Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-06-25

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Being Little Stories
OF Sporting Folks
Gathered Every.
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Puzzle-What is the difference
when Wise muffs two flies in success,
sion and Cavanaugh drops one?
Answer Eddie's popularity and the
biased judgment of the fanatics.
| A company of Charlton sports came
to this village to get rich off of the
Ottumwa sporting fraternity who/have
the Egan ball players sized up about
right. The visitors from west of here
went home with their purses depleted,
thanks to the effective work of Jimmie
Dunn and his pals.
| TWenty-fOur hours each day is the
way Ned Egan does service at the
Myrtle street park. These torried
nights are spent by the willy Ned on all
improvised open-air bedroom at the
park.
Pitcher Glass, last year with
Jacksonville, who was sold with
Earl Akers to Dubuque last winter,
has been sold to the Lincoln club in
the I. NJ league.
Pitcher Alfred Patrick, two years
ago with Jacksonville and last year
with Springfield, has finally reported
to Cleveland and may be given a
chance to work soon.
President Justice has sent out an
other statement in which he warns
managers against violation of the
thirteen men team limit, adding that
| he will consider every protest on
these grounds The team limit has
been farce so far and if those clubs
that are under the limit want to take
advantage of the rest, they can have
every game they lost thrown out.
Nugent, the KeWanee short stop,
was manager of the Bay City team In
the Southern Michigan league up to a
| few weeks ago. He resigned his job
and came to Kewanee, finding the
managerial duties too strenuous. Bay
| City is at the bottom Of the heap.
Pitcher Schulz, of the Galesburgers,
is the first Central finger to be cred
tied with no-hit game this season.
|
son and Wednesday finally got the
thing out of his elongated system.
Snapper" Kennedy at one time or
another this season has released every
member of his team but himself. He
signs the majority of them over again
before the bus gets down town.
Manager Connors Of Kewanee, has
released Pitcher George, the college
man, who pitched some very good
games for Kewanee this season.
Cincinnati left Phelan at home on
it's present trip and Hans Lobert has
been entrusted with the job of teach
ing Artie how to play third base in
the big leagues.
Ottumwa could win but single
game with either Hannibal or Quincy
away from home, but on their own
grounds the Packers have taken four
out of five with these two clubs to
date Egan is hard to beat on his own
grounds. Still he will have to get one
more of the two remaining games to
get an even break in the games
Quincy has played him at Ottumwa
this year.-Quincy Herald.
Big Ed Walker Is having run OF
bad luck. He has lost the last two
games he pitched, errors being large
w responsible. OF course he has been
unfortunate in having 80 strong
team as Ottumwa against him each
time. but his games would have
been far closer with the chances In
his favor. if there had been perfect
support and a little stronger work on
the part of the artillery. However,
there is not much bombarding when
Bovd is in the box. The little fellow
has kept his hits down to very small
number In every game he has pitched
this year and the best swatters fall to
do much with him.
For the benefit Of fans who are in.
terested in statistics and have asked
for the greatest number of consecu-
tive victories by one pitcher, the fol-
lowing facts are given: In 1890
John Lubv, pitcher for Chicago, won
! twenty games in succession, Chesbro,
New York Americans, made record
Of fourteen successive victories III
1904 and Ed Reulbach, of the Chicago
Cubs equalled this record last season.
These are the standing records In
major league ball. In minor leagues
Charles Bomar. pitcher for the De-
{ catur club in the Three-I league in
1907. established the remarkable rec
ord of winning twenty and tieing two,
not being defeated once in twenty-five
games.