Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-03
BASE BALL BRIEFS.

BASE BALL BRIEFS.
Critics who talk of Arthur Devlin as a
fossil forget that Arthur joined the Giants
extremely young. He is still Juvenile in
point OF actual years.
II a three-ball rule goes through, Jokes
concerning pawnbroking will be repeated
to FRAGILE. and pitchers will become
known as loan sharks and "uncles''
whenever the doctors have nothing else
to do they pull Bob Bescher's sore hand
| to pieces. sew it up again and tell him II
will be o. K. by next April.
RUDE Benton can point proudly to the
fact that he got 500 average for what
rev games he actually pitched this sea-
son; also that his one victory was gained
over the mighty Brown.
Many fans write in. asking the battina
and fielding averages Of sundry players
The omcials are not yet out, and the un.
omcials vary too widely to be used as the
basis of deciding bets.
Wiiferd Osborne, who was released nv
the QuakerS last year, looms up like a
real wonder in the Eastern League aver
ages Many critics think Ozzy is bic
league stuff and was fired too soon.
Barry Of the Athletics always thumps
the plate when he goes to bat An in.
quisitive fan who asked the reason for
this performance was told that it was tc
Kill the hookworms which inhabit the
ground.
Can't beat those Chicago scribes. Some
OF them are now advocating the prac.
tlcabiiity of having umpires submit tc
optical tests such as railway engineers
| undergo. Soft job for some ocultst.
The bat cave which was set aside for
the critics who tOuted Jim Jeffries as a
sure winner is fearfuIly oyercrowded
| 1sht now All the scribes who were
poostihg the CUBS have forced their way
in and the original occupants have hard.
ly room to breathe
Pembroke Ffnlayson, the old Brooklvn
National pitcher, who played with the
Lay New England League) team
tne past season, has been sold to the
memphis club of the Southern League
While the majority of ball PLAYERS seek
employment during the. winter months,
remained for Al Bridwell to spring :,
new one. He has turned to niioiIiSr
Skidoo, you actors, scribes and farmers
Rube Waddell will not be in the East
ern League next season. Manager Nc
iinnity OF the Indians got the Reuben
rom 81. Louis Browns. The American
Leasuers nave made a deal whereby,
Waddell will go to Columbus Of tbe
American Association
Iy Cobb was the only player in tbe
american league to score more than
: fI,t..
| ed the plate with los. The other Ieafl;n,
run-getters in that circuit were as fol,
| lows: speaker. .3; Bush, 90; Milan. no.
! Wolter -; Lajoie. ~; Baker. IS: Collins
oS' crawford. ~, and Hooper, 81.
Among the applicants for the lob re-
recently vacated by Jack O,Connor as
manager OF the st. Louis Browns orc
Jesse Burkett, Fielder Jones and Cha rI;s
carr. IL Is understood that each of the
men has assured b. b. Johnson that
Lajoie will not again get eight hits i'm =
| day. :"
President John H. Farrell of the New
York State Base Ball League, has issue5
| a call for a meeting of the club owners
to be held Friday afternoon in the Yates
Hotel. Syracuse. Interest centers in the
makeup Of the circuit for next sea son
1t is rumored that two of the New York
State franchises may be transferred
| After shaking hands with one of the
bugs after he had won the deciding game
! for the worlds championship Jack
Co0mbs found a f1fty-dollar bill stuck ia
his paw. Jack looked at the bill a second
| and then put 1t away. remarking: That
will buy me good COW for the farm.
| Robert Petit. aged forty-eight years.
/ a former National League base ball
player, died at his home I'm Derby, Conn.
Tuesday night. Mr.. Petit joined the Chi
cago Nationals I'm 1851 and played with
that team for several years, making the
/ trip around the world with It in 1883.
After leaving the major league he played
| in minor leagues. his whole career in base
ball comprising about twenty-nine years.