New Britain herald., 1923-08-31
Spe akins
of sports

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Even though Firpo cannot lick
Dcmpsey-and 1t has not been proven
that he cannot--he doubtless can out
eat him. His daily menu astoundf
the doctor at his camp who says that
the Argentinean consumes 7,00t
more calories daily than a longshore
man.
Marquad put in onto the Phils 81
yesterday when he outpitched Ring
In a moundsman's duel.
The Athletics have yet to defeat
Ehmke this season. Yesterday he
turned in his fifth victory over the
Mackmen.
1t, took the Indians 10 innings to
trim the White Sox and then it was
doubles by Sewell and Stephenson
that won 49,
The Giants increased their lead by
defeating the Robins yesterday to 4,
/ but 1t was largely the daring work OF
Young on the bases that made victory
possible.
The Cards stopped the Pirates ga
in the first of their series.
Babe Ruth had perfect day at
the bat as the Hugmen took a close
game from Washington, 40.
McAuliffe had tough time with
Dempsey yesterday and in boxing
practice lasted only one round. He
teels sure Jack will win easily.
Mrs. Mallory yesterday won her
way to the final round in the CEDAR
hurst tourney.
Johnny Shugrue, stepping through
some light training with Willie, his
"kid" brother the other day. was sur
was to retire from the ring.
IT'S news to me-" quoth Johnnie,
as he played with pair of chest
weights Brother Joe has received
several offers for bouts since my 60
with Travers in New Haven but I
haven tsdecided on what card I'll ap-
pear yet"
Comm enting upon the grand old
pastime today, Billy Evans, famous
umpire and sports authority says:
What Is the greatest asset for
young pitcher just breaking into the
major leagues?" l put that question
to Jack Ryan. veteran backstop, now
doing duty as coach to the Boston
American league pitching staff.
THAT'S an easy one" replied Ryan.
Control, of course. Control Is not
only the greatest asset that a recruit
could possibly possess, but it is equal
ly valuable to a veteran star. No
matter how much stuff pitcher has.
it isn't worth a penny to him if he
can't get the ball over the plate. Any
pitcher who can get the ball over the
plate, thereby forcing the opposition
to hit their way on, always has a
change to win."
That afternoon the Chicago club
sent a recruit pitcher by the name Of
against the Boston Red
Sox. I wondered how he would make
out. Remembering what Ryan had
said about control, I decided to put
his theory to the acid test.
CLEARWATER is right handed pitch
er. He is a side-arm twirler and
STARTS his ball rather low. 1t was
evident that his peculiar delivery
would be to his advantage, as his
style differs from the majority OF
pitchers. CLEARWATER delivers the
ball much after the manner of How
ard Ehmke. who it SO happened was
the Boston Red Sox pitcher that day.
CLEARWATER showed a fairly good
fast BALL However, it was nothing
like the swift that Walter johnson
used when he broke IN. He also had
on tap fairly good curve. However.
have seen scores of pitchers break
into the majors with far more stuff
than did CLEARWATER and fail. After
the first few innings 1t was apparent
to me that CLEARWATER had control.
Any time he was in the hole he
seemed able to get the ball over the
plate. All the young man did was
shut out Boston 8 to O, allowing only |
four hits. Rather a remarkable feat
for a rookie" pitcher in his first |
start, even though 1t was recorded |
against calender.
The next day bumped into Ryan
before the start of the game. ! re-
called what he had said about con-
troll being young pitchers best as
set and told him that no better proof
could have been offered than the ex-