Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-01
EDDIE C|COTTE LEADING
IN NUMBER OF VICTORIES
Serving His Tenth Year, White Sox
Pitcher Is Having Best Sea-
son of Career.

If the Chicago White Sox should win
the American League pennant, and
Rowland's team is behaving now very
much as a pennant winner should at
this stage of the race, the fans will not
have to wait until game time on open
ing day to learn who will do the pitch
ing for the American League entry.
His name is Eddie Cicotte.
A betting man would give liberal
odds that Schupp would start Tor the
Giants. Alexander for the Phillles.
the Reds, Bush for the Athletics, Ruth
for the Red Sox, Caldwell for the Yam
KEGS, Bagby for the Indians or Rudolph
for the Braves II any Of these CLUBS
should have the fortune to figure in
world series. Just as certain will Cl-
cote be Rowland's first choice II the
White Sox get into the October classic.
Better Than Ever Before.
This serious-faced boxman. short in
stature. but long in pitching ability. is
going along today better than ever be-
now stretching over Its tenth season. A
few weeks ago he celebrated his thirty
third birthday, figure which few
in their uniforms as major leaguers.
but this veteran has been showing the
way to all the younger phenoms OF Ban
Johnson's league since the season open
ed, and today he has to his credit more
victories than any other boxman In his
league.
Babe Ruth and Carl Mays Of the Red
Sox have been consistent winners this
year and have done the best work In
keeping Jack Barry's team so close TO
~. Roc hv C0ve1-
eskte of the Indians have also won
enough games to be rated with the best
in the game. But ahead of any OF this
quartet is Ctcotte. The Chicago pitcher
part in keeping the White sox at the
front Of the parade. and no other pitch
er of his league has reached this mark.
Excels 1915 Record.
A year ago Cicotte had his best year
in base ball, as rated by victories and
defeats. He was credited with winning
seventeen games, while losing only
seven. With this season a little more
than half gone, he has bettered his
1916 mark with as many victories and
fewer defeats Never did he win more
than eighteen games as major
Lacquer He reached this mark in
1913. but lost twelve games that year.
He undoubtedly will pass his best prev
ious mark for victories before the Sox
return home after the eastern taunt.
1t has often been said that Cicotte
is the particular jinx of the Yankees.
and his consistent winning against
Donovan's club for the past three years
seems to bear out this contention. How
ever, the records of 1917 prove that
Cicotte is not specializing on the Yam
KEGS He has taken their measure three
times, while suffering one defeat. but
he has done as well or better against
five other clubs in the league. Against
three clubs-the Athletics, Red Sox and
Tigers-Cicotte has run up total of
seven victories without being beaten. so
there is no ground for the charge that
he picks on the Yankees.
How All Teams Have Fared.
The Mackmen have fallen before his
good pitching three times this year, the
Tigers have lost two games and the
Red Sox have lost two. The Yankees
have managed to win one. against three
losses. and the Senators have done no
better The Browns have dropped four
tn Cicotte and have won only one. The
Indians alone have done better than all
the other clubs in the league. while OPP
nosing the star Of Rowland's pitching
CORPS. They have won three and lost
none The six other clubs have been
able to score three victories. against
seventeen defeats.
The victory which Cicotte rung UP
against the Yankees last week was his
sixth straight. Other outstanding fea-
lures of his pitching this year are his
records Of pitching one no-hit game