The Washington herald., 1911-07-19
BITS OF BASEBALL.

The Chicago champions have been ex-
periencing lots Of trouble with second
division teams lately.
Harmon continues to pitch cannon
cracker ball for the Cardinals. He has
outpitched some Of the best curvers in
the National League this season.
Boston critics now aver that Johnny
Killing is catching better ball for the
Rustlers than he did for the Cubs the
last two years under Chance
Hans Wagner is now trying his hand
at first base. Needless to say he is doing
well. Hans would do well at anything
except possibly as a ballet dancer.
Probably the silliest report Of The sea-
structed his umpires to take punch at
players who go in strong for kicking.
Jay Hughes, the once-noted pitcher OF
the champion Baltimore and Brooklyn
teams. will hustle flower pots. chase
lawn mowers, and clip flowers In Capitol
Park at Sacramento, Cal. hereafter.
George C. Radcliffe. superintendent Of
the capitol grounds. has appointed
Hughes to the place.
1t is reported that Manager Bresnahan,
Of the Cardinals, is to double up with
Jimmy Callahan. Of the White Sox. in
vaudeville next winter. Callahan, how
ever, denies the report
The st. Louis club has purchased, for
September delivery, Catcher Edward
Burns, from the Tacoma club, Of the
Northwestern League.
Howard Camnitz, of Pittsburg is
credited with new curve ball with
a hop on 1t. Splendid! Did any pitcher
ever throw a fast ball that neither
curved nor Jumped?
Red" Smith, Of Chattanooga, Tenn.
who refuses to report to the Brooklyn
club because he has spent four years
taking an engineering course should
hasten. A good engineer would be well
coined in Brooklyn.
Reused by the report that the Chicago
club is seeking to sell or trade him,
Pitcher Willis has issued a statement
from Newark, Del. that he is done with
professional baseball permanently.
Big Bill Lange is acting as scout for
the Cincinnati club on the Pacific Coast.
Harry McArdle, OF the San Francisco
Seals, is one Of the young players Bill
has recommended to Clark Griffith.
outfelder Vincent Campbell during the
past week dropped his private business
in st. Louis and rejoined the Pittsburg
team. He signed his contract before
starting from st. Louis on July g.
The Philadelphia deal has cost Manager
Griffith. Of Cincinnati. dear, for the rea-
son that McQuillen's decline and the in
ability Of Moren to get into condition
wrecked the Cincinnati pitching stan.
Herbert Juul, the college pitcher whom
the Chicago club sent to Louisville, could
not come to terms with the latter and
was released last week, only to be i'm
mediately picked up by Cincinnati for a
trial
Ex-Pitcher Overall wrote the other day
from Angels Camp. Cal, that he would
probably take trip East during the
summer, but he would consider no propo-
sition regarding his return to baseball"
Roger Bresnahan believes that Pitcher
Roy Golden is one of the greatest young
sters In the business. With another year
Of experience Roy will rank among the
high-class slabbers Of either league, says
Bres.
Franz Chance, looking very weak and
wan, is with the Cubs on the Eastern
trip. He will not do anything active
the rest of the season, although he will,
of course, pass out wise counsel as 1t
may be needed.
The New York American Is respon-
sfble for the statement that the new
Polo Grounds has been equipped with a
dozen dictographs. Thirty in all will be
installed when the new coliseum is COM
pleted."
In Cincinnati the story has been
sprung that when the present season
agement Of the Reds and Garry Herr
mann will make an offer to George T.
stailings to take hold of the team.
Johnny Evers Is ready to get back into
the game. but he will have to be at his
best. for Zimmerman and Doyle. one OF
whom will have to lay of IL Evers goes
in. are the only men doing the big hitting
for the Cubs.
Sid Mercer says In the New York
Globe: "Tenney may have been gold
bricked in the deal with the Cubs but
he looks to have q coming star IN
Kaiser This young player showed a
lot of class In the New York series
Phil Ketter, catcher and utility man
Of the Johnstown club. jumped the team
last night and left for his home IN 81
Louis. Ketter said that his salary OF
Sfk0 didn,f s,rff and hA wanted the limit