Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-18
CLUBS ARE
LACKING GOOD y \ !,
PITCHING STAFF

Chicago. June 18.-lAck OF good
pitching probably ID costing half I
dozen clubs In the two major leagues
2 chance to take part in the, world
series next fall, Tor, Of the sixteen
teams only four have more than one
at present. Several clubs have trs-
mendous batting or scoring strength,
and with effective pitchers any one of
them apparently could make the pena
nantS race A~twAlkaway. ss
a two New York clubs, Cleveland
In the American league and Pitts
'burgh in the National league are the
only ans able to boast ola pitching
stan with as many rs two effective
regulars. Many clubs have several
men on their staffSs credited with
more victories than defeats, but they
are mostly players who have been IN
only n or two games and are mot
regulars.
The records show that there Is not
q club able to boast or the star pitch
Ing staffs of afew years. ago such. az
bach Of the Chicago Cubs; Mathewson,
McGinnity. Wiltse and Ames Of the
Giants; Bender, Coombs, waddeH and
Plank of the Athletics; Walsh, white
and Altrock of the White Sox, or
James. Rudolph and Tyler of the
Boston Braves miracle team"
Good Men With Giants.
The New York Giants have Benton,
Toney. Nehf and Douglas to bear the
brunt Of h hurting and each OF. these
has won more games than he has lost.
Perrtt and Barnes also have done their
share, giving rthe Giants the best
pitching stan in either league so far
as the number Of effective men Is
concerned. p
Pittsburgh, has Babe Adams, Wilbur
Cooper and Earl Hamilton, three
veterans, doing good work, with
Glazner. a recruit, leading all Of them
filing in.
For Brooklyn. Grimes has been the
only steady winner. Mitchell, Marnaux
and Ruether have managed to break
about even in their games, but their
work has been erratc.
The rest Of the National league
clubs boast Of little in a pitching way.
Chicago's staff undoubtedly will i'm
nrove later when Vaughn and Alex
ander return to form, but both are out
now with lame arms. None Of the
other clubs has a. pitcher who has
been able to return more victories
than defeatA s. &,
In the American. league. Cleveland,
the. worlds champion, has Cove1eskie,
considered one OF the best in the
circuit; Bagby, who won more games
than any other hurler last season;
Mails, the sensation Of the closing
days Of the 1920 schedule, and Uhle,
who seems at last to have found him
self. Mails, however. has not been 50
effective as last year and Uhle is not
yet ranked as atopnotcher.
The New York Yankees have had
to- depend almost entirely o. Mays,
with Piercy, Ferguson and Hoyt. all
recruits, and Shawkey, a veteran,
winning a majority OF their games.
Detroits best work has been done by
only one man-Shocker-who can he
said to have a fair chance Of even
lasting through a game, while Faber
has beef h only pitcher able to win
consistently for5the rebuilt White Sox.
Sam Jones carries. Boston's burden in
the box, while Zachary is the only
man Washington can depend on, with
Walter johnson IN the shelf with a
sore arm. Philadelphia has no one.
Ono Man StafR.
Thus, a majority Of the clubs have
only n man pitching STATS. De-
troit. with a powerful all around team
outside the box. would have an easy
time winning the pennant, it Is gem
orally believed, II .Ty Cobb could find
a pitcher or two. The New York
Yankees have a hitting team and a
pitcher or two would put them in q
fair way of winning. St. Louis, long
"a second division club. is generally
able. to pound out enough runs to win
II only its own pitchers could hold the
opposition. The White Sox look like
world heaters with Faber in the box,
but without him they are hopeless.
And so on through the leagues. The
records show more good .base.running
clubs, more teams with powerful at
tacks and fewer good pitching stats
than in many years. 4eI%i