Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-03-08
NEW CHICAGO SLAB
STAFF HAS POWER
Six of Hurlers Held Ready
and Others Give Much
Promise of Worth.
RY JOHN r. FOSTER.


AVALON. Catalina Island Calf
March S.-The pitchers of the Chicago
Cubs. who arc in Spring training here,
are not divided into three parts like
all Gaul in old Caesars day. but IN
two parts One is the known part, the
other the unknown.
In the known part are Carlson, Blake.
Jones. Bush. Root and Osborn.
The unknown are Malone. Nehf
tseems stranSe to 50 classify him)
weinert. WEIGH and Fowler.
Fowler rode TO Catalina from the
mainland without showing any distreSN
though Neptune gave him rolling
trip That may be a good augury. as
most ball players surrender easily when
the ocean is wabbly. If he is steady
enough TO stand a Pacific SQuan he
may be steady enough to stand Ma
tloual League game.
Arthur Neht has been playing ball a
long time. He has helped win pen
nantS fer the Giants and he has taken
his share Of the burden i'll the world
series, He has never reported III the
Spring better off physically than he is
this year. If it can be assumed that
he can Win Is games for the Chicagos
ii may also be assumed that the Cubs
will he in the first division. A steady.
reliable left-hander is godsend to a
ball club.
Nehf Figured Good.
Joe Mccarthy. the Cub boss, feels
confident that had he possessed Neht
earlier in 1927 he would have made a
better race for the pennant and he is
quite as confident that Nehf will help
him this season II Nehf can pitch as
well as he has in the past, Chicago has
0 very valuable addition to its pitching
staff. II he can pitch half as well anc
little better Chicago is still in pos
session of pitcher of sound Judgment
and great information in regard to bats
men.
It is apparent that Mccarthy thinks
he has brought out pitcher IN WEIGH
who viii help him this year WEIGH
was with the team last season. tx
games so shaped themselves te=s Nc
Carthy couldn't give him the work that
he wished TO give him.
WEIGH is a 6-foot-2 athlete with a
right hand delivery He has that
ie: the ball 20 which is so much de-
sired by managers. The second motion
fools the batters. Alexander has some
OF that when he sees At to use it.
Young WEIGH also has speed. and his
style is that OF pitching from the attic
t. the cellar. in contrast TO the So-called
submarine pitchers. who pitch from the
cellar 10 the attic.
Weinert is a left-hander who has
been tried and has been both good and
had. He reached Chicago in 1927 from
California and went in the morning
after his arrival and pitched winning
game. He is not the steady. studious
pitcher that Nehf is. but he is pitcher
vl7o. when good. is hard to beat. The
longer he goes. the better he goes.
Malone Fine Last Year.
Malone had a splendid year in Min
raapnIis last season. He opened up his
gpee6 In game at Catalina and 1t vas
M gniGcent.
Mccarthy Is a genius at getting good
e-rk out Of tifese younger pitchers who
corse from the lesser associations, and
h will find al the good there is in Ma
lone and U.s. i; to the advantage Of the
Cubs.
II among this unknown lot Of pitchers
there happens TO be some 25 victories
for the Cubs in 1923. the known pitchy
e-s viii have the best assistance they
have had since Mccarthy has been the
manager Of the team
Now fer the kllowns: Jones a left
handler Of experience with the Cubs.
eiways has given the impression that he
, uii some year be the leading left
hsnSer OF base ball. and now that his
arm has been properly treated and
cured. this may be the year Of his
greatest success. His curve ball breaks
beautifully for him
Toward the end of the last season. i;
was asserted that Mccarthy had
worked Root 80 hard that he would
not be winning pitcher this year
II may be that Root will not have as
great success this year as last. but IL
Is web 70 remember this: When Me-
Cartny took Root from the Los Angelo
club there Tere any number Of men
wise In base bail who declared that
Foot would bc sent back before the
year vas over
He now has been with the Cubs twc
years and IN both has been one Of the
great winners in the National League
Hence, rather than relegate him 10 the
class 0! overworked pitchers in 1923
Comment may well be withheld until
about July 4.
Carlson in Shape.
Carlson faltered q little last year
yet ne won when be started He j.
right physically. and he may be q
reliable pitcher this season Blake
Bush and Osborn always have had
their Gays of success. They need work
3lEiI especially. and Bush must be
watched elosely 10 keep him from
hgrrylng too much.
Chicago has pitching staf that
has Us bread we'll butterec. Between
Pittsburgh and Chicago there are some
great pitchers on the Pacific Coast
Chicago thinks il has better pitchinf
ttsT than Pittsburgh and the Pirate
think theirs are the old ironsides.
There should be many pitching BATH
between the Two teams IN 1929 VGrii
watching frofl the stands, The lins
forms on the right.
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