The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-09-13

Eame at third base all season. and has
proved that, when the surroundings arc
congenial, he can go along without any
| trouble. Hie department this season mas
certainly been excellent. l believe NC
Graw's handling of Heiny IS responsible
for this change, and. with NcGraW IN
his corner during a worlds series, the
big Dutchman IL not likely to be mark
| for his tormentors.
I see where the experts are picking
Freddie Schupp to be New forks most
dependable pitcher in tho money
game" I like Schupp's style. He has
plenty OF stuff, and I am sure he Will
not crack" At the Same time, am
counting on Rube Benton to be just az
dependable. You don't hear much about
! Benton, because he just plugs along. out
It may surprise you to learn he has al
| lowed fewer hits per game than Scnupp
! since mid-season.
Benton always had plenty Of SMOKE
| but like many left hanoers, he cou1d
not always control It. I have never
seen him in better form than he Is TINS
summer His fast ball Is most deoep-
tive. and base on balls IS an accident
to him now. But for fluky raun scor-
| ed by the Cardinals on hit that fell In
! the diamond. Benton would have regis
! tered the best winning streak Of any
pitcher in the Big League this year. He
| had captured nine straight when. he
WAS tripped.
Bentons pitching Is 8 result OF grad
ual development. At one time. no was
Alphabetically sort Of a fellow. but
since he Joined the Giants, he has ap-
piled himself diligently to his art.
Ruhe was long on speed and shy on
most everything else when he nrst broke
into the National League. Clark Grif-
fifth tells funny story on him.
IT brought Benton up from little
league down in North Carolina, when
managed the Reds" relates Griff. he
! was a sure enough Reuben, too. Say
he almost SHE'D at the street cars and
! his pitching habits were very crude.
Rube took peculiar grip on tho ball
when he wanted to throw q curve. He
sort Of wrapped his thumb around 1t. II
was such an odd grip that everybody
in the park could tell when he was 60
! Ing to pitch n bender. He also had q
habit OF stopping to rub the ball on his
hip after he settled down for pitch
II was q near-balk. and he often had
! to be warned about II.
I've were playing the Cubs ono day
and Benton had them swinging like =
lot Of preliminary fighters. had
warned him Of his balk movement sew
eral times, and he had instructions 10
he very careful II there were men on
, the bases.
Late in the game the Cubs needed ono
run to tie. and Joe Tinker got TO first
base He took a good lead and RUDE be-
gan to get nervous. Finally Tinker start
ed to walk down to second base. Benton
| tust looked at him. Then Joe strolled
on to third. but Benton refused to throw
! the hall. Finally Tinker meandercd
home at a leisurely gait and scored.
| when we got the side out and Ben
| ton came in to the bench. hoped him.
! whats the idea I demanded. in
letting n guy walk around the bases?
"'IIuh. snorted Rube. 7 guess I
wasn't going to let that guy pull any
| thing on me-, WAS 7? He didn't get me
to make a balk. did he:'"
| There has been n lot OF discussion
over the so-called "shine ball" pitched
| by Eddie Cicottc and other White Sox
hurlers, but don't see how they are
going to stop hey can't analyze the
stuff W bail is supposed to