Evening journal., 1918-12-23
HUGGINS CORRALING.
GALAXY OF BOXMEN
Acquisition of Leonard,
Shore and Schneider
Rounds Out Staff
WILL Be HARD TO
MAKE SELECTION

Back In 1910. when George Stallings
gave the Athletics quite a grapple and
the Yankees finished second, the New
York Americans had the greatest pitch
Ing stan in the history Of the club.
Russ Ford, then on the top OF his form
Ray Fisher and Caldwell, youngsters
,oming strong; Jack Quinn, Jack War
hop and Tom Hughes were right hand
ers, while big Jim Vaughan looked after
he left handed assignments.
Had Stallings remained at the helm
Of the Yankees there is no telling
where he might have led this club, but
The big chief was relieved by Chase late
In 1910 and under the Chase and VOL
eerton regimes the great staff went to
seed. There were several members OF
bhis staff, such as Vaughan, Quinn and
Eoldwell, who needed manager OF the
type OF Stallings, Barrow or McGraw
10 handle them.
Chase never tried TO enforce discl-
pline, and by the time Frank Chance
eame here he had the Federal League
movement TO contend with. The Feds
wrecked discipline throughout base
ball.
Rupert and Hutson have spent lot
Of money trying to give the Yankees
another pitching stan like that one OF
i9iO but despite heavy expenditures
bhe Yankee pitching staff was It's weak
sst department last season.
However in the last fortnight Mil
l..
which should give the Yankees the
pest pitching staff In the history OF the
club. The acquisition OF Dutch Leon
brd and Ernie Shore from the Red Sox
in the big league last week, the pur-
chase Of Pete Schneider from the Gin
clnnat Reds and the award OF Jack
Quinn by the National Commission has
entirely changed the pitching status OF
The Yankees. Instead Of having one OF
Ehe weakest staffs in baseball they now
have one Of the greatest.
The four men are a capable pitching
staff In themselves. Leonard has no
superior among lefthanded pitchers in
baseball today, unless they are Jim
Vaughn and Babe Ruth. His record Isl
studded with brilliant feats. He has
ahe best earned run record yet made
when he held opponents TO ih earned
runs In 1914; he has pitched two no
bit games and won two worlds series
rontests. one of them won In a pitch
ers' battle with the greatest Alex
ender.
Shore IS as capable a Highlander as
Leonard IS a lefthander and stands at
the very top OF the class. Next TO John
son, ne has more so-called "stuff' than
any other Highlander In the American
League.
Schneider always was a steady, re-
liable Highlander in the National
League and ranged fourth among Ma
tlonal League pitchers IN 1917, when he
won nineteen games and lost eighteen
and allowed i.97 earned runs an inning.
He IS a horse for work, and only Alex
ander pitched more innings than he in
1917. The mystery Of the winter league
IS how he ever got out Of National
League.
The Yankees finally have Jack Quinn
back after he has seen a lot OF the
country since he parted company with
the old time Hilltop crew in 1912. He
was with the Braves in 1913, but jump |
ed to the Baltimore Feds in 1914, and
later drlfted out to the Pacific Coast |
League. Both the Yankees and Chi
eago White Sox claimed him after the
Coast League broke up. but Jack join
I'd the White Sox. Here he pitched |
great ball, winning five out Of six
kames with a badly shot up club. In
Iact Quinn was the only White Sox
winner late in the season. The Ma
tlonal Commission recently awarded |
him TO the Yankees, and Huggins fig
Tres he will be a valuable asset next
Tear.
With Fisher and Shawkey back from
lhe service and Mogridge, ThOrmaheln |
Ind Russell held over from last years |
leam Huggins will have so many good !
litchers he won't know whom to pitch. |
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