The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-06-14

Grover Alexander, after wiRning eleF'
on straight samS$ blew and lost to the
able about thAt-,he remarkable thing Is
that Alex. After losing. said that II was
odd because that day he had more Stutt'
was faster and had better curves IMAM
tn any S 81 sss a ,s ~ yS@ tina,
arc days when o team will hit any Xlno
of pitching that Is offered. They wiz
declare that on certain days. teams can
not hit any Kind Of pitching s SErns Says
they can stop the best hitters WIN
practically nothing on the Dali. En VIM
on other days the same batters Will siam
anything that Is served up; 8, r,,
Alexis experience, therefore Is ~
unusual nor Is 1t likely that he mis2u
ed himself. He Is rare ludse Oh ms 10
T. own condition. and can ten pTa3r o1
starting q game whether ne Is F 40 NOT
know until they have WORKED an ~ az
ming or two whether their speed -
great or the curve as sharp as ln"S
ought TO b. but In TINS case - ~,
! that Alex simply ran up against S tns
cards on day when they were que
6oulAnt ESip Fitting.
! remember one game way narS
the Andy friedman era Of baseball "hiCn
was peculiar Amos Rusie was not 'nsn
st his best, but he was GOOD. ana LOT
Years be bad held the old ChicAko h n'.o
stockinGs. under Arson helpless al @
erY meeting. Amos had been In IAN
I'm freedman and was anxious 20 pitch
top game and reinstate hlmseh IN .mS
rood sErnees Of the owner, so ne cul
Moose with as dazzling an array OF s'ah'S
M yfoeed a. ever was seen.
anRnSbut the Chicago bunch got
STARTED hitting and nothing II seemea
would stop them. Bul Danren rep pa ~
~ hs ever had done In his life, and
ror two hits off curve balls which. No
declared. fooled him entirely.
That famous game between ChlcaSo
and louisville. IN which Chicago made
IA runs furnished another example OF
team that could not be stopped from
hitting. believe Louisville tried nv.
pitchers. all with the same result sesl
SIe oitchers Of the slow ball. control
and rpeed" class Cwhat We used TO call
the Radoourne school OF pltching) to!o
me afterward that he had everything
ne ever had and that they hit anything
and everything he offered.
Somehow few players seem 10 know
bust what pitching will stop team. Ot
course, We know that excessive speed.
IN III ordinarily prevent hitting. but
vntrhnE a pitcher warm up. It Is hard
q tell whether he will prevent BATTING
Or not. ] always could tell oy HatcnlIE
Sd walsh when he WAS rlBnI 10. 49,
Eame and the same was true or George
NuIlin. called the turn on three
rannes between the Giants and Rcd So1
n the worlds series by studying pitSn.
rs before the start OF the games. One
4 remember warmed up so quickly and
with such amazing speed that l knew
something was wrong and discovered
later ne was excited and angry over i
fght in the clubhouse and he threw
away his game almost before 1t was
started
Pat Moran is. believe. the best judge
Of pitchers and their CONDITION before
a game that I ever knew. Chance useo
him largely In this capacity when n"
' was with the Chicago Cubs. and he sell
dom miscalled the turn. I remember one
worlds series game when Moran oo1ecr,-
ed 10 opening the series with Overall,
and Chance persisted. 10 his own DIS
comfiture. Pat seems able to judge just
what the pitcher has. and he IL extreme
ly quick in observing when pitcher
is growing arm weary during game
! have heard him half dozen times