The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-21
DIAMOND CLIPPINGS

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 zacher, who played on the Newark has been signed by Bert Daiy. the new owner of the New Haven baseball team, batted at an average of .2SS in l2S games. He got 10 two-bAggers, thre0 three- -baggers, 1b sacrifice hits, and 2r stolen bases. In his position, which is centerfeld, he had a fielding average of .s7l. and was the sixth best in the Connecticut league ought to be better than this. and If 1t is he is a good find. 5
 Pappalan, the pitcher whom Daily drafted from Rochester, had fair rec ord last season, In the 3s games he pitched for Rochester he won fourteen, ssyying sa,s,, an average ,, Of ;i2 pappalann M ann with the stick was very poor. hitting the pellet at but .i0s. He had but Il hits in the 36 games played.
 Wild Bill Donovan's great record last year does not mean that he will repeat his splendid work this season Last year he won 26 games, and lost four, having an average of ,S62, while the year before he won but nine, and lost 15 having an average of S60. Both Ruelback and Brown surpass the twirler, who captured the pennant for Jennings Tigers last year. In 1908 and
 1907 Reulback was the leading pitch- CT in the National league. while Brown
 was second. Reulback in 1906 won 19 games and lost but four, and in 1907
 won F and lost but four.
 The reason for the success of tho Chicago Cubs is because their pitchers
 are the steadiest in the league. In ls06 the Chicago team had three of the lead ing five pitchers and in 1907 they had
 three out of the first four
 Bill Kay is to be turned over to
 Minneapolis for the season. The long l fellow, weak still from a winter attack of the grip, has been uncertain in his i hitting so far and Cantillon thinks year in the American association will
 make him ripe for the Nationals.
 The alleged threats of Garry Herr | mann to have a severe punishment 1n-
 fiicted on Jake stahl for playing seni- | professional baseball last year has arl- gered the New York Yankees in camp i at Atlanta. Stahl says he could not have played if he wanted to, because tho national commission delayed action in l his case The Yannigans and the reg
 ulars played at Atlanta in the morning | Thursday Chesbro pitched for the 1 Yannigans and was hit for nine safe- l ties, including two home runs.
 Iajoie Is not only great as a ball
 player, but lie knows his greatness in such a way that nothing anybody can say will affect him. If he were at all i conceited it's certain he would have
 at least glanced through that article. Not one ball player or any other hu-
 man being among a thousand would do
 as he did.
 Midsummer heat in Antonio made the
 journey of the White Sox across Texas
 burden Thursday. The temperature at Del Rio, where the train stopped for half an hour at 80 D. m. was 95 | in the shade. But Manager Jones did 1 not make the Sox stay in the shade 1 Tyrus Cobb, champion batter of the 1 American league last season. signed l contract tonight to play with the De- troit American league club this year. and will join the team at Little Rock i in a few days Cobb had been hold 1 ing out for three years contract at s5.ooOa year He arrived yesterday for talk with President Frank J. Navin of the club at Detroit, and this evening MT. Navin announced that an agree
 ment had been signed. NIT. Navin de- clined to give the details. saving only
 that the contract was for one year and that the terms were mutually satis-