Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-15

one season and took trip to the training
camp another year, without any one dis
covering that he had curve ball. When
Jacobs was with the Phls he was a spit
ball pitcher and had so little on the moist
delivery that Moran believed he was an
impossibillty as n major league prospect
and passed him along to Utica Of the New
York State League.
While at Utica, Jacobs was advised to
give UP the splitter and practice on a curve
ball. Jacobs followed the advice and has
returned to the major league n mighty
promising pitcher. II he can give many
more exhibitions like that Of yesterday, the
Pirates have picked up a great pitcher at
the expense Of the Phils.
It is the first time we ever knew Of
Manager Moran passing up pitcher with
any possibilities whatever, and attribute 1t
to the fact that Jacobs was inclined to be
both bashful and lazy while with the local
team. 1t is said that Moran Killefer and
Burns worked with Jacobs harder than
any young pitcher in the squad, but he
did not show enough ambition to warrant
being retained on team of hustlers.
Every team appearing here this season
has strenuously protested Eppa Rixey's
clare 1t is not balk. 1t Is not balk
in the strict sense of the ruling, but Is sure
ly false motion and one which should be
called a balk. II the magnates want to
see more action and more base running.
they had better get together and change
the ruling pertaining TO balks, as the pres
ent Is unsatisfactory.
Jimmy Viox's stop of n wicked drive
by Stock, in the third inning, was the most
sensational play of the year on a ground
ball viox speared the. ball with gloved
hand on the grass back of first and. al.
though out of position, made a perfect
throw to Johnston. retiring the runner. The
crowd appreciated the effort and cheered
Voix when he came to the bench and on his
next appearance at bat.
Gavvy Cravath tried all day to pull the
ball into left field, but until the seventh
inning could not succeed, as Jacobs was
pitching on the outside corner of the plate
to the fence breaker. The youngster final
ly let a fast ball get away and II went
through the groove. Cravath hit the
bleachers with 1t and reached second.
Dugey, who ran for Cravath, scored the
tying run.
1t is rather odd that Walter Schmidt, the
Pirates recruit catcher from San Francisco,
should give his signs by lip motion with
out STOPPING Schmidt's brother Charley.
who was with Detroit for years. and Lou
Criger are the only other catchers we know
of who used this method of giving signs.
Harry Wolverton is responsible for
Schmidt adopting this system, as he con-
tends that constant crouching to give signs
slows up a catcher and cults few years
off his career. TN
Eddie Burns was put off the coaching
lines for using abusive language to Pitcher
Jacobs Burns is doing entirely too much
kicking. If the Phils cannot win without
adopting the abusive methods of the
Braves, the fans would much rather see
them lose.
1t is rather odd that the MaclSmen are
the only major league team able to repeat
in the pennant race after winning the
day the pennant was raised. The Phils
are not supersttious. however, and believe
that yesterdays victory is just as important
as any other