Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-26
Belts L0OKSU
GOOD P|TCH|NCB BET
Young oeIawarean, Used hv
cravath as Relief HurIer,
Now Shows Form
HOLDS FLORIDA HI1LEss
BY SPICK HALL,

Gainesville, Fla, March %
Cravath did one turn for p;u n 'a'V
He handled Walter Belts, tho '"ovaa' ivan.
,elawarean, in such a way that bis sOoa' oo
hdence in himself remained rn,tns "'S con
the face of the continuous .,r,n. IL
feats absorbed by the pbillic. :; y, de'
1920 campaign. ID their
Cravath saw that Retta l.,
makings OF a pitcher in b;r, nSd the
realized that If he allowed b' bim,' out he
games and get hammered 1' ali 70 start
lot; he would soon become dosr oyer Tho
ARRIVED" ''e" before be
What Gavvy did was "a ,,,o,
finish games. TWENTY .sro S,,ow Belts 70
stnu 81 ,s maiter IN to 60 through hte s moti,n ~
" p'.cning when games were bonsIoU,n1s bI,ons
,os. or essliy won. There wero
many many OF the latter. Twice Belts sto,,aG' te aG'
oe,ns oeasen once and capturebtbs1 o,soa,
same' sa.a Ibis gave him a total of twSrtsr r
less service. Gu" more Or
Just how much Cravatb d,a
has been evidenced since u'a .a Tor Belts
nIo,oL al, ~ .aining. lie has djs.
played all the signs of a pitcher ". ".
nus worked In two games and tbcro Nv
livery. v" MS de-
When Belts pitched at Tampa sv,,,.,
tne washington regulars week sss
To-Day, laxity on the part Of Wri,%V
stone ana fly ball lost in the sun con-
stituted washington s total claims :.
hits on him. Yesterday he pitched g..
OF the nine rounds against the UpiveM,, NV
ity OF Florida and did not yield an,.
ching that resemblcd a safety.
10 De sure Belts was pitching agains
college boys. still no pitcher could hs,.
done much better than hold them H.
less. Furthermore, only one man NV,
left on base. This was Madison tSs
college shortstop, who was the s,,
man up in the first inning. He drew
q pass.
Pitches Prefectly
After that Belts pitching was mas.
feet. He retired the side In order IN
the second third and fourth irnI,,, ~
In the fifth Ward. the "GaiterssG
catcher, got on through A miscua hv
Wrightstone, but he died when GrSy
hit into a double play. SO that in Hys
innings Belts was faced by only sixteen
collegians. He famed four.
T he fact that Belts held these bo,s
runless and hitless is nothing great n
itself. But the way he pitched VA,
extremely encouraging. He used hook
very often, but mixed it with his fa,t
one in just the proper proportion %
keep the hitters guessing. lie i,rysrl.
ably came through with a curve jus,
as the boys were set for fast one, and
vice versa, the result being that he had
them breaking their backs swinging 30
long as he remained on the mound
Belts really hasn't any particular
weakness. All he needs is more expert.
ence in fast company and more prac!
tice. He is solidly built, strong and IN
such good physical condition generally
that the more work he does the betterh
thrives. -
Lefty Keenan, showed tho same ten.
dency toward wildness while he worked
yesterday as he has in previous games.
Hc tried to put too much on the ball.
To be sure he famed four men in four
, innings, but he got himself into a NUN.
ber Of jams with the battcrs by hI
wildness, had to groove it TO prevent
issuing passes and this caused three
Floridians to nail him for hits. Keenin
also hit batsman and committed
wild pitch.