The Washington herald., 1908-06-15
GOSSIP FOR BASEBALL FANS.

! The White sox are going ike an ev-
] press train.
Boston seems in no hurry TO give Case
Patten a chance.
Toronto has gotten Outhelder Jimmy
McHale from the Boston Americans.
Delehanty is leading the Nationals at
the bat. with Ganley second and Picker
ing third.
Tom Hughes. with seven victories and
FIVE defeats. leads the Washington
pitchers.
Jake Stahl has shown a decided i'm
provement Of late in his batting. His
latest average is -2S1.
There is a rumor that Garry Herr
mann is after the Columbus club. Of the
! American Association. Hermann is said
/ to want that team as a Cincinnati farm,
Although JaSey Ats batting average
/ is only 200 the Washington boy is one
Of the most reliable pinch hitters among
/ the White Sox. Atz broke up two games
for Chicago last week,
II has been long time since so many
| promising young pitchers have made such
he7dway as this year in the mai
leagues II means well for baseball when
such happens
With the passage OF the racing bill.
fans are expecting large increase in
/ the attendance ar the New York ball
parks. Now that betting is stopped at the
tracks. Il is figured that AZ least 20 900
| people will he running elsewhere every
day looking for amusement
Bert Kelley won the admiration Of the
| fans by his clever work in the box. He
/ a ,ff IN h. 1eae
but just the same he hurls the ball over
with a lot Of speed. There are few Of
them that can field the position with
him.-St. Louis Post-Dspatch.
What would YOU do If Jack Sullivan
should be hurt this afternoon was the
query put at Monte Cross, manager OF
the Kansas City team. when Crisp was
dling Oh the bench under suspension.
and Sullivan was the only catcher there
| for duty We'll. I guess ] might take
a turn myself and perhaps get away
| with IT," said Cross. Most people have
/ forgotten. l guess. that I started out
as a backstop when l entered base
| ball. One Of the few things I like 20
talk about is how I played my first game
/ for John Mundell at Philadelphia. who
4 then was running the famous Sailor TIP
team in 1888"
/ Barry Mccormick Is the only manager
/ in the American Association who has not
/ changed his batting order this season.
| He started his team on the first day with
/ the same batting order Il now follows.
and he has made no changes. Barry has
/ the original standpatter backed out OF the
| ball park and into the railroad tracks
| outside when II comes 20 letting well
I enough alone. The Brewers seem 10 be
| ranked the right way. and Barry sees no
/ need Of variations. Monte Cross has
/ changed more times than any other A. A.
\ boss.
The injury TO Catcher Frank Bower
mans hand is a remarkable one. and has
awakened much interest among surgeons
and physicians at Boston. Il is what is
| surgically termed a green stick" frac-
| ture. That is TO say. the crack in the
/ knuckle is just like a break In a green
stick full Of sap A fracture Of this kind
| is common in the bones OF a child. but
rare indeed in a person more than twenty
years old. II never occurs when a bone IS
brittle. and the older person gets the
more mis- or her arteries harden and the
more brittle become the bones. The fac;
that Bowerman had such an injury shows
that he actually is as young as he is
lively on the ball field