Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1913 — DAY OF LEFT-HANDER WANING [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

DAY OF LEFT-HANDER WANING

Slim Sallee, Nap Rucker and Rube Marquard, Southpaws, Are Still In Prime Form, However. Alas, the day of the southpaw pitcher, Is waning In major leagues, according to a recent statement of Scout Irwin. Glancing over the pitchers of the National league, one wouldn’t get that

Impression. Note the trio—Nap Rucker of Brooklyn, Slim Sallee of St Louis and Rube Marquard of New York. It would be difficult to find a

trio of right handers in the same league to beat these port flingers. Marquard was largely responsible for the victory of the Giants in the National league race. His nineteen

straight wins were a big help to McGraw. Sallee was the leading twirler of the Cards. When he was in any kind of physical shape he was about the hardest man 4 in the organization to defeat. No one questions the effectiveness of Nap Rucker. He frequently has been referred to as half the Brooklyn team—the other half being Jake Daubeta. How Scott Irwin could get the idea in his head that southpaws are dying off, with such a trio to point to, is indeed difficult to see. We believe that if Irwin’s boss were given his pick of the Cardinal and the Dodger squads the first he would chose would be Messrs. Sallee and Rucker. Then if he were allowed to select from the Giants, Rube Marquad wouldn’t be the last in his mind’s eye.

Slim Sallee.

Rube Marquard.