Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-18
DETROIT WINS SEVEN OUT
OF TWELVE GAMES IN CUBA
Cobb Hit for Home Run First Time at
Bat Points Noted Dur
ing Series.

I ueman in question answers to the proud
Spanish name of Castillo. and when in
| condition tips the scales at 26O A year
ago Castillo won a welve-hundreddol
prize in one of the Cuban lotteries, and
as q result has since been living on the
| fat OF the land and other things. At the
present time he weighs about 285, yet he
plays the initial sack in good style. al
| though it is not probable that Owner
Frank Farrell of the New York Ameri-
cans would consider a trade for Hal
Chase. Things have been breaking badly
in a base ball way for Castillo ever since
he led the Cuban League in hitting, but
he failed to make a single hit In the
twelve games with Detroit Evidently
easily gotten riches is not good for the
batting eye.
-Four American colored players are at
present taking part in the Cuban pas
time. They are Sam Lloyd. Grant john
son, Pete Hill and Catcher Petway. Dur
ing the summer these four clever boys are
members of the famous Leland Giants of
Chicago. These four stars have been
very much in evidence in the games with
Detroit, and their high-class work I'm all
departments made it possible for the
six games with the Tigers. 1t is very
possible that the four will remain In
Cuba until April. playing in the Cuban
League, which opens December %.
The average ball player thinks he does
enough diamond work during the summer
and on the spring training trip. There
are three Cuban players who play prac-
tically the year round, and r ally enjoy
the work. The players in question are
Cabrera. Marsand and Alameda: This
trio of players are members Of the New
Britain team OF the Connecticut League
during the summer. Just as soon as
they return to Havana they Join the AL
| mendares. playing first against the major
leagues that invade the island and then
in the Cuban L. ague, which starts i'm
me6iately on the departure Of the big
leaguers for the s. ates. All three are
| right clever infielders
The Cubsns are exceedingly quick to
| learn. and the native players have prof
| tied great deal from playing against
/ the big leaguers. The pitchers watch the
bases closely, and some of them have
practically copied the half balks employed
| by many of the major leaguers to hold the
men on the bags. The Hathaway slide has
also been highly developed within the last
few years. and the Cuban base runners
are mighty hard men to touch. Since all
the catcherS have excellent arms they
snap the ball around with reckless aban-
don It's cinch that no nation has ever
developed faster than have the Cubans
IN the art of playing base ball.
fA!eHou4H very tIlChy III the inner points
OF the game, the Cubans have never paid
much attention to the hidden ball trick
The Detroit team got out of a very tight
hole in one of the final games through
its use, and from now on the natives may
be expected to make much use of the
scheme. With men on second and first,
IN the last half Of the eleventh. and De-
troit one run to the good. Stanage by a
snap throw caught the runner Off second.
While he was being retired the man on
hrst went down to second. After Mortar
~ had retired the runner he slippcd the
ball to O'Leary. and then walked over to
the box and made out as If he were han
ding the ball to Summers. O'Leary then
cautioned the man on second about get
ting too big lead or he would be caught
mapping. The Cuban only laughed and
ran to where O'Leary was standing. The
little shortstop almost bounced on him
when he touched him. The retiring of
the two men had happened SO rapidly
that the crowd really couldn't realize it.