Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 261, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1912 — LEFT HANDERS ARE DYING OUT [ARTICLE]

LEFT HANDERS ARE DYING OUT

Arthur Irwin, Veteran Scout of New York Americans, Reports Scarcity of Southpaws. After several weeks spent in observing the work of young players in the minor leagues throughout the country, Arthur Irwin, the veteran scout of the New York Americans, has come to the conclusion that the left-handed pitcher is dying out. “I've combed the bushes this year as never before,” said Irwin on his recenf return to New York, “and never did I see such a scarcity of southpaws. They are not to be had. “My experience is the same as the experience of other scouts yith whom I have .talked. I cannot account for except on the theory that, left-hand-ed persons are getting rsrp in all walks of life. “In my travels this season I saw very few left-handed pitchers, fewer than I ever saw in all my years in baseball. I’ll venture the prediction that next season there will be fewer new southpaws in the big leagues than in any season in twenty-five years.”