Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-08-04
MAJOR LEAGUE NOTES

bumps off the Dodgers. The Dalenitel
secured six hits off "Rajah." But ht
held them scoreless.
Nal Eason chased Higgins and Ko
netchy to the clubhouse In the ninth
for disputing his judgment on strikes
| Connie Mack may trade Herr Harry
Krause, the young pitcher who was 9
! sensation last year. Connie is dicker.
ing with Manager O'Connor, of the st
| Louis Browns.
Oscar Witt, a 2o-year-old marvel
playing with San Francisco in the
Coast League, has received an offel
from Manager Mack. He is a third
sacker and is said to be wonder.
Bill Bernhard, the former Athletic
and Cleveland pitcher, who has man.
aged Nashville in the Southern League
for three seasons, will manage an
American League or American Associa-
ton team next season.
Cleveland has purchased Pitcher Ka-
Ter from Columbus of the American AS
| sociation.
Bill Steele, the crack twirler of the
Altoona Tri-State team, has been sold
by Hank Ramsey to st. Louis Ma
tlonals for ss,O0o
Russell Blackburne has asked
Hughey Duffy to send him back to the
minor league. The boss OF the White
Sox says Nay"
Sam Crawford. the Detroit slugger,
retires each night at 10. He is known
as the human curfew.
Bill Bergen, the Dodgers backstop,
carries three gloves on the circuit
When runner reaches first he
switches, as he claims the second mitt
aids him in pegging to second. The
third mitt is an emergency one.
zach Wheat has made his Tooth hit
in the National Hoblitzel, Of the
Reds, is the only other in the league
to pass the century mark.
They tell a good one ON Hughey Jen-
nings, the Tigers manager, who In the
off season practises law in Scranton,
Pa. One day last winter Jennings,
working on criminal case, was cross
examining a bashful witness.
viii you please state the words
used by the defendant" said Hughey
to the witness
"pd rather not" replied the witness
They are not words one would say TO
gentleman"
Whisper them to the. judge. then,'
said Jennings; and 1t was ten minutes
before order was restored in the court.
Harry Covaleshi, the Pcle, who as
sisted the Cubs in winning the PEN
nant in 1908 by consistently trouncing
the Giants, is considered the hardest
luck pitcher In the Southern League.
In nineteen games he has allowed his
opponents twentysix runs, less than
run and a half game. and still he
has won but nine games, lost eight and
tied two.
Lundres, the Cub traded for Bill
oxen, made his debut for the Phillies
III the second game yesterday. He re-
placed Kitty Bransfield and fielded in
fine style. He doubled. 1t was his only
Lit In four trips to the plate.
Deacon Phillippi pitched the greater
part of the second game. 1t gave him
ten victories out of eleven. Then they
said early in the season that he was
all in.
Jack Pfeister was too much for the
Giants yesterday. He dipped them In
the kalsomine bucket
Snodgrass was the only Giant to con-
meet more than once. He banged out
three singles in four trips to the plate.
Jack Quinn blew up in the eighth
inning and the Blues scored four runs
and won the game
Chief Bender was in form yesterday
and held the White Sox to three hits
The Mackmen won, to /.
Since Jack Dalton has been shifted
to fifth place in the Dodgers batting
order he is getting a pair of hits daily
Brooklyn used Crabbie, the Southern
recruit. fer the first time yesterday
He was a trihe wild and was relieved
by doc" Scanlon.
Eddie Lennox got pair of doubles
in three trips to the plate The former
Hustler is going well for the Dodgers
Mclean, the new White Sox right
fielder. dropped MIrphy's easy fly yes
terday in the ninth nd allowed Baker
to score the winning run. Was ii
an error?
Bud Sharpe had four hits in seven
trips to the plate in the double-heade,
which the Doves won from the Reds
yesterday One was double.
Collins Of the Doves, batted 1000 ir
the first game. He had four singles.
Sherwood Magee, the Phillies' slug
ger. had his eyes open yesterday Ir
the first game he drove out a homer
double and single In the final he Sc
cured a triple, double and single. HI
faced the opposing pitchers sever
times.
Hans Wagner was up thrice in tht
first game and failed to get a hit. Hs
was up twice as often in the secont