Evening journal., 1908-08-01
GLIMPSES FROM
THE SUB-CELLAR
Gossip From the Various
Teams in the Tri-State
Circuit

Rube Bressler has signed with the
Wilkesbarre, Atlantic League team.-Wil-
Transport Gazette.
That Williamsport bunch is going bit
too fast and we'd like to see them get
few mings.-Johnstown Democrat.
The Altoona team is in pretty bad way
at the present time. with Farrell, Sch
wartz and Frambes on the hospital list
With Reisling and Lee in the field 1t
breaks up the pitching STAFF to a great
extent.-Williamsport Gazette.
Hope we soon hit the bottom and start
to crawl up observation-disclosures
News.
We will soon have to be alarmed about
ohnstown.-Lancaster News.
AS an umpire, Finneran is a joke.-Har-
risburg Patriot.
Johnstown has passed the Red Roses
and holds third place by a single point
Harrisburg Patriot.
During the past week the Senators have
exhibited poorer headwork in fielding
and running the bases than at any other
time during the entire season.-Harrisburg
Patriot.
If an outfelder should catch a fly ball
with two out and in coming in with it
stumble over second base, still hold the
bal but touch it to the ground in protect
ing himself from hard fall, would Um-
pire Bill Finneran declare it a hit and
send the players back to retire the third
man?-Harrisburg Patriot.
/ DUSTY" Rhoads whose consistent per-
/ formances in a pitching way for Tren-
ton last summer caused the Robinsons 10
add him to the pitching staff of the Cardi-
mails, of St. Louis. has been released to
the Omaha club of the Western League
/ Williamsport News.
shaughnessy has been clouting the ball
in good fashion ever since he joined Curt
Weigands bunch.-Willamsport News
Bert Conn is slowly recovering his bat
ting eye and is playing a great game at
second for the -Williamsport
News.
Doc Reisling has occupied every posi-
tion on the Altoona team except that Of
the backstop.-W Wfliamsport News.
Johnstown, in an effort to keep Below
the salary limit, will sell or trade Pitcher
| Knons.-Williamsport News.
Outhelder Smith. of the Altoona team,
/ has been farmed to the East Liverpool
club. He is succeeded by Drake. Of the
Newark Eastern League club-Wiluams-
port News.
Who said we did not have any pepperi
Manager Carney was put out Of the
grounds at Williamsport for continued
coaching from the bench-Trenton Times.
Class in arithmetic please stand up.
Now children. we have a most difficult
problem for you to-day If it takes nine
hits to make one run. how can you make
1S runs with IS hits?-Trenton Times.
Cree has again equaled the Tri-State
record by making five hits out of five
times at bat-wnliamspor News.
Doc Reisllng and Jack Barthold are
pitchers who make excellent players al
other positions on their clubs.-wfliams.
port
And Joe Ward. OF Altoona. even
though he be with losing club continues
to play his game up to the handle. II
Ward is left to Altoona next season Il
will be because there is such wealth
OF infeld material in the major leagues
that good man has to wait his turn
Johnstown Democrat.
The injury to Harry Barton greatly
cripples Reading I'm the catching depart
ment Barton is the only real catcher
Weitzel has.-Trenton American
Baker, whom everybody has doped a.
being a sure big Lacquer next season, is
walloping the BAN at a terrific clip foi
Reading. II Baker continues at the clir
he has been going in the next few days
he should be in the 800 class-Trentor
Times.
Hardy and Krause are both willing
workers. but are not outnelders-Harris.
burg Telegraph.
Johnny Barthold. is the handy man
Plays any old place.-Harrisburg rele
graph.
That Reading crew dote on left-hando6
pitchers.-IIarrisburg Star Independent.
Jim Jeffries wired to Harrisburg thi.
morning asking Knots and Lynch tS
sign articles for a finish fight in his pa
vilion on the Pacific coast. The term.
have not been made public.-Harrisburl
Star Independent.
In this week Hummel. OF Brooklyn, ha,
played left field. second base and is nov
covering first Hummel Is the prince all
around man.-Harrisburg Star Indepen
dent.
Referee Charles Schmidt stopped thl
bout between Battling Joe Knots an,
! Terrible Mike Lynch after the first few
minutes, claiming the fight was unfail
as Battling had too much weight on Ter.
rible. Joe had decidedly the better OF th'
round. He led or with a right uppsrcu
to chest. Terrible retaliated with lef
hook to jaw and they clinched. holdini
ON like grim death Referee Schmidt viii
the assistance OF dozen others. pried the
pair apart and stopped the go.-Harris