Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-16
.REDs' YOUNG PITCHERS
STARS OF GREAT OUTFIT.
Rcuthcr, Ellcr and LuQue Have Been
"Big Guns" In Pennant Cam-
paign of Moran's Club.
sALLEE AND FISHER FACTORS
"Slim" Was Declared IAN Through"
and Ray Let Loose by Yankees,
but Veterans Are Delivering Goods
for Cincinnati In Fine Style.
ny JAMES J. COI,BETr.

NEW YORK. August l5.-An odditY
is The fact that the men who are really
keeping five teams in the TWO clashes
are those from whom little was ex-
hedging class or were ranked as fad,
ing Veterans when the season began.
Esr and L.due ne
of the year as little more than ex-
periments. i Lasn't hopsd by the
even Two of this hurting trio would
perform herculean chores. Yet Fate
has ruled that these three are "big
guns in the remarkable attack which
the Reds have made since April.
But the Reds have had help from
two other pitchers. Who are they?
None other than slim" sallee, dis
all through" and Ray Fisher, an old
timer, who was let loose by the Yam.
iH@ AN, and Tho ihoufht SO little OF around
was waived right out OF 1t.
8. Three Kids and Two Old Men.
who have surprised the baseball world
by their achievements in Red uni
Red" ,causey is the real winning
another younEst.r. as runner up
Much was expected OF Toney. Pcrri,t.
senton and the other seasoned New
York slebmen. But Causey and Barnes
have done most OF The steam rolling
Of The he opposition, Only the great WORK
al ah,, ms y, SFS &c, ~ youngsters has en-
race all the way. II hoth-or either
JJruinpies II = likely that the pennant
tered.
o'Mho has heen the Johnny on tho
! Joh twirIer for the Giants in times
Tered before the attack Of the enemy.
Who has gone out and saved one game
after another when the starting p!tcher
was routed by the attack Of the On.
position? Jean Duhuc. the old-timnr
rom from wh1n but little was expected
SO irh i,GiSu fb, sn %s fellow regarded
ban J"hnson's circuit and went .jrn,et
as = gift TO the Giants '"'
ne 1918 pennant prospects Of the
W hi'e SoS they gave almost no, n
thought 10 the venerable Eddie Cico,te
, MY should thay? Wasn't cico,,e near
failed most miscrably in 1915. why
include him among the White Sox AZ
SETS cicotte was "throush''-so tho
experts concluded.
Eddie Cicattc Conicn Rack
But Eddie Cicotte-the very sauna
al! gone, knuckle- bail artist mirac.
uious!y came back TO baseball life and
! is pitching perhaps the most spectacu
lar game OF his long career. He's ton.
! llng the league and IL looks az If
he wont be displaced. With cicottp.
me me hite Son are out IN front-amd II
| ctcotte continues turling the same
KIND OF base ball which has character
ICED his Comeback" this year. The Sex
rohahly viii stay in the lead
The Two men who have done the
greatest work for the Yankees have
/ been Bob Shawkey and Jack Quinn.
1 md no fan in the big town expected
much from either. Shawkey had been
/ in the navy for a long time and it
I was feared he would not be able TO get
/ into pitching stride for many months
after such long layon. Quinn Is one
/ OF the oldest of old ,imers-rcscued
! from the minor leagues into which ne
was discarded years ago.
Yet Shawkcy and Quinn together
, have won more games than all tho
other Yankee siabmen; they have kept
/ Miller liuggins pet in the fight. With
out either. the Yanks now would be
! in second division instead of being
discussed AS pennant possibilities.
dihercn! inasm4ch as Two batsmen.
/ from whom little Was expected, have
| come through with hurrah just at
/ and Dock Johnson make up the pair.
Nothing much was expected OF them
IN ciouilng WAY as The season be
+ the assault for the Indians
/ The mid season mark is now long
( past. Speaker is far down in the $50
the 800 figure. and O'NeilI. Ga rdner
/ Wambsganss and Graney are wallow-
Ing in the depths. They are OF but little
f, help in the clouting branch.
But where the best bludgeon wieiders
OF INC ciuo slipped smith aud Johnson
seized the burden and began batting
macing around ais or so. and it IS
their consistent hitting that has won
many contests and kept the Indian
In the hGht-Copyrisht, 1918.