Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-23
fans HAVE NO GROUND
FOR JUDGING HURLERs
Little Basis IL Provided for Deter.
mining Ability Of Giant or
White Sox Pitchers.
soUTHPAws ARE BIG FACTOR
McGraw Has Three OF Best Left
Handlers in National League on His
STAFF, but Clubs Show Weakness
When Opposing Port Hurlers.

NEW YORK, September 22.-There IL
nothing consistent in trying to dope
out what the pitchers will do in n
short series OF games, such as tho
coming worlds series between tho
Giants and White Sox.
To say that the pitching stan of
at best, for the Giant and White So1
tho mound, and what they have ao-
comPlished in their own leagues can
what may be expected of them In tho
big october classic. because pitchers
the best of them-are as tickle An
But 1t is interesting to compare tho
work Of the rival teams against LETT
hand pitching. because left-handers are
the big galAes unless present signs
The White so1. OF course, may b.
on Eddie Cicotte. VINO Is a right-hand-
ed fog ball" merchane. Red Faber.
who has been going great guns for
But the Giants are generally stronger
against rishr.hand pitching than. they
this reason Russell and Williams. the
best southpaw bels on Clarence Row
lands staff. may be expected to get
tically sure to pitch.
, Perhaps 1s i is good thing for th.
best left-handed pitchers in tho Ma
. .ia League sg,, on their own stan. Out
s a,ds Of and SI Nsh }Re ant
ranks of topnotch portsiders in the.
on their own side of the fence. Tho
records show that National League
southpaws have bean a pusbear to Nc
bers of the sidewheelers Ia Governor
Tener,s circuit had won seventeen and
lost eighteen games against tho Giants
Portpaw. trouble Giants.
these figures can be taken as an
indication ra,ns, Of New forks strength
to believe that McGraw's men will find
tho White SoN portsiders moro danger
GUS than their right-handers. And
and Williams are just as good as tho
best portsiders in the National League.
for the pair Of them trimmed Boston
consistently all summer, n feat which
is feather in any pitchers cap.
The White Sox. on the other mitt.
have been trimming some Of the crack
eistently all season. Pitching figures
up to September showed that out OF
a total of thirty-hve games played
American League. Chicago won twenty
| four games and lost but eleven, q
record which speaks for itself in Sizing
Love. Ruth. Boehling, Koob. Stan
Coveleskie and Mogridge have all felt
tho power of Chicago's bats. Tho last
two named had failed to win game
| from the White Sox up to tho date
aforementioned, and had lost nine
| games between them. II this showing
/ is an indication OF what may be ex-
pected from Rowland's men in tho fall
classic. there is trouble ahead for Benz
| ton, Schupp and Sallee. who. with Per-
rift, will compose the quartet from
which McGraw will most likely select
his worlds series performers. Perritt
| Is a right-hander, and his pitching has
been feature of the closing weeks Of
| the Giant drive down the homo stretch.
| But tho others are sidewheelere. ana
| the most consistent pitchers on tho
| Giant STAFF.
Figure 1t out any way you care to
allowing for the fact that the rival
| pitchers have never been opposed on
| the mound, and that they cannot be
sized up with any degree of consistency
| when II comes to foretellins what
they Will do In tho worlds series-tt
| looks to man up tree as though
the Rowland men have the edge in the
box. s