Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-18
Sparks From the Diamond.

Sparks From the Diamond.
The seasons series between Chicago
and Pittsburg is now tie, each team
having won eight games.
The playing of Milwaukee and Kansas
City Of late has been a big surprise to
American Association teams
The once-famous second baseman, Fred
Pfeffer, has purchased a farm in the
Ozarks and will quit the Chicago saloon
business to live there.
Dutch Revelle, who has been a star
pitcher in the Virginia League for sew
eral years, has been purchased by the
New York Americans from Richmond.
Rochester's 1910 pennant aspirations
have suffered serious blow by an in
jury to Herbie Moran, who broke his
right ankle in sliding to the plate.
! Despite Abbaticchio's assertion that he
would not report to the Boston Nationals.
but would devote his attention to his ho-
}tel at Latrobe, Pa, he is now playing
short for the Doves.
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patch let the Eastern League champions
down without a hit the other day. Only
one Rochester player saw first base. He
walked.
Will Torey, the young left-hand twirler
of the Giants, who has not yet appeared
In a National League contest this sea-
SON, Is improving at the Roosevelt Hos
pital, Manhattan, where he is ill with
typhoid fever.
In an effort to strengthen the Colonels.
Owner Grayson has signed Pitcher Joe
Doyle Of Cincinnati and Whitney Power
OF Clinton, Iowa. Magee is out of the
game indefinitely with blood poisoning
in his arm.
Jack Deal is having wild time of it..
He has been with Toronto. Montreal and
Bison management has shipped him to
Syracuse. Little wonder the fleet first
sacker is not doing himself justice.
Bert Daniels is considered a better in
fielder than q gardener. The Bucknell
star played third base like seasoned
veteran. 1t isn't often that a recruit
plays both fields in his first few days in
fast company and makes good at both
positions.
Young Dowd. the Holy Cross pitcher,
now with Pittsburg, was under fire a few
days ago for the first time His first
appearance in the big league wasn't aus
on balls, a hit batter and one strikeout
made up his record for the two innings
he worked.
Brooklyn has a number Of youngsters
who promise to shine in the fast set
with a little more experience. Tony
Smith, Daubert, Wheat and Dalton are
a most promising combination. Tony
Smith At short is not bigger than stick
of gum in stature. but in fielding he is
a giant, fast as lightning and a quick
thinker.
Louisville has released Players. Sutor
Sullivan and William Moriarity to Omaha
and pitcher HigEinbotham to the Mon
mouth, ILL.,, Club. Catcher Pauxtis has
been purchased by Louisville from Gin
cinnati.
waivers on Pitcher Lefty Leifield, but when
1T was found that the Chicago Cubs re-
fused to waive Clarke would not think OF
turning him over, as Chicago is considered
lPittsburg's most dangerous rival for the
lpennant. The Pirates probably will keep
Leifeld now, unless Manager Chance Of
the Cubs can be prevailed on to give
waivers.
Myron Grimshaw Of Toronto was hit in
the head few days ago with pitched
ban. The eardrum was ruptured, but is
healing nicely and the big slugger will
soon be In the game again. Such ac-
cidents sometimes take batter's nerve,
but Grim is not the kind to be bothered
much by the unfortunate happening. Lew
| McAllister has been hit on the head py
pitched balls three times this season.
Rochester has sold ex-Capt. Ed Holly
to Montreal. Eddie baked at the trans
fer, though Manager Barrows says that
he offered Holly q two-year contract at
the same salary he was getting in Roch-
all bonuses promised by the Rochester
Club and agreed personally to give Holly
500 IL he played for Montreal on the
next day after the sale.
To date. National League pitchers have
struck out 1,549 batsmen and have given
1,S5a bases on balls. These STATISTICS have
little comparison with the figures of
strikeouts and walks In the American
League Up to the same time there had
been 1891 Of the former and but 1872
passes. Basing the ultimatum on the old
ivy frescoed assumption that figures
don't le." Ban Johnson's wheelers excel
this season.-Detroit News
Should George Wheeler make good with
the Reds Clark Grifith will have a COM
plete outfield OF Central leaguers. Bob
Bescher. leading base runner In the Ma
tional League, is in left: 'Dode Paskert,
who 10 leading the league in batting. is
in center, and Wheeler will be In right.
The Reds also have Dick Hobilitzel at
first ana Jack Rowan on the pitching
stat Tfobbie played with Wheeling in
| 1908 and Rowan Is a former vet. Wheeler
10 known in and around the Central as
the Sherburn Slugger.
Hughey Jennings remarks that two
seasons ago. when the Tigers started on
their first eastern trip. they were abso-
iutely in last place. They were .276 per-
centase points behind the Athletics. They
were playing sand-lot ball If sand-lot ball
was ever played. Quoting the manager:
II was almost in despair and I verify
believe that the only reason / was not
driven out of Detroit was that the fans
were charitable enough to give me the
credit for winning the pennant the year
before. Well. SIR. we started out on the
road. and when We came back we had
wiped out all but 16 Of those awful .276
| uercentage points. We had played
twenty-six games and had won twenty of
them, and 1t wasn't long until we were
1T the top. You know the rest"