Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-09-30
WILL
HAVE BIG PART IN
SERIES This SEASON

! Chicago, Sept. 29-Southpav
pitchers, who for years have give
way in the baseball world series haI
OF fame to right flanders, this yea
bid fair to prove the stars of tn
championship contests.
with the exception of one or tW
years-notably l918-right handle,
twlrlers have been the mainstays O.
their clubs for thirty seasons AM
seldom has southpaw pitching
brought the worlds champion title tt
any club. This year, however, thu
Clhclnnatl Reds virtually have south
paved their way to victory and two
left handlers have shared with the
veteran Eddie Cicotte, the burden of
bringing another American league
ApennanA to the Chicago White Sox.
%o outhpaws-Dutch Reuther
~ considered not good enough
lor me leagues, and Slim Salee,
| twice discaTded-are the twirlers'
chiefly responsible for the Reds vie
tory in the National league and it is
on these men that Cincinnati will de-
pend largel y in the fall series. Eller
| ana hing, the two star right handlers.
nave long done their share, but Gin
cinnati fans are betting on Reuthe,
and Sallee.
+, For the White Sox, Eddie Cicotte
is, of course, a pitching staff bv him
self, but Claude Williams has won
many games with his southpaw slants
ana Dick Kerr, has more than held
his own.
So it seems probable that the
series this year may find Reuther
and Sallee battling with Kerr and
Williams for permier honors.
Left handlers have held little prom
lnence IN world series pitching with
the one exception of 1918 when the
southpaws had more than their share
of glory.
Babe Ruth won two games from
the Chicago Cubs, while Tyler and
Vaughn did most of the hurting for
the National leaguers.
Delving back into the early records
Of baseball, it is found that hereto
lore, the pennant winners generally
have depended on right handed pitch,
ers. From 1889 to 1894 there were
no prominent left handed pitchers on
the winning teams. Baltimore, the
champion in 1894, '95 and '96, had
only one first class southpaw-Esper.
From then until 1901 the right hand
ers carried the burden of pitching.
In 1901, '02 and '03 Tannehill and
Doheny helped Pittsburg. Mathew
son and McGinnity, right handlers.
won The pennant for the Giants in
1904 and '05, while in 1906, 'O7, 'OS
and 10, Pfeister was the onlv left
handler with the champion Ghicapo
Cubs. Leifeld aided Pittsburg in
19o9, but the right handlers did most
Q fthe work. The same goes for
1911, ~ and '13, when Mathewson
was the mainstay Of the Giants, al
though Marquard and Wiltse gave
assistance.
In 1914 two righthanders, James
and Rudolph, and one left handler,
Tyler, won for the Boston Braves. In
1918 Alexander and Mayer were re-
sponsible for the Philadelphia vic
tory in the National league with
RlXey the southpaw, losing major
lty of his games. Marquard and
Smith helped Brooklyn in 1916, but
two-thirds of the pitching was done
by right handlers.
In 1917, Faber right handler
turned the trick against the Giants
by winning three games in the titular
series.
The southpaws will not carry off
honors in the world series this fall,
however, without battle. Cicotte
undoubtedly is the best right handler
on either team and Ehler and Ring
have pitched wonderful ball all sea.
son. Faber, has not worked regu-
larly this season, but is being groom
ed to take his turn in the big series.
James of the Sox and Fisher of the
Reds also may be counted on, and
there is strong probability that
Grover Loudermilk may ascend the
mound for the White Sox.