The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-01
SOUTHPAW HURLERS
DOMINATE SERIES
viii Take Leading Part in
Baseball Classic for First
Time in Years.

Z CHICAGO, Sept Solicit handed pitch
ers. who for years have been overshad-
owed by right handlers in worlds series
contests. this year bid fair TO take
the centre of the stage in this series.
With the exception Of one or two years
notably 191s-right handed moundsmen
have been the mainstay Of their clubs
for thirty seasons. and seldom has left
handed pitching brought the worlds
champion title to any clip. This year,
however, the Cincinnati Reds virtually
won the pennant through southpaws
and two left handlers have shared with
the veteran Eddie Ciootte the burden
Of bringing another American League
pennant to the Chicago White Sox.
Dutch Ruether, last year considered
not good enough for the big leagues,
and Slim Sallee, twice discarded, are
The hurlers chiefly responsible for the
Reds victory in the National League
and II is on these men that Cincinnati
will depend largely in the fall series.
Eller and Ring, the two star right
handlers, have long done their share. but
Cincinnati fans pin their faith to Rue
Their and Sallee.
For the White Sox. Eddie Cicotte is,
OF course, a pitching stan by himself,
but Claude Williams has won many
games with his southpaw slants and
Dick Kerr has more than held his own.
southpaw Combat.
So It seems probable that the series
this year may find Ruether and Sallee
battling with Kerr and williams for pre-
mier honors. Left handlers have held
4 aArfA NNNa
ing 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 me st of the hurting for the National
Leaguers.
Delving back into the early records
Of baseball 1t is found that the pennant
winners generally have depended on
right handed pitchers. but there were
some great left handlers, notably Toad
Ramsey OF Louisville, Lady Baldwin OF
Detroit, Van Haltren of Chicago and
others.
Lady Baldwin was the main reliance
OF Detroit when the Wolverines beat
the ST. Louis Browns ten out Of fourteen
games in 1887.
From 1881 to 1894 there were no
prominent left handed pitchers on the
winning teams. Baltimore the cham
pion in 1894, 'e5 and '96, had only one
first class southpaw-Esper. From then
until 1901 the right handlers carried the
burden OF pitching. In 1901, '02 and
'0s Tannehill and Doheny helped Pitts
burg. Mathewson and McGinnity
right handlers, won the pennant for the
Giants in 1904 and 'O5. while in 1906
'07. '0S and 10 Pfeister was the only
left handler with the champion Chicago
Cubs. Leifleld aided Pittsburg In 1903,
but the right ha1ders did most OF the
work. The sanN goes for 1911, ~ and
Is. when Mathcwson was the mainstay
Of the Giants, although Marquard and
Niltse gave material assistance.
Right Handlers to the Fore.
In 1914 two right handlers, James and
Rudolph. and one left handler, Tyler
won for the Boston Braves. In 1915
Alexander and Mayer were responsible
for\ the Philadelphia victory in the
National League, with Eixey, the SOUTH
paw, losing a majority of his games.
Marquard and Smith helped Brooklyn
In Nol6. but two-thirds of the pitching
was done by right handlers
In 1917 Faber. a right handler, turned
the trick aginst the Giants by winning
three games in the titular series
The southpaws will not carry of
honors In the world series this fall,
however, without a battle. Clcotte UNI
douhtedly Is the best right handler on
either team and Eller and Ring have
pitched wonderful bali all season. Faber
has not worked regularly this season
but is being groomed 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 proba-
bility that Grover Lowdermilk may
ascend the mound for the White sox.
WORLDS SERIES IN ARMoRY.