Crossword-Solution: TWIRLERS 8 letters, 5 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 11

Among the pitchers outside of these I have already mentioned were such stars as McCormick, "Jimmy" Galyin, Bradley and Will White, all of whom are famous as twirlers in base-ball history.

There were at least seven good twirlers in the bunch, at the head of which stood Griffith and Hutchinson.

Frank had also done some good work during the present season, and sporting papers all over the country had declared that he was one of the very best college "twirlers." This, however, was Hugh Heffiner's last year at Yale, and, without doubt, the coming game was the last he would ever pitch for "Old Eli." Until Merriwell appeared, Heffiner had been Yale's mainstay in the box, and his admirers declared that it was pretty sure that a long time would elapse before he would have a worthy successor.

How he speedily rose to leadership among the twirlers of his league is told in the fourth volume of the series, entitled: "Baseball Joe in the Central League; Or, Making Good as a Professional Pitcher." While Joe had been winning his spurs, the keen-eyed scouts of the big leagues had not been idle.

Majors Wood, Lamb, and Pollard came up to the lines, Each marching their companies up to the nines; The twirlers and twisters, the knights of the coal, And spuzzers and sorters fell in at the roll.