The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-08-05
REST DID Killing
A LOT OF GOOD
JOHNNY EvERS OF CHICAGO
CUBS THINKS THE CATCH
Err HAS COME BACK IN
BETTER SHAPE.

st. Louis, Aug. 5.-When Catcher
John King rejoined the Chicago
Cub baseball team this season the
question was asked. "Can he regain
his old form I'm batting and throw
ing?" That query was in the mouths
of thousands of Cub fans, who watch
ed his work with the keenest of In
terest. For long while there was
doubt of his being able to return to
the same condition he was in when
Manager Chances crew finished the
wear of 1908 with the championship
OF the National league. Later he
showed he was steadily approaching
his former trim. At present there need
be no doubt about IT, He Is as good
as he ever was, critics say.
Second Baseman Johnny Evers said
today he believed that the years rest
had done the backstop world of
good.
Killing looks as good, If not better,
than ne did in 1905" said Evers to-
day. zone thing the rest did for him
was to revive some of the pepper he
had many years ago. He seems more
active behind the plate than here
tofore. as he Is continually talking
now, which is good indication that
he is himself again. Besides that he
has more ginger on the bases and
seems to take more interest I'm his
work than when he quit the club.
Up to that time King had been play
ing many years and felt little tired
of the game and as II he needed a
rest, and It certainly seems to have
done him a whole lot OF good,
with Archer getting better every
day Killing will be a great factor In
our winning the championship. THAI
King is as good as he ever was and
that he will continue to improve Is
shown by his work with the stick
and behind the bat When he firsI
returned he was slow in every move
ment and II was a task for him tc
move around with alacrty Now II
is the opposite. He trained with al
the energy he could command and
goes after foul fly balls and hunts
with the speed that made him so prom
inent In contests OF years gone by
Kings batting average alone in
dicates that he is back in shape. Fol
the entire season II Is only about
.215, but before the month is over
IT will be much above those figures
II is within the last three weeks thai
his real condition bega to assert
itself Manager Chance is endeavor-
ing to keep King and Archer work
ing as much as possible, although
in the last three weeks the former has
caught few more contests than his
younger teammate. And that is wha'
has given an opportunity to regair
his batting eye. His record for the
last 10 games shows he has been tc
bat 43 times. In that time he Sc
cured 16 hits. which gives him bat
ting average of 1872. Carry his work
back to the last 22 games his mark
reduces some. For the last % con-
tests he has gone to the. plate &c
times, made 20 hits, which nets him
an average OF .2S9.
In the last 13 games Killing has con-
tributed timely hits and some were
for extra bases. He Is credited with
five extra base raps, one of which
was n home run and the others doubles
He has scored eight runs
His throwing, which was faulty
when he returned. is grand now and
he gets the pill away from him with
more snap. When he first worked
he was not letting the sphere 60 not
having the confidence in himself to
make the accurate peg" Manager
Chance need not worry now about
rival clubs stealing many bases with