The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-25

The par! that confidence plays In spor,
OF Ferdinand schupp the Giant left
handler For three years Ferdy sat on
the bench as substitute pitcher No
one thought Ferdy was. good enough to
be regular, 80 Fsrdy thought the same,
And, what Ia more 10 the point, Ferdy
pitched that way He had fine speed, a
fast battling curve and pretty fair con-
troll. until some critical moment arrived
Then Ferdy's lack Of confidence tore him
apart.
The start.
Last spring Mcnpw couldn't find
pitcher good enough 10 go five innings.
Most OF them should have been good but
they were not. No Ferdy began to he
Inserted at odd intervals
Finally the southpaw hooked two sam.s
In succession That was all he needed.
lie had everything else but confidence.
tories. McGraw made him regular, and
from the day he became "a regular he was
harder 70 beat than Walter Johnson or
Grover Alexander And this In no figure
OF ,p:sena na, FOR whfH T,tS: ts: s" ,o. ws's
game, since last fall, and in his last de-
and nothing like an earned run
An srratIc substitute pitcher for three
years. from tho day he became II regu-
pitcher In baseball lie was the first
Of them all to finish q season while per
mitting less than one earned run to tho
start In somsthlng like fifteen games.
Different Type.
Schupp hasn't the powerful frames Of
johnson. Alexander and Ruth TO carry
him along Hc Is nothing like ms big ns
Mathewron and Walsh Neither Is he
ono Of tho tall and rangy types.
OF average height and svtrage weight
but far smaller than the average pitch,
er, tho Giant altar has nne speed and
the leverage OF u man several inches
taller: sIin has n whiplikc style OF work
ling And today there Isn't pitcher In
tho game with any greater confidence or
ease. II would be impossible 10 figure
in n man than tho change that has come
over Schupp In less than u year Bar
| ring somo accident. he In almost sure TO
lead tho National league this season, and,
n he continues working as no has since
last August. he 10 likely TO hang UP n
record OF astounding dimensions
8outhpaws.
This seems 10 be a southpaw cam
| paign. Tho two most effective pitchers
| In tho game are Schupp and Ruth. close
ly pressed by Jim Vaughn The leading
Smith. Roush. Rolke, Burns, Cobb and
! McEnnis--hnd six Of tho eight have been
left hand hitters. II isn't far from clnch
that a leit-hand batsnan will lead both
lee gues With the wooden mace and that a
left hand pitcher will lead both leagues
in effectiveness or games won.
II may he that the war Ia turning the
world upside down. hut, whatever the
reason. the answer Ia being written every
day.
Cricket 0ensfit
Those who have long wondered Just
what soft OF game cricket WAS will have
q chance TO satisfy their desires " they
happen TO be near Staten Island on May
go Memorial day,
noon. the New York Halifax Cup team
will meet n picked New York team for
the benefit of the British Red Cross
There will he representative cricket
players on both teams and the match
will be well % worth wp,.n,ns e,,ah
shoot all the stuff. both lean and fat.
Your fastest curve-your deepest dronv-
TIL Cobb or Speaker come to bat
Then call cop.
The toughest Job In baseball today be
longs 10 Bill Donovan Bill. as an old
pitcher. Ia wise enough TO know that
zach slabman should work nj least once
every four or five days Vet here IL
Bill. with at least eight first class pitch.
ers on his staNfo select from. II Ri
works only four men he must leave four
on the bench TO rust. And the tough
part 10 that any one OF the eight Is about
as likely 10 win as any Of the remaining
seven Fate will need an early start this
year to chop away the Yankee pitching
staff, whatever It may do to tho rest OF
the club.
How 10 Putt
There's only ono good way 10 putt,
To get the proper speed and roll.
And that's TO tap the bally pill
Into the hole.