The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-13
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IN WORLD OF BASEBALL

Jesse Tsnnehill. the former National,
IS showing to advantage with Joe Can
tiiion's Minneapolis club.
Rolla Zeider. the new second baseman
or the White Sox, is the possessor OF a
pair OF wonderfully constructed double
jOinted ankles
Johnny Evers and Tinker have robbed
the Giants of more close games than ali
the rest Of the Chicago Cub players put
together
Earl Biting. the Philadelphia High
School phenon viii probably be re-
leased outright by the Maps
If Joe McGinnity's Indians keep up
the pace. the Eastern League race VIII
be over by Independence Day The Iron
Man surely has every one Of Pat Pow
ers' bailiwick on the run
Manager MCGUIRE denies the report in
circulation that he had asked for Waiv-
erS on infielder Neal Ball He says he
intends to carry him 70 use IN event Of
an injury 10 either Turner or La5oie-
Rube Wardeu picks Cleveland to win
the pennant. he says that the team Is
better provided with pitching talent than
at any time in its existence
Bescher. OF Cincinnati with a home
run double, and two singles, holds the
record for the total bases in a game this
season
Most anything that happens these days
can be clasSed as a record some way or
other so the nineteen errors BY New
York University. last Tuesday ought to
qualify easily
Big chief StaHings is Of the opinion
that Connie Mack has g better chance
Tor the fax than Hugh Jennings He
believes that unless the Athletics are
coilared pretty quickly they VIII spread
eagle tho field
II Newark keeps on winning games
Joe NcGinniJy VIII be forced TO get
some standing room only signs paint
ed Everybody loves q winner. The
Indians are on the warpath for the
Eastern League pennant, and the out
look is bright.
Willie KeeIer should be a valuable
man for the Giants even II be does not
play regularly As pinch hitter and
coach he has few equals
Pitcher Larry Cheney. obtained by the
Cincinnati Reds from Indianapolis, has
asked Clark Griffith TO send him back
to the HOosiers. Cheney can't see how
he's going 10 get chance TO show IN
the big league and he prefers TO pitch
regularly in the American Association
rather than to decorate the Red bench
Too many goods things can't be said
Of Rollie Zeider and Chick GanCil- Both
these Youngsters look Ike the unds Of
the year Blackburne viii also develop
into z reliable man just as soon as he
gets over his stage fright At present
his feet 90 forward faster than his
hands and meet the ball frst--ChicaSo
Journal
Ty Cobb. whose home Is IN Georgia,
tells this one
while in the South last winter I
visited an old plantation While
was there I heard an old negro nam
my calling 20 one Of her piCkaninnies-
'E-xy- FsEyI Come hyar dis minute
It told her that she had given her
daughter very. curious name, and
Ion. dat amt her whole name You
see I get my ChillEuS' names from
de almanac. I jest call her EEE Tor
short Her whole names Eczema.
The Chicago Cubs have closed a deal
whereby they secure one of the star
players Of the Nptre Dame University
team McCarty is the man, and be VIII
be turned over to the South Bend Cen
trail League club, TO be returned 10 the
Cubs next fall. College men say that
NcCarty IS the best au-around player
seen on the students diamonds In sew
eral years
Ty~ Cobb says that modern pitchers
would make Arson OFT. Browning and
Br0uthers look Ike jokes without dis
cusSine how often Cobb saw Arson
Er0utherS and the CLneTS, il may be
said that there never was a pitcher who
could make Anse and BrOuthers look
like much OF a joke
Isn't Il strange That our tOssers can
get away with the best clubs IN the
business and then fail down before the
easiest proposition IN the Lacquer
Brooklyn has always been a STUN b ing
block for PfttsbUTg. and. despite the
fact that the present team Is almost eTE
tireIy q new one, IL appears as though
the old order Of things IS 10 obtain this
yeaE--PittsburE Press
Neal Vance. Esbt-handed pitcher who
made the spring trip with the Detroit
club this year, has been sold 70 Albany,
y Y Waivers were asked on Vance
when the season opened All clubs but
Cleveland waived Vance went TO Cieve-
land and when Il came time 70 pay the
Maps offered 500 for Vance The De
r~oit club asked $1,000 for him Cleve-
land would not pay the $500 SO Vance
returned 10 Detroit
Fred Clarke. chief Of the PittsburE
Pirates, has just talked at length 10
q Pittsburg interviewer concerning
BIZ Abstein. who did his share OF
the work IN winning the 1909 Ma
rfouaI LEAGUE cham SiOuShiD for the
October scrap with the Tigers and
who has been of his game ever since
According 10 Clarke AbsteIu cannot
stand to have the fans yelling at
q few boobies might set the Pitts