Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 175, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1920 — ELIMINATE CHEATING PITCHERS FROM GAME [ARTICLE]

ELIMINATE CHEATING PITCHERS FROM GAME

Brainy Moundsman With Good Arm Can Get By. Jesse Tannehill, Former Red Sox Southpaw Hurler, Says Freak Pitching Should Be Barred Forever From .Baseball. \ “Eliminate cheating pitchers from baseball and the game will not be any different than when I was with the Red Sox,” declared Jess Tannehill, who was here with the Phillies as coach. ' Ten pounds lighter than when he was with the Red Sox back in 1903 and 1904, Tannehill was in Boston for the first time in 11 years. He is now forty-five years old, feels as good as when he helped Jimmy Collins win the pennant in 1904. Although now but a coach, tills former star southpaw, who also could bit the ball some in the old days, has many views about the game of today which are interesting. Having been a great pitcher, he knows many angles, and there is no doubt but that he Is going to help Gavvy Cravatli’s pitching department. “I think freak deliveries should have been barred from baseball before this season. They have handicapped the game considerable because pitchers who go into the box with resin in one pocket and talcum powder in the other, along with vaseline or paraffin on their pants are trying to get by with such methods. “Without such methods to help them, the pitchers in the future will have to be there, as we were in the old days. Ability to pitch will have to be shown all the time and I am confident the game will be better. “There is no doubt In my mind but that the freak pitchers of today can get along without their fixings. “If they have a good arm and are smart they can get by. So far I bave not 'been able to work with a freak delivery pitcher, because the Phillies do not boast of one. If there was one on the staff I would help him to develop into a real pitcher without the tricky stuff.”