Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-04-27
WEEKLY
SPORTING
BUDGET
American Icagne.

was tried out by Newark last spring.
and has now signed with Bingham
ton. Ed, by the way, has started OF
the new season with his great spit
ball" working in fine form.
A fan writes to say that II the Ma
tional league hold out for long sched-
ules, all club owners should be COM
PEELED to give oil-stoves with every
ticket.
Charley Hickman, who has been
laid up for weeks with bad knee is
entirely recovered, and is At to hold
down first for the Senators again.
Hickman is as popular in Washing
ton as he has always been in other
cities where he played.
AS good and conservative a Judge
of ball players as Jack Sheridan the
veteran umpire. says that Lajoie has
find In Liebhart. Sheridan says
the young fellow has the head ani
control.
Manager McAleer. of the Browns.
is we'll fixed this year in catchers.
He has two good youngsters in Spen-
Ger and Stevens, and two brainy vet
erans in O'Connor and Beulow.
Stoval had rather bad day at De-
troit the other day. He got only Ave
hits stole one base and took in two
double plays. Kind of n handy man,
this chap stoval is.
| Billy Peoples the old time catcher
and umpire, watched Grlf's team
beat the Athletics in their second
local clash. when Chris Won Ger
Abe was manager TO the old days" F"
said. Billy, "he came to me on thn
eve OF an important series between
his club and Chicago. He invited me
to dinner--it was a good dinner also
and said: Now Billy. you are go-
ing to umpire desc imbortant game,
alretty. All ask OF you Billy Is an
even break-und few OF the close
decisions.
| fNlAls Ah' h'hhiNeA hhN
about the best pitcher OF the Browns
has not yet hit his gait. He led the
Brown twirlers last year, but in the
Sox series. the champion team, +,
team he could always beat, founc
him for ten safe swats.
National League.
rnN N.,Ix
servative out In Cincinnati. one
critic out there dopes Il. so that tho
Reds cannot finish worse than nth
which Is one grand admission for q
Redland sport. They generally have
Il figured out that the Reds will have
the rest OF the bunch distanced in
the first two months.
According to report, Davey Brain
has recovered his eye and battint
confidence. lie Is not making q
bushel hits. but in a game the othei
day he showed his old proficiency In
fouling on a dozen.
Frank Tenney is banking on hi'
pitchers TO keep the Boaneaters ou'
OF the slough OF last place this sum
mer. and he also thinks that the
change he has made will be for tn
better. Il Is a pipe that they could
not be for the worse.
An exchange laments the fact that
the base stealers OF today cannot
silger sacks with the ease and frr'
quency that some of the veterans
displayed In the olden days, Many
be Billy Sullivan, Johnny Killing
Billy Bergen. Oscar schrarcengost
Lou Criger. Roger Breshahan and
some other present today could give
very good reason.
When Billy Murray said thai
Frank Corridor would have the best
year OF his career this season he
had an inside bet. Corridor down
ed the Athletics and then made ouI
Giants quit trying 10 hit when he
showed them over.
Husk Chance says that Blaine
Durbin, his southpaw recruit, Is the
find OF the year. He says that even
II Durbin fails as a pitcher he Is still
valuable because he Is a good out
fielder and can hit like a heavy
weight.
The situation has changed In tho
National league. The New Yorker
no longer have a bunch OF oincf
teams in the east 10 buck against anc
offer their percentages. Brooklyn
Philadelphia and Boston are al
harder game. In the west the Chi
eagos have less formidable oppo
nents in their sectional neighbors
What ever advantages there Is n
that respect has shifted from th'
orient 10 the Occident.
i've got the best hitting club II