The Washington herald., 1911-06-12
BITS OF BASEBALL.

Catcher Charley Miller, Of the Atlanta
club, OF the Southern League. has been
purchased by Brooklyn and will join the
team next week.
Pitcher Earl Yingling is sore over his
treatment received at Cleveland. In a
big yelp he lets out he declares he never
will go back TO that club.
The Baltimore club picked up a pretty
nifty little shortstop in Maisel, who is
a product of the sandlots. He is making
good in fielding and base running and
picking UP in hitting with every game.
Providence has sold Jean Dale. the
young pitcher bought from the Boston
Americans, to the Dallas club, Of the
Texas League.
Eastern League records show that ex-
Pirate Bill Abstein. now with Jersey City,
is entitled to first place among the
leagues first basemen. Abstein. has an
average of 1893. They all look good when
they're far away.
Outfielder Jack Keyes. of the Elmira
team, has been suspended for refusing to
obey the orders of Manager Red Cal
II.
in place Of Hannifin, who was to have
been shifted to short in place Of Nc
Mahon, but he refused, saying that he'd
play the outfield or nothing.
President Murphy, Of the Chicago Ma
tionals, has found the scheme of start
ing weekday games at 8 o'clock SO pleas
ing to his patrons that he is contem-
plating advancing the starting time an
other half hour to 2:30 o'clock, but will
consult the patrons before deciding to do
so. He has had ballot boxes prepared
and as soon as the ballots can be fur
nished will ask the fans to vote on the
proposition.
Fred Falkenberg, on whom, Cleveland
has asked waivers, will never forget his
last return to the majors. Falkenberg
got away from Toronto under rather un-
pleasant circumstances. The club did
not have him sewed down to a contract
and when Falkenberg received notice to
join Washington he met Manager Dick
Harley in the corridor Of hotel and told
him he was going to jump. Harley also
did the jumping act, coming out of his
chair like a rubber ball and with the
words, We'll, take this along with you,"
he landed a crashing right straight to the
point Of the lanky pitchers jaw.
Harvey Bussey, the former Washing
ton recruit, is pitching a great game for
Charleston, in the Sally League.
George suggs. the Cincinnati twirler
who always manages to beat the
PhiIlies no matter how hard Dooin's
men hit the ball, is the original bean
BALI pitcher, according to Charley
Doom.
Every time suggs gets one or two
strikes On a batter and has the hitter
in the hole, he shoots fast ball straight
for the players head. Most pitchers will
waste a pitch, and probably at the bat
ter, but Doom says that none use as
wicked a shoot and throw 1t in such a
manner that the playec cannot dodge.
Suggs figures that he has to keep the
players away from the plate when he
gets them in the hole, and a hitter is
taking an awful chance in standing up
close to the plate.
A Cincinnati player in discussing this
recently said: This fellow Suggs is the
SWEETEST bean ball expert in the land.
ANY time a fellow hItE George safely
after he is in the hole, you can say that
he is going some.''
Suggs says that when he was with the
Tigers in the American League he did
not have the heart to use his bean ball
for fear of hurting some one. After he
was released for this tender-heartedness
and lost a chance to. cut In on some
worlds series money, he soon got over
st.