The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-07-08
FORMER CUB NOW AllAlAGESTHE COLONIES

n u EFORE the big league season
- opened Del. Howard. substitute
nrst bAseman Of the Chicago Cubs.
was sold to Louisville OF the American
association.
Several weeks after the season be-
( kan Charles w. Murphy. president Of
the Cubs. his brother, and a confiden-
tial man OF Charles p. Taft, supposed
owner OF the Cubs. visited Louisville
and held conferences with President
Grayson Of the Colonels. It was ru.
mored at the time that Taft and MUIR
S ply were dickering for the purchase
Of the Louisville team. Everybody de-
nied 1t.
Then comes the report that Del
Howard had been made manager Of
the Colonels, succeeding Pietz. who
led the team to the winning of the
pennant last year.
When Howard was with the Cubs
be used to be the field captain when
Chance was out of the game. II the
team went out of town for an exhibi-
ton game Howard was the acting
manager. There was some surprise
when he was released to Louisville by
the Cubs.
Now, the fans are asking, what does
It mean? Has Murphy gained control
of the Colonel? There are some foxy
people connected with the great ma
tional pastime but none of them has
snything on Charles Webb Murphy.
The development Of star pitchers is
proceeding at fearful pace, but the
development of star batsmen seems
10 be utterly at standstill At the
way things are going there will be
regiments Of classy pitchers in few
more years, while the art of batting
will die out as soon as the present
crop Of sturdy old hitters is extinct.
On every vacant lot in summer you
can see ambitious young pitchers at
work. f1inging, curving, learning the
tricks Of the pitching trade, and so
completely overshadowing the young
batsmen that big strike-out records
have become the rule, not the excep.
don, at school and college.
It was Jim Hart, few years ago,
who told an ambitious youngster to
train himself for third baseman, not
! pitcher, because pitchers did not
last. whereas infielders could play the
game for years and would always be
In demand. Still, the modern pitcher.
with any sort of good behavior, out
lasts the modern infielder. Yes. He
actually does. Despite the wear and
tear upon his arm, the modern pitcher
Is good for longer diamond life than
most Of his teammates, and the. rec
erds show it, too.
How many men are now on the
Giants who were there when Mathew
con began?
Take Cy Young. Mordecai Brown.
Jack Powell and Tom Hughes, for in.
stance, and see if you can think of
many infielders who have been in the
game longer than they have.
Does 1t happen that any of you fans
sSAASAA0SA AAuOoOA, INC old1 JWulCi
who did box work for the st. Louis
Browns along in the sos, and later
with the Detroit Tigers? He twirled
his last game with Detroit in 1899.
Charley Comiskey of the White Sox
lost one of his star pitchers, Carru.
theirs, while in st. Louis, and while
grieving over his bereavement he
strolled into barber shop to get
shaved. In joking manner he asked
the barber If he knew where he could
get good pitcher. The barber said
yes. Charles asked where, and the
barber said that he himself was one
of the greatest that ever heaved the
pellet towards home Comiskey prom
Used to give him trial. That barber
was Hudson.
Manager Doom Of the Phillies has
refused to waive on Harry Lumley,
the former manager and outfielder of
the Brooklyn club. Lumley was given
his release recently by Brooklyn. He
said at that time that he wanted to
rest this season, because of the re-
cent death of his wife, but he has as.
sumed the management of the Bling