The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-03

~ al as s.lsXs sSlore' The Trojan A. q.
has Joined tho Metropolitan Association
Of the A. A. q.
GOSSIP OF THE DIAMOND.
seesna Base q prominent pace Ter Ae-
raslenIs A. Go scores N the South.
Two college baseball players have been
badly injured this sprung while In the art
Of sliding to ba-e. one az Harvard aud one
al Yale This sort Of injury has been fire.
uuent on the diamond In recent years.
A few years ago George Van Haltren. then
OF the Giants. broke his les white sltdiag
Tor -eCond base on he old PittsburG grounds.
Lefty Davis broke his leg the same way On
the same grounds and Mike DOalin frae-
tursd a leg while making q slide on the
Cincinnati grounds. Another player who
broke leg sliding was OTIS ClySner.
| A. n matter of fact the second cushion
has been prominent a. q station at which
ace dsni- have occurred. There have been
innumerable spikinRr at that position.
most Of them accidental. but o few inteN-
tional. and other accidents resulting In
the incapacitatinK OF q player for con-
siderable length OF time Year before last
Larry Doyle was stepped on by John HUM
mel while the latter was trying 20 reach
second base al the Polo Grounds and Larry
was out OF ~ for the rect OF the season.
In a previous season Tim Oonahue Of the
Chicago Nationals Was severely spiked by
Jack Warner while the latter was making q
slide. Harry S,einf-ldt and Napoleon La
JOle had q collision az second base. Every
lbody thought for = moment that stein
f~ldt had been killed hut he sooa recovered
IAjoie. however. as a result Of the aceiden
developed water on the knee and was ont
OF the game for q considerable length n
time Hal ChSss has been spiked on thu
hand a couple of times sliding to aecOad.
Severer and in some cases fatal acci
dents on the hall field. hoy ever. have beeI
more due TO other causes such - head Oi
collisions and players being struck b.
pitched OF halted balls. Already this seasoI
there has neen Death from 4 pitcher oe,nl
struck by = bared oah hlso ahsrso 800 y,
OF Roger Bre~nahan two year- ago eetnl
, . prominent case IN POINT snsI h..,
~ho vas M on the head 6y . ~ bali. deatl
resulting q fs~ hours later
teams Ia the South are IN theniselNes o
no -iEnincance whatever q an ind,cs' o.
% shat may be eHpected when the ~.
form shown In The game. the promise o.
lack Of u for future games. and q cours.
ss oT Ts'ri s.,y ma. So. vi. ~ . feIsssa :,
sccoriins 10 whether the rrelininar,
iis ssO on " .dss. again q good so9sSsri
record dOe-n't point - bia things IN th'
cssmplonShlp rsSs ,ss R, Sn ne zoo q
~Omething like dozen straight same
IN the South and lost a. msny. NJ not m2,s
MhIes,cs ias, Year ave no lndisStIOn :
far a. superficial Ante-@eAeon perfornan nee
we're concerned % the really fast team thel
hSmmsred Sy the PhiiiIeS IN the city serie-
but later made record wholly az vartanc'
With the indifferent form shown prior q
the regular season
] In. return Of Patsy Donovan to hiI
league nanaEenen. brines oaSk lnto ~
sr S~@' and nosI Of I6-@ have nsnsse,
took ?, Sss S 81 *. R.S hs ss, BON
I mana ger 81 the Pitteburgs, ~ Louis NJ
tionals and hrooklyn. rh's . hts si nr,
iurs has had a varied managerial eNpe
rienoe H- has been manager Of 'h'
Ne~ aTks In she American issEus am
Buffalo, and NeWsTks In the kAsi~ri
League These two have changed abou
Prank Chan~e Of the Cubs. Rsd Dooi'
81 he Phi ili~~ Roger BreSnahan ard Dahlei
Of ss s sS N, H Teo ne nave SH h.ndIeS oS
Doom and De hI-n and the 90 ord for RIe.
about. should fate 20 ordsin Hush Dun
vas . -uccs-sful manager Of the Milwaukee
Amertsau league teTm. thew manages
the Philadelphia Nationals a while. ven
from there 20 Providence, where he ia
well with ThHt minor oTga HiZatlou, an.
now has the white Sox IN TOW Mctrav
mana Ferial career takes IN a. Louis, Balti
more and New York I've Vas FAT from
success IN ~ i.0uts but n biz success u
BALTIMORE and New York.
FTed Lake hiss heen . minor league mana
ser Low I'll tho place, and manager 0f tw
clubs IN one town the boston American
/ and Boston Nationals Before going q
Washington Jimmy Nc AleeT tried hts han
IN Cleveland and ~ Louis Connie Mac
VS. manager IN Pitts burg only nefcr
taking charge of the Athlettre We seetn
- 10 m bored IN Philadelphia. Grihit
has been something Of = rolling stone
managing the Chicago and New Work Amer
tCans and nov - Cturinnatia Fred Clark
sticks 10 one ulase veil. having manages
only IN ioui-vIite pefore ROinG ~ Ptttsbura
ltarncy Drsvfu-- y the only boss he hH
Isck O'Connor managed the I.iiiIe ROcl
tsarn before hefook hold Of tho ~ Lout
browns Hugh Jennings yAs . BsltimOr'
Eastern Lea que md Philadelphia Naiions
lea que manaser before he vent 20 Detroit
Jim Mcclure has done al hls mana sim
u BOSTON and tlevelnnd Though prob
ably the oldest manager Of the lot he
one 81 the Youngest in eNDerience, HI
career - manager beginning year befor
last ~ BOSTON The dean 81 the corp II
mans gerial experience probably u eithe
stalhnE- or Grifith. while Dahlen an'
Dootn are the infants