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H ' ' "7 "?HE EVENING STANDARD, OGDEN, UTAH,' SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1912. ' '" ' ' ' ", , ' ' j
H IT WAS A GOOD SCHEME, SCOOP, BUT
I STANDARD SPORTING PAGE
H JOE WOOD SELDOM
USES SLOW BALL
H (By Joe Wood.)
H Boston, Oct 12. When you ask me
H how to pitch championship ball I do
H not like to answer, because I am
H afraid baseball "fans" may say that I
H don't know how. I suppose ii is a
H knuck of pitching the ball, and faith-
H ful, classy support on tho part of the
H team that have glron me a record of
H more baseball games won than any
H other pitcher In tho league.
H I can't even tell why the ball I
H pitch is better than that pitched by
H other twlrlers, If It is unless it is in
1 the speed of the ball. I do pitch it
fl with a snap. I have watched other
pitchers who rely mainly on a "fast
M bail, and I hove not. noticed much of
H a snap of the wrist. I have a theory
H that I have more of the snaq than the
H others.
B I do not know that my "fast ball"
B is the one on which I mainly rely. I
H seldom use a "curve ball" and rarely
H serve up a slow one. If I have more
M speed than some of the others, it is
H because I give the ball more energy
H tho way I pitch than it gets from
H some of the other delivery, and if I
fl have "something on" the ball it Ib be-
M cause of a knack I have .had all my
Hl life. I do not try to give the ball any
H froalc twists, and I do not know why
Hl my ball should have more speed or
H any freak that other pitchers do not
H nave.
H The ball I pitch does take a jump
H before it reaches the batter. That
H comes from the speed, I think, al-
M though it may come from some twist
H that I give the ball, unconsciously,
fl neforfe it leaves my hand. The jump
Hl seems to fool them often.
M I hold the ball as most other pltch-
m ers do grasped firmly between the
m first two fingers above and the thumb
below. I hrold it that way when I give
H them a "fast one,' when I slip them a
H curve or when I serve up a slow one.
fl I aiwayB throw with the same over-
M 'hand motion. I bring my arm over
M at full length, with tho hand more or
1 less UDrlcht. and throw with all tho
H energy I hare. As the arm comes '
H over nearly as far as it wil go, tho
M wri6t docs tho rest It probably snaps
H quick, thereby giving the ball the ex-
m tra speed they say I have. Whatever
H 'happens, the wrist comes down and
B the ball leaves my fingers quickly. It
H goes fast, but with no curve, and
H takeB a jump before it reaches the
H I have been told -that the wrist
H snapc so quickly that it appears that
1 twist It and throw with the fingers
H below and tho thumb above. That is
H not true.
HH Control Is Important.
B It does not seem to me that I have
Kg! "anything" that the others have not,
Kftl unless it is the knack, as you might
rVl say, which gives the extra speed.
ffl The only secret that I know any-
KM thing about is that of "control."
Hi9 "Control" makes or unmakes any
HS pitcher. I know many a pitcher who
ngfl has more speed than I have, and, of
EMM course, theTo are plenty of them who
WB have curveB, the width of which they
BRI can control. But they are unable to
U make tho ball "break" and pass the
H batter when they want it to pass him
HH and. where it must pass him to bt
Buccessful. They lack "control."!
J Sometimes they have It, but some-
times will not do. They must be able
H to do It every time, orlnearly bo. As
H to the slow ball, that also comes back
j (to the proposition of control. These
B pitchers who "havo tho stuff" lack
H "control," and they are not success-
HH With "control" tho pitcher can de-
9 Hver tho ball within a few inches of
Hf iwhere he wants it to go a few inches
H9 1 moan not anywhere within that
H starget over the plate and between
S ,thc batter's shoulders and knees. If
Kflj that "control" is acquired, If the
H pitcher has spoed, curves, good Judg-
HH ment and a good memory of what tho
S oppofllng"batsmen can't hit. the pltch-
h r Is likely to be successful.
Dj A. pitcher to be successful muBt
m havo an efficient team behind him. If
j ihe has "the goods" and the fielders
j know where the opposition is likely to
j fhlt and play the game of baseball as
H it he Red Sox know how to play It, he
H lis likely to be a successful pitcher.
H rtf I have been unusually successful.
H prou always want to remember that
H tho Boston Red Sox are a wonderful
H 'collection of basoball players, who
H know how to play on tho diamond
H and can hit 'em out at bat and run
M (bases to hoot,
fl You ask If some batters are harder
M (to pitch to than others. That is true,
B (as a matter of fact. Ty Cobb, for in-
H (Stance, is the hardest man I havo to
H pitch to. It is not alone his style that
H bothers a pitcher; It is his sure eye.
M iThe sure eye makes tho good bats-
STian, and Mhem you stop to think of
Jt good pitching is only th knack of
throwing the ball accurately, so that
It will pass the batsman in tho way
that "queers" that sure eye. That's
why I believe In the "fast" ball.
BRESNAHAN FINES
MANY PLAYERS
(By W. A. Phelon )
"Roger Brosnahan," says Tom
Clarke, second catcher of the Reds.
' Is Ihe 'fining kid Tie punishes any
of his men who offend him by slap
ping on a fine, and his Idea of a
finable offenso Is something original
and wonderful. Anything you do ac
cording to your own lights according
to Roger, is dead wrong and should
be punished by a fine, and anything
you do according to his Ideas, if It
noesn t go through successfully, has
been done In bonehead fashion and
must bo punished by a financial sting.
I have even heard that Roger, figur- J
Ing that a bunt was the proper play. '
was, nevertheless, tempted by a ball
over the middle and took a crack at
IL A double play resulted and Roger
fined himself for disobeying his own
orders.
"Some of Roger's fines were really
wonders. Some time ago a sturdy
catcher named Murphy Joined the St.
Louis team a fellow who had had
brief trlalB with both the Cincinnati
Reds and the St Louis Browns. Mur
phy was taken on only because both i
Bresnahan and Bliss wero crippled
and wasn't actually expected to do
any work. It happened the day Mur
phy came into camp some slight nc
cldent befell Wlngo. the third catch
er of the team, and Murphy had to
rush into the chest protector and the
glove.
Run Is Scored.
"A man was roosting on first base.
As soon as the new catcher had as
sumed his robes of office the runner
broke awy Murphy didn't come near
gettinp him and the stolen bases ul
timately blossomed into a run. When
the inning was over Bresnahan ad
dressed Murphy, sternly:
" 'Murphv,' said he, 'you are fined
?24.
"'Fined $24.' cried Murphv 'What
for!"
" 'Because,' explained Roger 'you
were not in position to make the i
throw when that man stole.' I
"And the catcher never lived who
could stay out of the harness for
weeks, go right into a gwme, and, on
BsapBg8aaoB hiiib imaq
i the first ball pitched, get himself In
to proper poBc to make a decent
throw.
"Tho richest one of all, though,
came off whon the RedB and Card
inals wero plajing a desperate, extra
inning game. Wingo, the Tcdheaded
youngster who has been catching for
St. Louis, came up at the finish, with
two down and the bases full of eager
runners. Ere long the call was two
and three. A fourth base would force
in the tyqing run. Tho ball came
along way wide and head high al
most a wild pltchr and Wingo swung
at it. missing It a mile. The game
was over.
"Bresnahan burst inlo tho dressing
room like a vaad man 'Wingo,' he bel
lowed, 'you are fined you are fined
ah ah you are fined" $100,000.'
"Young Wingo stood up, flaming
with protest and defiance. 'Mr.
Bresnahan,' cried he. at nly present
salary It will take me nearly fifty
years" to pay that fine, and if you
think that 1 am going to work fifty
vears for this club for nothing you
are mistaken. I won't stand for it,
I'll quit baseball right here and I'll go
back to South Carollnu for the bal
ance of my davs!'
"And when the big laugh was over
Bresnahan, who had meant to say
that the kid was fined $100, chopped it
down to $25."
PAPKE WILL BE
BEATEN IN FRANCE
New York, Oct 12. If the plans
of Monsieur Francis Descamps, man
accr of Georges Carpentier, fistic
Idol of France, do not go awy,
Geroges will exhibit his paces boforo
a Xew York club early In November.
Descamps writes from Paris that ho
intends to take his charge to Amor
ica two weeks after Caruentier's
match with Billy Papke, scheduled for
the French Capital October 22ud, has
bc.en disposed of Judging from the
tenor of Descamp's 0plstle. he ex
pects Papke to prove rather easy for
Carpenter.
There is a good deal of curiosity
extant on this side of the water re
garding Carpentier's prowess. He is
boyond doubt the most sensational
figure in glovedom produced by his
country since Frenchmen took up the
rugged sport of fisticuffs, having
fought his way to the top of the heap
,with but ono defeat registered against
i him.
Frank Klaus, the Pittsburgh slug
ger, won from Carpentier on a foul
in nineteen rounds last Juno in the
lattcr's own Bailiwick. Descamps
brought about this man's misfortune
by Jumping In the ring lo protest
against Klaus' use of his elbows in
the clinches and was roundly scored
by spectators nnd press for' his ac
tion Carpentlor is only eighteen years
of age and is said to be putting on
weight heavily, so much so that in
tho course of a few months it is prob
ablo that ho will be compelled to seek
opponents in the heavy division.
As a mere boy of thirteen ho was
an enthusiastic student of the game
and early In his professional career
cleaned up the list of crack bantams
In France among his victims being
Leroux, tho lad who knocked out
Digger Stanley recently and who will
soon visit America, readv to meet
Johnny Colon or any other good man
pof his weight
HIGH SCHOOL BOY
WILL ENTER RING
By Sol piex.
!
Chicago, Oct. 12. from the high
school football field to the prize ring;
from the halls of learning iuto the
heat of fistic fray; Irom moleskins
into trunks and boxing gloves that's
the Jump Ben Groutch, who captained
a championship Ccok county high
school football team last fall, has de
cided to take.
Groutch graduated from Crane high
school last -June wltfi a. diploma and
the reputation -of- bdtng' ono of-tho
best football players who eer made
a tackle for the Crane colors. He
played three years on the team, the
first two as a half back and the last
one. 1911, as a fullback. In 1911 he
was the proud captain of the gridiron
squad.
Grputch's 1911 team won the Cook
county championship last fall In the
minor division of high schools. That
was as far as Groutch could lead his
team for the boys were not big
enough to compete in the majDr di
)s!on During vacation the last summer
Groutch has been watching (that is,
he did watch for a while) some of the
famous rlngmen swatting one anolh-
I..,. ...
j er about tho Nate Lewis gymnasium
I In Madison street. Groutch is a cous
in of Nathan and haunted his place
because he loved tho thud of the
padded fist just as he enjoyed the
smnck of a sharp tacklo on the field
of high school glory the gridiron.
One day whon Groutch was present
there swaggered Into the gymnasium
as tough a looking party as ono would
care to gaze on at close quarters. The
rough person began to divest himself
of his clothes preparatory to a work
out in the ring. As Groutch watched
tho fellow's bulging muscles he asked
Lewis, "Who is that man?"
Meets Knockout Brown.
"That's Knockout Brown, the com
ing champion of the middleweights,
remarked Lewis, who manages the
Greek terror. "Do you want to box
with him? He is shy of sparring part
ners, because he hits them too hard."
To Lewis' surprise Groutch readily
consented. He got into sorao trunks,
pulled on some big mitts and went
six rounds with the Knockout lad,
who has fought all the good 15S
pounders in the came.
The gridiron hero and the ring vet
eran went at It In slam-bang fashion
and the moleskin boy was on his feet
after eighteen minutes. He took a
lacing, but he smiled back through
the blood that smeared his face and
looked ready 'or more.
Lewis thought well of him from that
time on and so did Brown. Groutch
and the Greek are the best of friends ,
' Lewis has agreed to handle Ben, and
In a momfr or so will start matching
him up He calls him a middleweight
"hope."
Groutch has just turned twenty
years. He weUhs about 152 pounds
stripped and Is growing right along.
He'll bo a real middleweight pretty
soon.
Lewis and Brown expect to make
a trip to the coast this winter and
thev intend to take Groutch with
them. They want him to sec the
best In action and to learn all he
can before they start him out after
the good ones.
Groutch Is strong, well behaved and
Is ambitious. Brown predicts a bright
future for him.
The former Crane gridiron star was
born in Chicago. He is Jewish and
lives at 334S Lexington street. Hej
says he'll oox anv middleweight who
communicates with that number.
M'GOORTY LOOIVlS '
AS REAL GOODS
When Eddie McGoorty dropped Jaek
Harrlson in the first round of his
bout at New York a few nights ago
ho disposed of fone more foreign
champion middleweight and made
stronger his claim to the world's title,
McGoorty now must be considered
tho champion of Australia and Eng
land, by virtue of his two knockout
battles, If he 1b not entitled to the
hlghtso honors In his division.
.Attacking his advorsartes as fast as
they havo been brought forward, tho
Oshkosh boy has stowed each away in
easy fashion, never being extended in
any battle in the last IS months. Ho
has shown a punch punches, for he
hits with either hand and carries a
sleep potion on both sides. His half
swing and half-hook, which he lets
fly from the left side, carries a sting
that commands respecL His right up
percut and cross is feared by eery
man who faces him.
Young, ambitious, a conscientious
caretakor of his health, McGoorb
looms up head and shoulders above
the others In the race. He does not
dissipate. He saves his money He
is willing to box any and all claim
ants who' think they have a chance
for the title. He wants to bo the
middleweight champion of the world
and wants this title undisputed. His
manager is willing to mako a match
without holding up the promoters, the
object always before him being the
solving .of McGoorty's claims on
Ketchell's vacant rrown.
Looks Like Champion.
Following the advices of veteran
pugilists and experts of the modern
game McoGorty plans on stopping his
man as early as possible. He realizes
that to be a champion middleweight
he must prove conclusively that ho
has a knockout punch and must make
his opponents admit such He has
I said repeatedly that he would stop
every man who Is pitted against him,
J and if his last few ring arguments,
are to be considered, it must be con
ceded that he is making good his
statements
On form. McGoorty looks every inch
a champion. He has demonstrated
that he Is clever and that he" can avoid
Dunishment as woll as hand out pun
ishment. In his bout with Hugo Kel
lv. who was considered ono of the
cleverest middles In the game Mc
! Goortv outboxed tho Italian, although
j he was outgenernled. In this set-to
Kellv should have been stopped in tho
first round, but Eddie held back and
I allowed the beaten Chicago boxer to
Fta;. the limit. Kelly was dropped in
tho first round and did not come to
until about the fifth session.
Rushing his opponent is one asset
of tho game that Eddie will have to j
learn In mo?t of his arguments for
I the title he has been satisfied to pile
I up enough points m the early rounds
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to gain the decision and then loaf tho -
rest of tho way. He tries to stop his
man at the start and then, not sue- i
cccding, he allows the other fellow lo
stick. In seeral cases he has had j
his man In distress and thon slowed '
up that the near-finished fellow might i
recuperate and come back for more.
Klaus Only Contender.
Give McGoorty a hard argument and I
it is doubtful how he would finish. Ho 3
has had such an easy time with those J
sent against him of late that he ma 1
come out poorly should a slugging,
willing mixer be hi ought on. Frank
Klaus, the Pittsburg "bear cat," who
at "present is mixing with the Frencli -I
and trying to get Georges Carpentier i
into a ring, is the one man who looks j
like he might make McGoorty step
lively. Those ho have followed the
career of Klaus say the "Dutchman'
Is a swinging fig.iter, and such a man
could make trouble for McGoorty.
leading boxers will have a whol-- (
some respect for a few pounds In
weight after learning of the ability o '
McGoorty to raise the beam. In both
of his international battles Eddie I
weighed over 1GJ ringside He fooled 4
I Dave Smith, the Australian, by taking
on all the weight possible nnd enter- ;
' (Continued on Pa-se Eight.)
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Greatest Batters in the .World's Series. Left to Right-Chief Meyers of the Giants, Tris Speaker of the Red Sox and Larry Doyle of the Giants 1
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