Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 185, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1912 — STAR PITCHERS NOT IN USUAL GOOD FORM [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

STAR PITCHERS NOT IN USUAL GOOD FORM

Two wonderful pitching stars of last season are not showing the class they displayed last year. Both were firstyear men in 1911, and their brilliant work was the talk of the country. One was a right-hander and the other a southpaw. The right-hander Is Grover Cleveland Alexander of the Phillies, and the southpaw Is Veaii Gregg of the Naps. ’'Alex" has been having a tough time of it this year, and when be does win he needs a

bushel of runs to pull him through. Gregg has been a little more successful than Alexander, but he hafi done little better than an even break on his games so far. George Chalmers, another find of 1911, has also V®® ll having his troubles, though he injured his shoulder in training and never got over it. .“Slim’y Caldwell is the Highlanders* contribution to the list of 1911 stars who find the going hard this year.

Grover Cleveland Alexander of Philadelphia.