Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 254, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1912 — BRIGHT FUTURE FOR BIG JEFF TESREAU [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BRIGHT FUTURE FOR BIG JEFF TESREAU

Of all the pitchers who broke into the major leagues this season Jeff Tesreau of the Giants looks the most promising. His no-hit game against the Phils recently stamps him as a man possessing the goods. Tessy has the gigantic build and the strength bf a mighty twirler. Like Ed Walsh he is ideally constructed for a spit-ball hurler. Unlike Walsh, he came into his own the first year—it took Walsh about two seasons before he really got going. During the early part of the season Tesreau was a delight and a despair to McGraw. “He seems to have everything a pitcher should have, yet he don’t seem to be coming across,” the Giant boss is reported as saying. But today Tessy is McGraw’s chief reliance.

Like other wise managers, this Mo Graw .can spot budding talent and is patient during its development. Look how he waited two years while Rube Marquard was getting back into his stride. He was willing to wait that long or longer for Tesreau, but this is one time he didn’t have to hang around. Some day Tesreau probably will be called the “King of Pitchers,’’ a proud tfflb held the last ten years by Messrß. Mathewson, Brown, Walsh, Johnson and Wood in the order named. The kings of former days are fewer —because they stretched over a longer period of time. Look ’em over—Radbourne, Spalding, Clarkson and Rusie Perhaps we have missed a dozen oi so, but no harm is done in the tell ing.

Jeff Tesreau of New York Giants.