The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-21
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&onld prove lntetes ting IL some,
one would dig up game that Case
Pattens has won on d cloudy day witt,
muddy grounds. The clever letthand.
e. needs warm sunshine and 1 baked
field to SO his gait.
cy Seymour Is clnching his place
as the slpgger Of the Giants. He
leads with two home runs, three trip
lets and thirteen two-basgers. His Of.
ticiai average Is .2s2. which Is very
good, as far as batting averages go
this year.
Boston has the unique record OF hay.
Ing parted with two OF the creates.
third sackers the game ever had--aad
both OF them went to Philadelphia. a
long time ago Billy Nash figured In
a similar deal to the one that let Col:
Inns ont.
Shannon Is keeping up hts great rec.
ord Of run getting. but his hitting has
gone way to the bad. He has made
forty,iye hits and scored forty.tour
runs, bat his batting average Is only
,925. He probably wouldn't have to
beg for a Job at that.
Ortiz is easily the best pitcher Grlf
has but one pitcher cant. do all the
work in these prosperous times Of
three or four reliable twirlers to a
club. Ortiz, With a little less work,
could produce goods along the satur.
day pattern on demand.
A mans position on the batting or.
der has a great deal to do With bis
count in runs. Deylin has made
only four less hits than Shannon, but
he has scored only seventeen rms.
AT the same time Shannon Is unex.
celled in ability to get on
Jake Boaltes, Of the Bostons, was
given a diamond pin by some Of his
South st. Louis friends before the
game commenced Sunday. Boultes
is a St. Louis boy and played in the
Trolley league last season. George
Doyey took Boultes and Orendort to
Boston when he bought the club.
Philadelphia men claim that OF the
somewhat less than $4,000 people
who turned out to see the game in
that city Saturday fully oas.th!rd
turned out TO see Collins perform.
at that rate 1t will not take Mack
long 10 earn "Jimmy's" $500 salary.
Charley Hickman's bad knee Is
slowly rounding into good shape, and
the cheerful lad believes he wilt be
able TO resume work by next Monday.
Mick" is anxious to get back in the
game, but Manager Cantillon will IN.
sist tint the injured knee Is all right
this time before the big fellow will
be allowed to work.
1t is ill very nice for people to
male excuses for McGraw's men and
say tia, they will hit UP q pace soon
that Will carry the other fellows off
their pins. But they want to do It
nov. The Cubs have a good lead
ihd when a team Is playing as con.
stantly as the Champs 1t Is a stupen.
dons task to overtake them.
Connie Mack Is still one the lookout
for players, evidently determined to
win the championship this year II
money, brains ard hustling Will &C.
eoTplish that result. At present he
is in communication with the Detroit
ei8a, endeavoring to secure Downs, a
younsster who has been playing q
great game In the outfleld lately for
Manager Jennings team and whose
home position Is that OF catcher.
The St. Louis Americans, that is to
say the manager, made the same mts.
take with Stone and Hemphill that
Griffith did with Chase and chasbro.
These two stars were told that they
could not get what they wanted all