THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG SPORTING | ERAL IN KERS 2 From left to right of the picture we have: Dauss, Smith, Thurston, Shocker, Rommel, Mogridge, Ehmke, Pennock. - + BY BILLY EVANS, In baseball the term "smart pitch- er" is applied to the twirler who uses his head as well as his arm. A smart pitcher does not neces- sarily have the most ability." In a great many cases it is lack of stuff that causes him to resort to strategy. Pitchers with much natural ability usually depend entitely on their stuff to get them by. Often such pitch- ers do not resort to headwork until the arm starts to give way under the strain, Waiter Johnson and Grover Cleve- land Alexander, two of the greatest pitchers of all time, frankly confess they never gave much thought to brain stuff until they first suffered a lame arm. Of tie present-day crop of pitchers In the major leagues, Urban Shocker of the St. Louis Browns is generally conceded to be the craftiest, = Here is the all-star "gray matter" pitching staff of the American Lea- gue: St. Louis Browns--Usban Shocker, Chicago White Sox--Hollis Thurs- ton. Cleveland Indians--Sherry Smith. Washington Nationals -- George Mogridge. New York Yankees--Herb Pen- nock, Flhiladelphia Athletics--Ed. Rom- mel. Detroit Tygers--George Dauss. Boston Red Sox--Howard Ehmke. While every successful major lea- gue pitcher must use his head as well as his arm, these eight pitchers stand out, Walter Johnson, perhaps the greatest pitcher of all time, now goes in strongly for the smart stuff. Once upon a time Walter simply threw the ball by the batter, He worked on the theory that you couldn't hit what you couldn't see. To-day Walter Johnson is rated one of the wisest pitchers in the game. When his arm wavered he called on his brain for reserve power. In selecting these eight smart pitchers, natural ability has been put in the back ground to a certain ex- tent. There are any number of right-handers in<the American Lea- gue who have more stuff than Hollis | Thurston and plenty of left-handers | with mare natural ability than George Mogridge. "The wise pitcher of to-day is the! fellow who uses his head no matter how much stuff he has," says the great Walter Johnson. THINK TIME, RIPE FOR NEW LEAGUES London Free Press Comments on "Knotty" Lee's Alleg- ed Plans for Pro. Body. With reference to the story of . Knotty Lee's intention of forming a flew Canadian pro. leagde the Lon- don Free Press says: "With the Michigan-Ontario Lea- gue facing the darkest period in its six-year history, due to tha orphan- ed Grand Rapids club, and genera! financial difficulty throughout the circuit, rumors of the organization of ,& Canadian loop have again arisen. "It was pointed out that London And Hamilton have little in common With other members of the league. There is no intercity rivalry, but there is a long jump and financial losses to those cities to carry out the schedule. Proponents of a Cana- dian league believe there is intercity baseball rivalry between cities which they name as candidates for such a circuit. ' "Those who are on the inside of things believe that London, St. mas, Kitchener, Guelph or Peter- , Brantford and Hamilton could a six-team league that would up sentiment, prove a go and _ bring money into the coffers of the club. "It is also said in reliable sources that Knotty Lee, former business 'manager of Toronto, in the Inter- national League, will organize such | & league this winter. He succeeded in forming the Mint League in 1919, when the wise-acres thought it wouldn't be done, and he may have 6 success in Canada. "Rumors of the founding of a fan league among these cities based on the following facts: "That all are good baseball towns, supporting independent teams which 'Dave large followings. : * "That all are within a radius of miles, making possible two-hour imi ls oY --n--. inter-urban jumps to most of them and thus eliminating the cost of' long road jumps "That for two years before the war such a league thrived and was only disbanded because the war fin- ally detracted interest from baseball. Should such a league be formed it would be in either Class D or C, it is reported, providing for small salary limits, in accord with the size of the cities." PLAY-OFF ANNOUNCED FOR CENTRAL GROUP First Game in Kingston on Wednesday Next With 8econd in Peterboro. Late Thursday afternoon Presi: dent B. N. Steacy of the Kingston Central Ontario League club tele- phoned that word had been received from Oshawa concerning the playoffs in that circuit. The first game is scheduled for Wednesday next in Kingston und the return game for the following Saturday in Peterboro. Umpires Dell, Thorne and Hallinan have been slat- ed' to handle the games, Just how the teams will shape up in a playoff contest is problematical but they should certainly put up a lively series. The Ponies romped home to a glorious finish when they trimmed up Belleville 12-2 in Belle- ville, and Peterboro won eight straight games to wind up the second half and win it, being saved the necessity of playing off a postponed game with Belleville by Kingston's yictory. . Serth, Heckman, Harrison, for Peterboro and Gallagher, Kelly and Cherry, for Kingston are the boys who will tell the tale, If Heckman can stand every game, which he will very likely be called upon to do, it will be a hard row for the King- stonlans. However, with the batting spurt they have taken lately, hitting four- Pays Yourself Esslamorabonls winking at the brim," invites you to delight taste, satisfy teen safeties for twenty-eight bases in their second last game and eleven hits for sixteen bases in their last one, the Ponies should give Al. Heck- man lots of trouble for once he "goes up" he usually stays there, lacking the comeback ability of Oulette, the Belleville ace, ASEBAL SCORES THURSDAY'S GAMES, National League. New York 1, Pitisburgh 3. Brooklyn §, Ciac'nnaty 0. Cnly games scheduied. Amen League. St. Louis 8, New Yofk 5. Cleveland 0, Washjngton 1. Detroit -5, Philade)phia 11. Chicago 3, Bostoy 4. Toronto 5-4, Syracuse 6, Rochester 4, Reading 0. Buffalo 8, Jersey City 4. THE STANDING. ,Natonal League. Won Lost 70 40 63 44 59 48 60 50 58 6556 45 63 40 66 39 68 P.C. 636 .588 B61 545 513 417 277 364 New York ... «... Pittsburgh ... .... Chicago Brooklyn Cincinnati St. Louis ... Philadelphia ... Boston American League. Won Lost 64 49 62 49 62 51 68 B53 63 59 51 69 48 62 48 64 P.C. 566 569 549 523 A473 464 A436 429 New York ... .... Detroit Washington .. .... St. Louis .. Cleveland ... ..... "a cress Philadelphia ... .. International League. Won Lost 86 33 72 49 61 59 62 60 57 B53 66 64 45 69 38 179 P.C. 723 595 508 507 475 462 395 325 Baltimore ... .,... Toronto Newark Rochester ,.. Buffalo vas o.ovus Syracuse ... Reading ... «uv. + Jersey City ... .... DO YOU KNOW BASEBALL? By Billy Evans. Questions. 1. With runners on first base, bat- ter hits a ground ball that strikes the base umpire and bounds into the shortstop's hands. A double play was completed and umpire allowed same, The ball went directly from the bat to the umpire, no play being made on it.--J. BE. D. i 2. Batter hits the ball to deep centre fleld and beats the relay to the plate for a home run. As the runner rounded third, the coacher slapped him on the back. The team in the field insisted that the coacher pushed the runner, thereby making him try for the plate, The umpire called the runner out for interference on the part of the coacher. Please explain the coach- ing rule relative to this play. --8. R. Answers. 1. When a batted ball on which no play has been made hits the umpire, the batsman is entitled to first base. No runner can advance unless fore- The umpire erred in allowing a double play. Batter goes to first, runner on first to second. 2. Coacher must not come into contact with baserunuer rounding third on a hit where there is a chance for a play. When a home run is made on a ball hit over the fence, no attention is paid to any act of the coacher, as no play is really possible. : However, when ball remains in field of play, any act of the coacher in touching the runner rounding | third can be construed as interfer- ence by the umpire. ENUT ACKER BY cnsmemmm-- JOE WILLIAMS 'Despite the fact that the British- American polo matches are set for September, the annual clambake of the Paper Hangers' Union will be carried out as per schedule, Some gifted alienist may yet take the stand and prove to our complete satisfaction that the defeat of the White Sox in 1919 was merely the outgrowth of a "childish fantasy." It is broadly hinted that ¥Firpo does most of his road work lying «¥llae OI It, i8U + «ual the way he does most of his fighting? The Canadians can not understand why Hagen declined to compete in their championship....Maybe he's still got some left. There is this to be sald in favor of barn-yard golf. ...You never hear the players crab about missing three- foot putts, . The French race horse, Epinard, likes to be petted..,.But please don't try to hold him in your lap, girls. ie. Out in Seattle the other day the fans gave old Vean Gregg a clock and Mr. O'Goofty feels sure it must have been a grandfather's clock. Ten golfers have been picked to defend the American bowl... We didn't know there was a bowl in this country worth defending. Now that the lawn tennis officials have shut up, Bill Tilden hasn't any opposition at all, 'Willie Ritchie is coming back... . This is further proof that the fighter who retires always buys a round- trip ticket. ! \ -- Al Reach was the first ball player to be paid a salary....A lot of folks think Cobb was the first to earn one. Mountain climbing is the -most Popular sport in Austria....Social climbing is the most popular sport in this country. 11920. He has held them thus far, FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1094. TIMELY Still The Most For The Money NOTHING NEW By Billy Evans "The boys of to-day haven't shown me anything new in baseball. "It's just the same old game. No faster than when I quit the big show. "In some respects, it seems to me that it has gone back considerably, | pitching for instance. "The crack batters of today are | not any better than those of 10 to 15 | years ago. The ball is livelier and! the pitching poorer." | * . . ' - Billy Sullivan, famous catcher ot| the Chicago White Sox in the days! of Fielder Jones and the "Hitless Wonders," so expressed himself to| me the other day. Since retiring from, baseball he has lived in the far north-' west. This fall two of Billy's sons will | enter Notre Dame. Both are star! athletes. Ope of the boys gives | promise of being as great a catcher as his father. Accompanied by the! boys he made the trip from Oregon | by auto. Sullivan had been watching the White Sox: for several days and rather wished that he had been born | 10 years later. - » . It was Billy Sullivan who handled the delivery of Ed. Walsh when the premier spitball pitcher was at the top of his game. Other great pitch-| ers on the Sox staff at that time were "Doc" White, Nick Altrock and Frank Smith. . * . "Not having seen a .big league game for years I was anxious to learn the cause of the slugging that now features major league baseball," said Sullivan, "Twenty years ago if a dozen hit- ters finished the season with an aver- age of .300 or better it was consid- ered a big year from a batting stand- point. Now there are three times that many, often more. "After watching the 1924 model big league teams in action I am posi- tive that the batters of to-day are no better than hitters like Lajole, Wagner, Delahanty and others. "The great increase in batting is due to a decided falling off in pitch- ing. However, I can offer no reason for the apparent slump in the work of the pitchers." . »* Sullivan is of the opinion {hat less inside baseball is being played to- en Inci- day than when he was a star, dentally he believes that catching is a far easier task"than when he was guiding the destinies of the White Sox pitchers. * * . "It strikes me that the slugging game hag changed the job of the backstop considerably. No longer does the opposition keep the catcher worried. "When I was catching it was a constant battle of wits between base runner, catcher and batter. On every ball pitched the catcher had to have his head up. "In those days one run meant a great deal, often the ball game, nat- urally more inside stuff was pulled in an effort to put over a tally, "Trying to break up the hit-and- run seems to be the biggest task of the modern catcher. The old- time catcher had a dozen worries to this one." * .. s Sullivan can't see that the game has changed any for the better, and says he would like to be playing with the White Sox of 1906 in the present American League race. "I would start spending some of the world series money right now," is. the wey he puts ft, Are You Getting The Big Bass? You will be glad if you use our F ishing Tackle when you go to the back lakes or the Rideau. THEY GET FISH. 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