Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-08-17
OUTSIDE THE BIG FENCE

feirx lsman canned Billy Murray in Philadelphia
 l Don Caesar Arollanos continues to be the pitching sensation of Boston. More gossip going the rounds that Tad Jones, the former Yale catcher, will join the New York Giants.
 What 's the matter with Cleveland 2 Nothing. it the ball team. Get away from that kRot hole, Kid It must be great to be Private and run your feet off trying to keep out of the way of bunch of Cubs.
 Several major league clubs are after Eddie Kusel, the Saginaw pitcher who won twelve straight games this season. l If they will allow Joe Cantillon to stay in Washington while longer Min neapolis will have the best team in ] the country.
 John Ganzel, the Rochester leader, is spoken of as the coming manager of the Brooklyn team. Many are spoken of, but few arrive.
 John Heydler, the new president of the National league, was an umpire years ago, and as old timers say he ! has had hard time trying to live down the past.
 But few weeks left of the season and Connie Mack has cinched only fifty eight minor leaguers for trial with the Athletics. Connie has lost his speed since he moved to Philadelphia.
 Matte Mcintyre is planning to take the Detroit team, minus Tyrus Cobb. to Cuba for a winter trip. Better switch. Hattie, and exhibit old Dare Devil Ty" 10 the natives instead of the team.
 Umpire Cleary of the Kansas league. who called time in the eighteenth in ming of a recent game until a boy could borrow him a chew of tobacco, appar- ently has nerve enough to work in Bal timore, Lynn, Knoxville or Mont gomery, where they eat 'em alive. You can almost reach out and touch the finish of the 1909 baseball season. western trip of the eastern American league teams and the last invasion of the east by the National League teams of the western division.
 Manager McCloskey of Milwaukee has signed Jack Wagner, the old New York catcher.
 Eddie Karger, the old Cardinal pitch CT, is making nice showing with the Boston Americans.
 Pitcher Durham, who was given a trial by the Giants, has been turned back to Toronto by the Columbus club.
 It begins to look as though the De troit Tigers will have the fight of their lives to cop the American league pen nant.
 Frank Allen, the Southern college pitcher secured by Detroit, struck out eighteen men in a recent game at Mem; phis.
 l. is said now that both Cleveland and Pittsburg will be invaded by the American association next season.
 The Denver team of the Western league recently made twenty five hits in one game and scored ten runs in one inning.
 Jack Dunn and his Baltimore team are leading dogs life in the Eastern league. Every team in the league is putting it over the Orioles.
 There was time when major league clubs carried but one pitcher. Nova days one can see three or four fingers used by one team in an afternoon.
 Rumor has it that a big shakeup is due in Washington. It seems that they have a baseball team in the national capital managed by one Cantillon, Sir Joseph Cantillon, to be exact, but the fans of Washington are not sure.
 Umpire Mclaughlin, who was chased six or nine miles by Lynn, Mass, fans has voice that gets 'em going and coming. With crash that sounds like the drum, cymbals and heavy brass you hear the word "ball," followed soon afterwards by a roar that is in tended for "strike,' but more resem- bles the old rusty hinge on the back gate.
 'N3Hl tTdWlOTu or DetTolt, hdS Hldut eight home runs so far this season.
 Wagner and Leever of the Pittsburg Pirates, are talking of going into the automobile business.
 Hank Matthewson, brother of Christy, has quit pitching and is now umpiring in the South Atlantic league
 Wagner, Leach, Clarke and Miller of the Pirates are all among the first ten leading hitters of the National league.
 Although Eddie Collins has dropped a few points in hitting, Connie Mack has not asked waivers on him.
 Walter Clarkson, the old Harvard and American league pitcher, is pitch ing for professional team in Cleveland
 Ii looks like a stretch on the set tee for "Germany' Schaefer Kill fer is making good at second base for Detroit.
 Young Evans, the Hartford twirler who has been signed by the Boston Ma tionals, has a no-hit, norun pitching record.
 George Tebeau has sold the louisville