Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 302, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 December 1917 — COOPER MAKES FINE RECORD [ARTICLE]

COOPER MAKES FINE RECORD

Pirate Pitcher Turned In Seventeen Victories This Year— Charged With Eleven Defeats. Just how good a pitcher Wilbur Cooper of the Pirates is Illustrated by the fact that the star of the Smoky City team’s staff turned in 17 victories this year. As he is charged with 11 defeats, he has an average of .608, compiling this mark while pitching for a team that finished in last place with an average of .331. Cooper alone won nearly a third of the Pirates’ victories for them and would have made an even more InJpresslve record had his support been better. Only five pitchers in the National league won more games this year than Cooper did. They are Schupp,. Sallee, Alexander, Toney and Vaughn, and with the exception of Vaughn, all were on first division clubs. Cooper ably fills As Mamaux’s shoes as the best of the Pirate pitching corps.