Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-17
SPORT ING GOSSIP

Diafbull, the chestnut gelding9by Dla.-
bio 2:09A, has been doing so we'll in
Dakota that he has been protested as
a ringer, and his owner. Mr.. Griswold,
was compelled to telegraph to Secy.
to identify the horse. Diabull started
twice in California last year but was
meeting 2:OS PAGERS and did not win.
Sutor has a nice record to date for
the unlucky White SoX. He has five
victories to his credit, with but one
defeat
Five of the leading tennis players Of
the Pacific coast left this week for the
east to participate in the most import
ant tournaments held III the country.
The men who are to mako the trip are
Coast Champion Melville Long, State
Champion Maurice McLoughlin, South
ern California Champion Thomas Bun
dy George James, holder of the Pacific
States championship in doubles with
Maurice Mclaughlin, and Simpson Sim
sabaugh.
Happy Hogan. captain and catcher
of the Vernon, Cal, baseball team, will
endeavor to make a new worlds record
in catching a ball dropped from a great
height. excelling the success of Charles
y. Street, catcher OF the Washington
Americans in catching a ball dropped,
from the Washington monument Ho-
gan will try to catch a ball dropped
from a balloon at least 100 feet higher
than the top of the Washington monu-.
ment The date for the try is not yet
set.
In all probability Mordecai Brown
the Cubs star pitcher, will leave to
Join the team at Boston on Mondayf1f
the physicians pronounce his wife out
of danger. Ed Reulbach will not be
able to be with the champions until
the end of next week.
The whereabouts Of Bill Hoffer. who
was the sensation of the National
guegue during the middle sos has been
discovered The famous Oriole finger
is in Cedar Rapids, Ia, the place
where Ned Hanlon first spied him..
Bill, like a prudent, athlete. saved S>ls
money and is we'll fixed financially.
During the winter time he takes tickets
at the Cedar Rapids opera house,
which is managed by Will S. Collier,
who Is half owner of the Cedar
Rapids team. Among the graduates of
this club now in fast company are
Otis Crandall of the Giants and Neal
Ball OF the Mans.
Milwaukee, July 10.--Manager John
J. McCloskev of the Milwaukee club
is of the opinion that Jimmy McAlecr,
manager of the st. Louis Browns, is
deserving OF more support than he is
receiving in the Mound City. even
though his team is down in the race,
Speaking of st. Louis and the build
Ing up of baseball teams, Manager
McCloskey said: When a baseball
team is run down the best way to do
Z is to start Mt the bottom and recon-
struct the whole business There Is
only one way to get a winning ball
players and deyelop them as you go
along.
New York, July, 1o.-with the
Giants the sa crifice hit Is practically
a thing of the past. Four Weeks ago
McGraw surprised his players by tell
ing them to drop that ancient land
ball in the eye" They hewed straight
to the mark, and as result they
have won sixteen out OF eighteen
games and are still going at the re-
5cord-breaklng clip.
Groom, the Washington pitcher, and
Vickers of the Athletics are each
credited with one hit. Groom having
been in twenty-one games.
Frank Farrell. it is said. has told
George stallings that he can spend
$4,000 for the right kind of a pitcher.
Stallings believes that a star twirler
would keep his team in the running
McGraw instructs his men to take
chances. Other fellows cannot. make
errors unless You make them throw
the ball is McGraw's theory. Go to the
head of the class, Mac.
The one-hit game that joss pitched
against the Athletics would have been
a no-hit game If Umpire Egan hadn't
refused to allow Danny Murphy to
take first when struck on the arm by
a pitched ball. A moment later MUIR
ply made two-bagger.
Hyatt, the Pittsburg recruit from the
Northwestern league, is second to the
great Wagner on the National league
batting list.
Willie Keeler's injured ankle is rap
idly getting better and he is expected |
to be in the lineup today.
Ralph seybold has been appointed
of the Toledo team to succeed |
Fred Abbott, who recently resigned. |
but continues as catcher of the team.
McGraw says there Is nothing in the
report that he intends to get Bower
man. "of course, I am always on the
lookout for a good man." says NIugsy.
but at present I have no idea of get.
ting back the old catcher, and, can
didly, don't think there would be !
much chance il I did
The Washington team is temporarily |
in charge of Jiggs Donol,ue, Manager
Cantillon is on q scouting trip after