The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08

CdlCAeI Nls CldIhes OF OleFeiduu'
Netzel. the third sacker who Cleve-
land tried out last fall and released
70 Spokane. made home run and
three singles in a recent game
Andy Coakley. the former Holy Cross
twlrler, Is coaching the Princeton pitch
ers.
Norman Hill. Of Buffalo. for two years
first baseman on the University Of
Michigan baseball team, has been elect
Cd captain OF the team
President Hedges Of the Browns is
after John Buick, the big pitcher of
the Illinois University team. Buick
is said to be the best pitcher turned
out by that university. which had Lund-
gren, Falkenberg, Beebe, and Pfeffer.
Every time a good team loses a few
games some one starts a story Of dis
sension in the ranks. This sort Of
yarn was set in motion a few days ago
about the PittsbUTg club. Fred Clarke
and all the men are emphatic in their
denialS.
For the third time this season Jack
Fox. the well-known professional bas-
ketball player. has signed a Bingham
ton, y. Y. contract Fox was signed,
d
hours by Manager Jack Warner Now
that Warner has sold out the new own
ers have signed UP Fox once more.
Minneapolis defeated indianapolis and
went back into the lead I'm Sundays
game, in which FIVE pitchers offciated in
the box, by a score Of 6 TO T. Manager
Joe CantillOn. of the Minneapolis team.
was ordered from the grounds by I'M
pire Cusack for disputing decision
The Detroit club seems to have its
championship shoes on once more and
It would not be surprising If Jennings
had his team on top when the present
/ intersectional series is completed
/ Connie Mack says that he is disap-
1 pointed that he die not get Pitcher De
Mott, of Lafayette College, who has
/ signed a Cleveland contract. Mack says
that De Mott promised q friend that ne
would tie up with the Athletics and
/ Connie thought it settled. De Mott
1 er, as Barney Dreyfuss also claims that
( he agreed TO become Pirate
! II looks as if the contest this season
| would be a repetition OF that Of 1909.
/ except that New York has been added
{ as one Of the runners up. New York,
1 however. viii finish lower than Detroit
and Philadelphia. SJalEngs has a bunch
I Of youngsters who are liable to lag a
trihe when the season really warns up.
/ If they don't Il will be another case of
( the baseball dope pot being upset.
/ Cincinnati made a big effort to secure
RUDE Benton. the phenomenal young
/ left-hand pitcher Of the Macon team OF
I the South Atlantic League. but the
/ owners of the club absolutely refused
! to sell at this time. Benton IS only
1 nineteen years old, but he has already
/ created a great stir in the South. He
/ is a big lad. with wonderful control for
| a left-hander, and he strikes out from
I ten to twenty men every day, Just 10
set up an appetite Roger BreSnahan
/ and several other scouts for big league
I clubs have been down there looking him
/ over, but he is not for sale until the
! season is over.
! The Pittsburg baseball club won the
National League Dernant as we'll as the
worlds championships. last year. Then
/ the PittsbUrg baseball club was the besJ
eVer-therc was no other aggregation of
! tOsSers eXtant that could even approach
I IL in point Of excellence So said the
I fans. This YEAR the PittSburg club isn't
( doing so we'll Game after game has
/ peen lost. and instead Of showing the
way 70 the other seven clubs in the
( leaS:Ie. the locals are fighting to keep
4 from being showed into the second dIVi-
/ sion. So the faint-hearted ones have
/ become busy. they have begun saying
mean things: they have lost their nerve.