The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-10-01
YEAR BRINGS
BIG CHANGES
IN BASEBALL
Metcoric Rise of Lloyd Waner
and Wilcey Moore High
Spot of 1927 Season
BY BILLY EVANS

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In the parlance Of the circ:s, that
one sentence tells the stn of two
Of the outstanding stars in baseball,
making the debut in the majors.
have in mind Lloyd Waner of
the Pittsburgh Pirates, the sensa-
ton Of 1927. not only in the Ma
tional, but the American as well,
and Wilccy Moore Of the New York
Yankees. unquestionably the pitch
ing fool of the year.
Last season these two players
were doing their stuff in the South
Atlantic League, known to the base
ball profession as the Sally
League. 1t can hardly be me IL
toned in the same breath as the
Newfoundland American as far as
baseball standards are concerned.
May BE Talk Of Season
Yet. III early October, provided
Pittsburgh wins the tight 20 rep
resent the National League in the
world series, the comparatively I'M
known Wilcey Moore and LLOYD
Waner of the Sally" League of
1926 may be the two most talked
about individuals in baseball.
All Moore did last season as a
member Of the Greenville, s. c.,
team was to win SO games and lose
only four, while pitching that club
to a pennant. He won practically
oen-third of the victories scored by
his team.
Lloyd Waner, with batting av-
erage of .345 for 12l games, in which
he compiled 172 hits, was trying to
do as much for Columbia, S. c.,
with his batting as was Moore for
a rival club with his pitching.
In the spring Of last year Paul
Waner, who starred for the Pirates
in 1926, brought along his brother
Lloyd to the Pirates training camp
in California. While he realized the
kid wasn't quite ready for the
big show, he hoped he would show
enough stuff to warrant the San
Francisco club signing him.
The Frisco owners, who have had
great success in selling stars to
the majors, couldn't see Brother
Lloyd. Had he looked good to them
he would have brought fancy
figure into their Golfers in the fall.
Unable to place Lloyd with minor
league of higher classification, he
was shipped to the Columbia club
of the "Sally" League. He burnt
up that circuit and Pittsburgh got
him back for little or nothing.
Moore was signed by the New
scouts had turned him down. His
imposing record got him his chance,
despite expert opinion to the con-
trary.
Jumping from the "bushes" to the
big show didn't even temporarily
halt Waner and Moore on their
mad hop to baseball fame.
Record Shows
While Moore's New York record
shows II victories, one of the most
remarkable performances ever
turned in by first-year pitcher,
Manager Miller Higgins Of the
Yankees will tell you that Moore
should really be credited with 80
Of the champions wins. lie has
saved in the neighborho o. II
games as relief pitcher. He is sure
to see plenty of action in the world
series.
Lloyd Waner early this spring
displaced so outstanding q star as
"Kiki" Cuyler. In his first year
in the majors he has been amol 9
the first five hitters practically all
season. He was the second player
in the National League to make
200 hits, his brother Paul being
first. As far as l can discover. no
other player ever amassed 200 base
hits.
If the Pirates face the Yankees
in the 1927 classic. it will be inter-
esting to watch the work of Wilcey
Moore and Lloyd Waner, late stars
Of the Sally League. now headliners
under the big tent.
One year often brings about re-
markable changes in baseball.