The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-06-04
BASEBALL TALKS
BRIEFLY TOLD


| Jack Dunn has had a bad arm develop
ing for some time and yesterday 1t went
back completely on him. He could not
play, so sent Barton 10 second The lat
ter played the position with great credit
TO himself and deserves mention.
The way Steve" Brodie is swatting
the ball these days would make the heart
of any fan -glsdY-AalteF has -alwaye- been
| liked here despite the faculty OF grumbling
to himself when things went wrong. This
was more amusing than otherwise and
when he is clouting the ball IL is of par
ticular delight to his friends.
Boston's royal rooter Mike Reagan was
at the game yesterday with all his ebul-
| lient spirits and the members OF the press
VIII have occasion 10 remember his visit
He was roofing as loyalty for the Grays
as he ever did for the Boston teams.
From the turning OF the tide yesterday.
| II Mattern had been In the game a little
earlier there might have been a different
turn TO things. That little pitcher will
bear watching whenever he is on the slab.
The same statement Will apply to several
Of the other artists with the Royals this
year. They are little, but oh. my!
La Chance had an off day yesterday
and did not ring in with his accustomed
hit. 1t is a rare day. however, now when
the Candy man does not turn the trick
once at least
| Dick Harley returned TO this city and
reported TO Dunn yesterday. He still
| feels some pain in his rib region, but
states that he will be in the game before
| the week is over.
Phil Poland made his first error in the
field yesterday. but redeemed himself in
very brilliant style by catching a long foul
| fly down his way. Even with his error
he showed much faster than did the
Brooklyn man. Mccarthy. Phil deserves
/ permanent place on the team before any
| other man has n show, many OF the fans
are beginning TO think.
Urbach. who was farmed out TO Lowell
! by the Toronto team, has been sent back
\ TO the Canadian city. He has a fine
curve ball. but keeps 1t waist-high, where
| the bats can swat IL hard.
| Addie Joss, OF the Cleveland team has
what the players call the round house"
ball. The ball starts for the left field
bleachers when It leaves his hand and
surves like fast automobile on a hill
side turn. until 1t passes the plate into
/ the catchers mitt. The batsman seeing
the ball start for the bleachers, thinks
that 1t is wild pitch. He wakes up to
hear the umpire pronounce the decision
strike"
"The real reason" says a sport, why
| Tim Murnane reinstated Klobedanz, is
that Jimmy Canavan of the New Bedford
| team put II up TO him to let Kloby play
or there would be published list of IL
men now in the league who are outlaws
and have no right to be in It, Rather
than see the New England league go TO
smash in a war like that. Murnane
| knuckled under"
Jesse Burkett L. a dangerous man with
| the stick. In nearly every game he has
played with Worcester his batting has
been one OF the features.
Armbruster will not be seen in the New
England league again this season. II re-
ports from Philadelphia are true. He was
put in the game when Dan Hoffman was
traded TO New York. and has played so
well that he looks like a fixture In the
Quaker out1cld.
Klobedanz and Swanson are the two
winning pitchers on the New Bedford and
Fall River teams. Swanson has defeated
New Bedford every time he has worked
against them. and Kloby has done the
same act to the Fall River bunch. It's
up TO the management to pit the two
against each other in the next game and
sully one OF the records.
Toronto has three pitchers whose names
| commence with NC. MCCARTHY. McCaf-
| ferty and McGinley. Two OF them. Nc
Carthy and McGinley. are graduates OF
the New England league.
Jesse Burkett has already made himself
unpopular with fans on the northern
part OF the New England league circuit
by the call downs he gives his players on
the field. Rumor has II that he has al
ready caused hard feeling among the
members OF his Worcester team.