Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 227, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1912 — SOUTHPAWS ARE UNCERTAIN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SOUTHPAWS ARE UNCERTAIN

Exception Taken to Statement by New *York Writer-Case of “Doc” White and Others Cited. A writer in the New York Telegram takes issue with the statement that left-handed pitchers are an uncertain lot and never have two good seasons in succession, and says: “That’s just about as far from the truth as several other recent observations which have been made. How about Waddell as a left-hander who was consistently good? Derby was one, Kilroy was one, Ramsey was one, Lady Baldwin was one, Richmond was one, Breitenstein

another. White has been a success, Wiltse has averaged much the same for a long run of years, is one of the best and most enduring pitchers in the history of the game, and there are plenty more. When a lefthander’s arm loses its strength and his fingers their cunning, he falls out of baseball like the right-hander, but there’s many a page of baseball Jhstory which Is graced by the masterly work of the southpaws.”

“Doc” White.