt abo,,t
fici u'a, ,hs hurlers will be III JUS ,,.,ar 20
lamss sorre condition they envy yyo,,nder the
Y. Y. storm, barring possibly real work TO
sssat. who needs plenty
tlsce nun o. resnects the postponetnents
IN oWs, I'll, nroye of advantage 10 tne
rfobapH haoause there Is no team III tIle
thanpionS' ere halter equipped with pl'en-
kationai ~ +be double-headers Wnicn
hg taien ,,ad later. 1t is certainty Una.
w gstiilesi pitchers are not IN ns soou @
4. ns NV as they will be later IN lne sea- SEA
~ w while the Brooklyn, New ~, sroad
nh hnr,ers have been going at Top speeu
~ the last month
rh.lmers and MayerE ,u,. a.,
sa., 80 the most dependable twirlers oI,
W. w. atnff in 1915 were Chalileta az
Anaa Apisa roitber of whom has peeIi VI % %tluC
Nayer' ~ .,o'' ,aa,, 40 far this season. Later
VS. ~ " sasson Moran expects to nave poti
Ir y u shane II both should IaiI ~ iou ,,
~ ~ so,n, the Phllies' chance tor the pea
..r. n. would be decidedly sum any%%y' tois
~, 4 would be their failure TO SNOW r,,e which
s1rm, and not the ooup'e-ie
-nnd lose the pennant' ,,, ho,+ar
l,snsd ln with pitching talent for the dou-
~ saaders which are piling up, anu so ions
ps'aea,h ~. o,hsr nennant contenders nave JUST
= ~ -, nostponements as the Phils e'ch
y =. I,rnroves the pennant chances'
snn w, has been said that the postponemehts
49,, prooklyn, because Rucker, Marqualu
"a coombs will be in better shape Whei,
~ weather Is warmer. NO DOUBT 'ills 10
~ NJ Coombs. but the former iroi i,I''i'
~. 49,, worl, more than once week III
~ kind Of weather, which e,lIiin," 1870
= tar, as being of great help IN uouD'e-
tsidsr days s,,h.s,,, 70 Mar
"A .rd Rucker will be of any value 10
ss-noagara at any stage of the race. Al
-, tbay will be in and cutters. pitch-
!, n this type is of little value TO team
.,h nennant aspirations. and excepting
.ssnst teams showing weakness agaihst
,Sshanaed pitchers, neither of Robinson
n,hasu,s 10 likely to see much service,
snlsss the regular hurlers crack badly
Has Five Twirlers
Az the present time Brooklyn mas nVe
ntohers going as well as they VIII at any
time this season, as 1t would De lItlposstole
~ hurtars to show more consistent form
.h.n Pfeffer Cheney, Smith, Dell and
roombs have, as a team, this season. None
Il these men will be any better when tne
double header period arrives, while IL Is
i,kelv that at least two. will be Off FORM
BOSTON Ia In very much the same posi-
tton although the Braves should be hlttlhs
much better later on in the year, as seVeral
man Of ,inuuestloned hitting ability are
many points below their lowest past per-
iofmance Stalings also may have one or
I'd other pitchers working well, whicn
would make 1t seem that the idleness alas
haA he Braves and Phils.
Il Ae postponements put any team out
dAs race II will be the Giants. McGraw
tan was going at a breakneck speed and
d. ldleness naturally will throw the regu.
hFs OF stride, while the team Is not well
equipped with pitchers for the regular
Rhsdpie let alone double-headers.
AcGraw has Anderson, Perritt, Tesreau,
Benton and Mathewson as regulars and
F.faud, schauer and Schupp for second
string pitchers. Two of the regulars are
unable 70 stand more than one game a
Essk and still show top form, while only
Stroud Of the second string. is fit for regu'
h work Of any description.
Al best, McGraw has only n fair pitch
hg stan, and he surely will be handicapped
D string Of double-headers, whereas the
FAIlles have seven high-class pitchers, all
heked upon as first-string men. and any
gead be able to earn regular turn on
he brooklyn, Boston or New York pitching
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