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s. The New York Giants finished
heir Cuban trip by vanquishing the
trong Almendares team in Havana
y score of to 1. In the series
XlcGraw's men won nine games and
Pst three, which is the best showing
Z ver made by an American team in
uba.
The Cubans had come to the belief
bat their teams were well nigh in
incible, having triumphed over all
he strong major league aggregations
hich invaded their island in the last
4Pw years. The Detroit team won
Hbme games from the islanders by
pant margins last year, but the
Worlds Champion Athletics lost six
= ut of ten games to the Cubans.
However, the Athletics stacked up
gainst the Cubans without Connie
ack, Eddie Collins, Frank Baker
bd Rube Oldring. Prior to their
hmes with the Giants, the Cubans
bserd out the Phillies in a series of
2 tussles.
The double umpire system will
Pon be in vogue in all organized
hseball. The American Association
hd Eastern Leagues both adopted
e scheme in 1911. The Pacific
past, Southern, Western and North
estern leagues have endorsed the
blicy for 1912. In number of the
st Class B circuits eight arbiters
e employed.
Connie Mack plans the most stren-
bus training trip of his career for
e worlds champions next spring.
he Athletics will condition them
Ives at San Antonio, Tex, which,
1e Marlin, is bath city. Mack
II follow the policy of McGraw of
e Giants. He will take his youngs-
rs South about February 90 The
terans will report on March /.
The Cubans in the recent Giant
mes were mostly interested in the
tile between big Six Mathewson
d Mendez, who is known on the is
nd as THE Black Diamond" and
The Black Mathewson." Were it not
r Mendez's color he undoubtedly
Puld be one of the greatest twirlers
the big leagues.
He has repeatedly stood American
tiers on their heads, and the games
Bt by him were few and far be-
cen. Last summer Mendez pitched
the Cuban Stars, which aggrega-
IN played many games with New
Prk's crack semi-professional teams. |
York wants Monte Cross for man
er. So does Lynn, Mass.
Yale has cut Penn off it's rowing
President Hermann, of the Ma
3nal Baseball Commission, has pre-
nted for the time the publication of
dence regarding the worlds series
#ket-scalping scandal which Ban
Johnson, head of the American
2ague, claims to have in his pos
bsion.
Fielder Jones is likely to be the
1xt president of the Northwestern !
ague, in which case the league Of
es will be transferred from Van
liver, B. c., to Portland, Ore. Jones
consented to become a candidate
the office, and it is freely pre-
ted that the one-time idol of Chi
30 will be elected unanimously.
Baseball magnates are still talk
of winter league, which would
flude Jacksonville, Tampa, Pen
Pola, and other Florida towns, and
Fsibly Mobile and Savannah.
The Boston National League base
club passed officially into new
nds last week and during the COM
season James e. Gaffney, of New
rk, and John M. Ward, the famous
cher of the New York team twen-
years ago, will direct it's affairs.
Frank Baker, the home run hitter
the Athletic baseball team, is in
sting in real estate. He has just
hight the Baker farm, containing
acres on the Ferry road, near
hppe, Md, for $4,000. This farm
formerly owned by Bakers faith
Last week Baker bought a 200
be farm situated Just across the
T. d from the Baker farm.
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