Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-06-14
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BASEBALL.

! Charley Carr of indianapolis has just
/ done Il consecutive hitting stunt that is
I not likely to be broken for Il time. He
! has Int safely in fourteen straight gaines
| In the fourteen games he has made
| tWCnty-nlne hits, more than two hits Il
| game. His batting average for the four
! teen games Is Oh. In three CuuSGcU-
| tive games he made eleven hits for an
average Of 90. He got eight hits in
! two consecutive games. Josh Clarke of
/ Toledo batted safely in fourteen couSocu-
| tive games and fen down in the fifteenth
game: Danny Green has mad" fourteen
| hits in seven games. Tip O'Ncil twelve
hits III four games, and Jerry Freeman
thirteen hits in six games. The record
! Tor the season for consecutive hitting is
| still held by Danny Green with eighteen
straight games to his credit.
! The following from the Portland Tclc-
gram telling about the sleepy ball played
! i'll the Coast league is the answer 10 the
| query as to why Seattle prefers the
northwest brand OF BAN. Snappy aggroS-
Sive and fast. to the kind the Coast
league furnished here:
''Thp P'avcrs have played t,vo series
at hOa" now. and the fans ave sized
Lem Up pretty thoroughly. 'Hh" verdict
after scrutiny is that the managers. cap
tu;ES. unlpirCS and the whole eNocutiyc
nAna2cHCnt of the Coast league is al
lowing L very ragged article IL he foisted
upon the fans as Glass \ ball. The
general management Of the games is
poor. Seattle Times.
Since knahc has Displaced Gleason N
! second base. the l'hillivS have won seven
cut of eight games played. This Young
Stcr appears to have hraccd up the Phil
lies wonderfully. he putting 4 lot OF gin
ger and confidence into Murray'S men.
| which they never possessed before. Any
how, knabc has been playing great bail.
| He has helded Suporbly. while his bat
ting has been far better and more timely
than Gleason s.-Philadelphia Telegraph
President Carson of the Central league
has fined Manager Mexican of Dayton
$50 for striking Umpire Dan Daub after
the Memorial day game at Dayton. lie
also ordered Evansville to cease playing
/ Pitcher Staley, the latter having Jumped
the Roanoke, Va, team. Pitcher Holy
cross of Danyille, IL, and Pitcher John
son of Cairo, ILL.,. will report to Manager
Grant CT South Bend.
The following changes III the "Thrcc
l. league ar announced: RclcaSpd-By
Bloomington First BaSCman futile: hy
Clinton. Outfielder Schultz; by Peoria.
Pitcher keupper; by Rock Island. Fitch
er Danny Friend. Signed-By Bloom
mgton, Ehright. second base: by Du-
huquc, pitcher Companion and Outfoidcr
Erickson. by Clinton. Pitcher Weber;
hy Cedar Rapids, Sh0rtstop Kruger.
Springfield. Mass, has broken into the
limelight with a baseball manager of
unique honesty. His team lost game
recently by playing so wretchedly the
manager said it was a shame to keep
the money. Instead he handed out rain
checks good for any later game to every
one present. although nine innings were
played under n cloudless sky.
Jake Weimer, the Cincinnati Red
pitcher, will have to pay 500 for his
reinstatement in good standing with the
National league The national commits
sion announced the penalty for his fail
ure to report last spring. The fine will
be paid so that Weimer can pitch to-
days game if he is needed i'll the play
against St. Louis.
The Washington club of the American
league is camping on the trail IF preSi-
dent Hermann of the Cincinnati Reds
for the purpose of relieving the clubs
salary list Of the monthly stipend OF
Pitcher Ed. Ninahan. Joe CantlIlon
thinks we'll Of the blonde pitcher.
1t is probable that Elmer Pierce. the
former st. Paul and Columbus catcher,
will join the st. Paul team before long.
Elmer has been at Madison all spring
and has assisted in coaching the Badgers.
but he is now free to play ball again
and st. Paul wants him.
Eastwood. the catcher for Dcs Moines,
has been sent to the Oakland club u
the Pacific Coast league, where lie will
play for the rest of the season, as with
Shannon and Yeager there was no place
for him on the Iowa team.
The rumOr will not down that Pcrrinc,
the Washington second baseman. will
soon join the Minneapolis team. Dundon
is playing good ball for the Milers. 50
it is hard to see why they should want
Perrine at this time.
William Seth, 20 years old, residing
at Swanville, Mimi, is dead as the result
of being hit in the head by a pitched
ball. Seth was playing on the Swan
vile team in a match with Grey Eagle
yesterday.
Manager McCloskey of the ST. Louis
club announces that he has released
Harry Arndt to the Wilmington. Del.
club, the same organization Mike Grady
is playing with.
President Shivoly. Of the Western
league has Gecreed that when a player
is bounced from d game by the umpire
he must hike from the grounds.
Manager Liebl of the ShebOygan Lake
Shore league ball team has signed
George KRONER Of kaukauna.