Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-04-20

1t was the consensus of opinion
among these managers that Detroit,
or any other team, would win the
pennant if it had four pitchers who
turned in 20 or more victories each,
since it could count on it's lesser lumi-
narieS for at least 10 victories in ad-
dition.. The council of manag gers went
over the list of pitchers in the two
leagues and picked out so men whom
they regarded as eligible to member
ship in the Twenty Club"
Although five of the nine managers
are connected with the National
League they selected 81 pitchers from
the American League and only 10
from the older circuit.
0ne-fifth of Total Named.
Selection of a pitcher for the eligi-
bic list merely means that he is re-
Sarded as being capable of winning 20
or more games for his club, if given
support. The fact that less than one
sixth of the number regarded as ele-
gible this season qualified for the
Twenty Club last season, shows how
great are the chances of those picked
TO fall down. And yet the numbers of
those selected as eligibles are hardly
more than one-fifth the total number
OF pitchers in the two big leagues.
Members of the Twenty Club of
1924 and games won We're:
National League-Vance, %; Mays,
20; Cooper. 20; Grimes, %.
American League - johnson, %:
Pennock, p; Shaute, 20; Thurston, 20.
1t will be noted that the New York
Giants won the National League pen
nant without having one member of
this select company, while Washing
ton carried away the American League
flag with only one Twenty Club" per
former. Brooklyn with two members.
had to be content with second place.
American League EIigibIes.
Here is list of the eligibles for
this season, in the opinion of the nine
managers mentioned and the writer:
American League - The Yankees
have Shocker, Jones, Hoyt, Pennock
and Shawkey. Some roll Any of
them likely to come through.
Washington has Johnson, Zachary,
Coveleski, Marberry and Gregg. Mog-
ridge wasn't put on because they say
he can't work often enough. Reuther
didn't get on because he is too uncer-
tain.
Detroit has Whitehill, Leonard Col
Inns, Holloway and Dauss. Every one
of them, with the possible exception
OF Leonard, has the endurance of an
army nNle.
The Athletics have Rommel. Groves.
an unknown quantity, but a pitcher of
endurance; Baumgartner, who begins
20 look like a real throWer, and per-
haps Gray.
The White Sox have Thurston, Rob
ertson, Cvengros and Faber as candi-
dates for the roll of honor.
Cleveland's Twenty Club" appren-
tees are Shaute, Smith, Edwards-the
council seemed to think a lot of him
and Uhle.
The Browns drew Bush, Danforth
and Castor for their nomination, and
that is thinking a lot of CASTOR.
For the Red Sox only Emhke is
named, although Jack Quinn seems
perfectly good for the fray, and so
does Ferguson.
Named for National League.
National League-Nearly all the
managers were shaky about the
Giants pitchers, yet all of them are
cocksure the Giants will win the pen
nant. The 800 men" named are Nehf,
Bentley, Barnes and Scott. 1t makes
one stop and think a minute.
For Brooklyn the '2O boys" are
Vance, Grimes and Pettey, and that is
going to put a lot of work on some
pOuS SISo ptlOT6 the season Is over.
For Pittsburgh, Yde, Kremer and
Aldridge got the nomination, and thas
also gives pause for thought. What
will the kids have to do for the
Pirates to win?
Same for the Cubs, where the call
is given only to Alexander, Cooper and
Kaufman.
In Cincinnati the chosen ones are
Donohue, Luque, Mays and Rixey, but
Mays has sore arm and may not
get going for some time.
For the Cardinals only two are
named. One of them is a kid named
Rhem and the other is Sothoron.
Boston and Philadelphia are not
conceded to have any chance to win
in the National, and no "20" pitcher
is looked for on either of them, al
though Jess Barnes on the Braves
and Jimmy Ring on the Pills are not
to be counted out of it.