The Washington herald., 1908-03-22
BASEBALL, RACING, BASKETBALL BOXING ATHLETICS An
BASEBALL NOTES.

The Pittsburg Pirates have sixty ball
players On the rolls.
Glenn Liebhardt thinks that Cravath.
the new Boston euthelder. viii prove The
find Of the season.
Not only the Pittsburg team. but the
whole baseball world suffers loss In the
retirement OF Wagner
Home Run Tim Jordan. Of the superbas.
registered his first circuit swat OF the sea
son at Jacksonville Wednesday.
George Moriarity and Wild Conrov are
having hot scrap for the honor or hold
ing down third base FOR the HIghlanders.
Fred MerkIe. the inEelder whom Nc
Graw obtained from the Southern Michi-
gan League, is making good with the
Giants.
''Jiggs' Donahue. the White sox first
sacker. viii lead an all-star team in an
invasion Of Japan. Manila. and Honolulu
next winter.
Trainer Green, OF Boston, has four Grip
pies on his hands-Fred Burchell. Robert
son. Laporte, and Charley Wagner. None
Is seriously hurt
Dope out each batter's weakness. -
says wild Bill Donovan; figure out
what he doesn't like and then go after it. %
This is what wild BIZ usually does.
The Central League season will open
April %. with Fort Wayne at GAINESVILLE.
Dayton at Wheeling. Grand Rapids at
South Bend. and Terre Haute at Evans
vile.
Arthur Irwin, manager OF the local
Union League club. VIII come TO Wash
ington to-day 10 consult with the outlaw
officials in regard 70 obtaining certain
players.
Seymour is playing the game or his life
IN Texas. From the way things look now
the Giant outfielder is due for a big league
record this season. His batting eye was
never better.
Grover Gillen. Toledo's spiIball pitcher.
who has been holding out, walked into
Manager Armour's ofice and signed HIS
contract. Glllen. Smoot. and Barbeau left
for Chattanooga.
Jack Mccarthy. who began TO play with
Brooklyn last season. ana wound up with
Kansas City. has quit the game for good
Mccarthy has established himself in the
tailoring business in Chicago.
Jimmy Dygert. Of the Athletics, is
showing UP in great style in the South.
lie has all the old curves working, his
control is excellent. and he is a great
deal stronger than he was & year ago.
Pitcher Rogers. now on the Columbus
roster, is attending the Louisville Presby-
teTlan Theological Seminary. II IS his
first year there. Rogers has a elsuse IN
his contract which does not require him
10 play on Sundays.
Mureh, one OF Brooklyn's new men.
stands about six feet four inches. and
weighs in the neighborhood OF 30 pounds
just now. Naturally such d biz ball player
is curiosity. Jacksonville fans say
Murch is big enough to wallop the ball
into The next county.
Walter BrOdie. wrO was with the Balti-
more Orioles way back in IS. 's5. and
81. when the team won the National
League championship three years in s1c-
cession. and later with Pittsburg. has
signed 10 play the outield with the Con-
necticUt State League the coming sea-
SON
''HUsk'' Chance. OF the champion Cubs.
more than made UP for the 500 he lost
last winter when MeeliclI won the Derby
2t New Orleans Chance is nov in Chi
cago seeking q cure FOR his injured foot.
Trainer Semmens declares two nerves are
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Jimmy Sheckard IS managing the team
at Yicksburg
Bliss, the Cardinal catcher. made six
hits in as many times at bat in a prac-
tice game in Texas, when recalls the fact
that Texas holds the record for iong-dis-
tance hitting. This not OF batting occurred
at Waco in 1913. and was made BY Waco
In game against CorSicana al that place
/ Waco made nine home runs. Batemar
getting four, Wolfe three. Walsh one. and
/ Welter one.
Bill Bradley and Bill Coughlin are TWO
Of the fastest men I ever saw handling
bunts." said Harry Howell. Bradley /,
as fast as a shot and sure death 10 thoss
rollers along the thiTd-baSe line. and The
way he shoots them over TO first is q
caution. Coughlin is another good mar
on slow hits. and il is pretty near toss
Up as 10 which can handle them the
faster"
Chicago Nationals are hard up for q
] third catcher. Campbell. the college
catcher, has proved a disappointment he
stops everything. but does not behave like
real catcher. and seems feeble in every
! important department As Evans. the
other kid catcher. can't hit A lick. the
team is found short on backstops in case
| accidents should disable both King and
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