Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 171, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1917 — SAYS SCHUPP IS GREATEST PITCHER OF RECENT YEARS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SAYS SCHUPP IS GREATEST PITCHER OF RECENT YEARS

Athletic Hurler Praises the Remarkable Control of the Giant Southpaw. Andy Coakley, the old Athletic pitcher. likes to sit in the press stand of the Polo grounds in New York, right back of the catcher. Coakley occupied his favorite point of observation at a Giant-Cub clash. He was particularly interested in the hooks and curves of Ferdinand Schupp, the Giant pitching pride. It mattered not that Schupp was bit a little harder than usual, although he

beat the Cubs. Coakley was only interested in what Schupp was putting on the ball. “That fellow,” said Andy, “is some pitcher! I don’t see how anyone bats against him effectively. He has the best curve ball I’ve ever looked at and I’ve looked at a few In my time. “The most remarkable thing about it is his control of it. He sweeps it over the outer edge high or low, or on the Inside, with as great ease as Matty used to. I never saw a southpaw pitch that way. The more stuff they have, the wilder they usually are. .s “Schupp has wonderful poise. He never lets the batter work him. He keeps the upper hand all the time. Unless you sit here and watch every ball he 'throws you cannot appreciate the wonder of his work. “He sat around on the bench a long time, but it didn’t do him any harm. This is really his first year as a regular, but he knows all the tricks of a veteran of half a dozen years of twirling. “I don’t want to seem extravagant in my praise, but if there has ever been Schupp’s equal in recent years he has escaped my notice". I wouldn’t give film for any pitcher in baseball today if he were my property.”

Ferdinand Schupp.