The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-08
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Pitchers who are good hitters. are unusual
in baseball. The same is true Of catchers
but to more limited extent. Why this
should be true is question that has been
"doped'. by many fan who takes the game
from every: angles known butahere is the
solution given by al pitcher who il a natural
f FoT o5voss Is AYE
his name made Ekno s But lie Says 1T is the.
fault Of the team mates Of q pitcher that he
of the captain and manager: Of the team, s..
[ ~ Fielders on a ball team think pitcher
has no other use: except8to pItch. = says this
exponent of that department Of the game,
.ssand If one. of JUS goes. up To- the plate In,
practice to bat everyone Of the regulars will.
raise an awful holler They think all the
batting practice should be for them and the
them and peg the: balk at them for their
amusement If the regulars have to have
this batting practice to- keep their eyes in
much more important tt for re the manager and
captain who wants. to win games that his
pitchers should get Fam equal amount of bat
ting practice, for they are in the game only
two or three times a week?s
See how short sighted some managers are.
Figure up how often @1t3oceurs that pitcher
comes to bat with men on bases when single
would change the whole aspect OF the game
and frequently win it. Yet it is unusual for
him to make the necessary hit, for he lis the
weakest sttcker on the selub.''saSs
: . OF course, rational objection can always be
made to the uncoverings of the dead, and for
that reason Master Harry Pulliam, the youth
League should be permitted to rest in peace,
says Charles f.. Mathison in the Cincinnati
Comm rcial- Tribune. However,8<on some zoc-
easions an autopsy is absolutely necessary
in order to zconclustvelY establish the causes
death. This course seems to be called for
in the present case, because there are SO many
Snors as sRs tst ED
became Inecu lated wit hS. ssof s, that b
dread Mcomplalnt known as Brusho ph obia,
which a1Says.haaa fatal atermin ation Others
insist the unfortunate young man was Her
mannized, which affection in the far west is
known as Johnsonitls. After a. thoro fnspec-
ton of the remains I reach the conclusion
severe attack of presidentialis, which invari-
ably proves fatal unless the victim abstains
entirely from conversation. AS is we'll known,
Master Harry began TO indulge in ,Yolubtlity
| about the stime5 his name was mentioned for
|, the presidency and he never stopped till the
ak hit him i'll the back Of the neck. Since
then he has been very reticent. = 3s
That success on the professional baseball
diamond Goes not always go hand In hand
with success in the role Of proprietor of a
|saloon has again been proven by the old Bos-
years was the kingpin of the famous infield
| of the Boston Nationals, and who is now with
1 the Detroit Americans. Herman has for three
years been proprietor of { we'll known sa-
j
derson as a partner. Business has evidently
not been as brisk as expenditures necessf-
tated, and recently the firm, thru it's attorney,
ruptcy in the office of the clerk Of the United
| States court. The liabilities as listed amount
to $12, 614.6S, and the assets foot up to $10350.
The Cincinnatis have no fewer than four ex-
pitchers for outfelders, Kelley, Donlin, Sey-
.mour and Dolan, all having performed on
the rubber before they took up their present
l inc 1f yHyNr he fhrnn Iocf "a m cd
formed in the National League.
| Joe Kelley has been driven from the game
twice by Moran, twice by Emslie and once
by tombstone. He holds the seasons record
for receiving writs Of ejectment
| Christy Matthewson has received an offer tt
| appear on the stage this winter: AS yet nc
one has thought to star George Davis in thai
stirring melodrama, !" Held by sthe Enemy
Perhaps George is sensitive on this point.
I Lave Cross recently had his right hant
under the penetrating light Of the X-rays
seventeen times. The veteran wouldn't allow
his left paw to be- searched as the doctor
found several breaks in the forefnger as {
4 starter. "-:.~"s, - 2 E;
Bender's, work is the most remarkable o
1 American league pitchers. He is the only on.
who has held a club down to two hits. St
Louis, twice held a club down to. four hit
and five times to five. t.hs7tl.
+ AL Buckenberger was largely responsible
for the developing of Ed Delehanty as a bal
player, he being the manager of the Wheel
ing team at the time Delehanty played there
1t was Buckenberger who negotiated the sal
of Delehanty to the Philadelphia Nationa
ss i.sSs: club. the DF'es> paid for him Ds'.
President Dreyfuss has signed Arthur Hoff
man, of st. Louis, to take the-place of Free
a broken shoulder at his home In Kansas
! Dreyfuss says he is also after an inf1elde
to play y third for week while
J, intends that Kruger shall be brought In t
play short while Wagner Is resting.