Clipping:An assessment of Cummings' pitching
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| Date | Sunday, August 5, 1877 |
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| Text | [St. Louis vs. Cincinnati 8/4/1877] ...Cummings has showed himself useless as a pitcher. He exercises about as little judgment in pitching as one of the boys of Millcreek. With men on bases he persists in shooting the ball in near the batsman’s body, so that Hastings [catcher] has few chances to make a good throw to second. Half or more of Hasting’s errors are caused by bad pitching. And right here let it be remarked that a pitcher who would not work and for his catcher, had better quit the business and hire our for a stone-breaker. In several instances yesterday, with two balls called on him while pitching to good batters, he followed with straight balls directly over the bases. On the other hand, take the case of Ford when he batted in the second run. There were two strikes and a fair ball called with no ball when he pitched directly at the bat, and the result was a base hit and a run. Cummings has disgusted Cincinnati people game after game by injudicious, careless and headless work on the ball-field. ... If Cummings gives many more such exhibitions as that of yesterday, of the Thursday’s game, and of the Indianapolis game at Indianapolis, people will not go out to see a game. He needs rest. Let him have it. |
| Source | Cincinnati Enquirer |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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