The Washington herald., 1910-12-04

ritory. ard would let the next pitched
strikes
The club owners I'm all leagues. major
and uinor as we'll, are practically uaani-
nous In the opinion that the fans really
want more batting. The fight over the
various suggestions that have been ad-
vanced 10 bring about this result should
be mighty interesting
The Giants and Chicago White sox
are TO play some exhibition games In
Fort Worth Tex. during their spring
training seasons Fort Worth is a cen
trail point between Marlin and Mineral
Wells. where the two baseball clubs do
their preliminary work.
Honus Wagner Is to be retained by the
Pittsburg Pirates. This is. of course.
astonishing news. 1t is also reported on
good authority that next season viii find
Mathewson with the Giants. Cole with
the Cubs. Coombs with the Athletics,
Chase and Ford with the Yankees. Cobb
with the Tigers. and LaJoie with Cleve-
land.
Hugh McBreen. secretary Of the BOs-
ton American League club. and James
G.. Mclaughlin, an architect from the
Hub, inspected Comiskey's ball park re-
Gently with view of getting pointers
for a new stand at home. They had al
ready taken a look at the Cleveland
stand. ana went from Chicago to Pitts
burg TO see what Barney Dreyfuss had
to offer I'm the way of Improvements.
According to Mr.. Mclaughlin, the
White Sex stand is by all odds the most
perfect In the country. He could not see
how il could be improved upon. The
Boston club will probably begin building
next spring A new site has been Sc
cured. and the chances are that the old
grounds will be abandoned next fall,
when the lease is up.
The Philadelphia Nationals have sold
knight, the pitcher obtained from Al
bany in exchange for Catcher Cheek, TO
the Scranton club
The American Machinist. a publication
not given 10 the printing OF frivolous
things. announces that ''baseballs have
been caught when dropped from the top
of the Washington Monument by at least
two well-known league players The dis
tance dropped is So feet, and by the
time the ball reached the eatcher's hands
its velocity is calculated to have been
about $50 feet per second. or over 12C
miles per hour,
IF the pitcher could throw s-ounce
| ball with such strength that it would
reach the top of this monument. assum-
ing that his hand is propelling the ball
| through a distance of five feet before
letting go, he would have 10 exert con-
slant pressure OF about sixty pounds upon
the bali until 1t left his hand.
IF the catcher. In receiving the dropped
ball. allowed his hands TO move down a
distance OF two feet, the average stop
ping force which he exerted must have
| been nearly $50 pounds The probabilities
are that HIS hands stung some what after
the performance"
This is very important, If true. and the
national commission should investigate
without delay. Incidentally the commits
sion might spell the MachInist's figures
/ by tipping that paper off TO the fact thai
baseballs are only FIVE ounces In weight
Nothing VIII please the baseball fans
! so much as a quiet. businesslile base
ball meeting. and just at present there
is every indication that the coming SEES
sion of the National League will be en-
tirely free from petty scraps and wrangles
/ that last year retarded the real busi-
ness of the organization.
Last December the club owners sat
! squabbling over the selection OF a pre-