"When the last Olympic games were
held at Stockholm, Mike Murphy
the ' dean of athletic coaches in this
country, had charge of the Yankees,
and with him as a very active asso
ciate was Lawsori Robertson, who
wasi just at the beginning of his ca
reer as an athletic trainer. ISo one
has been chosen as yet to act as the
physical mentor of the team, and the
-fans are beginning to think that it is
about time some one was chosen. ;
That old custom of the batsmen
having the edge on the pitchers in
the early days of the major league
baseball season is not being substan
tiated this year. Either the hitters
have been a bit slow in rounding into I
real form or the pitchers have reach-!
ed their stride earlier than usual.
Hitting has been unusually light by
many of the recognized star batsmen
of the game, while the list of shut
outs and one-run games has been
mounting steadily.
In the first two weeks of the. 1920
campaign no less than fourteen shut
out victories have been " recorded,
eight in the National League and six
in the American. Add to this list
the performance of two pitchers wha
blanked opposing teams for nine inn
ings but failed to win, and their
teams were defeated in extra-inning
games. Joe Oeschger of the Braves
blanked the Robins for ten innings,
only to lose in the eleventh, and
Haines of the St. Louis Cardinals lost
a thirteen-inning game to the Pirates
arter holding the Corsairs runless
through twelve innings.
