Evening star., 1911-08-29


Is holding the target in the Southern
League. and Otto Jordan is the butt of
| the ill humor Of the Georgia fan world.
| Twas always thus.
The York club has secured two new
pitchers from the two Philadelphia clubs
for the balance of the season, namely
Pitcher Slocum, from the Athletics, and
| Pitcher Oldham from the Phillies.
Catcher Beckendorf, the ex-Bison, still
refuses to. join Nashville, because he
can't get his price, which the club is I'm
| able to pay and remain within the SAL
ary limit The Volunteers need him. too.
| One Of the neatest outf1elders in the
| American League Is Bert Shotten OF the
| St. Louis Browns. He shows evidence
of gray matter in playing for batsmen
and. once under way, runs with the speed
Of the wind, seldom losing a ball he
| tries for.
| The veteran retired southpaw, Gene
Wright lives in Ciarksburg, WASH.
whence .Vean Gregg came, and is cred
| tied with having taught the young plas-
| terer, now a star pitcher. how to curve
| the ball, and various other essentials to
L COITcCI Q6uNcTys
! Although Reading will cop the pen
/ nant, the title of hitting champs belongs
| to the Tigers. Heckert's bunch is one of
| the greatest clouting aggregations the
/ Tri-State has ever known.
| Three brothers of Ping Bodie. the re-
| puted fence breaker of the White Sox,
coast. Bodie first attracted the atten-
| ton of the Chicago scouts while men,
| ber of the club for which his brothers
are now playing.
The Atlanta club Of the Southern
League has returned Outfielder George
| Browne to Brooklyn: has sold Pitcher
Sitton to the Columbus club of the South
Atlantic League; has reinStated Pitcher
Britton and has suspended Pitcher Wat
| son.
Manager Coughlin of the Reading team
| is doing a little looking around for ma
| terial for the Reading team in 1912. 1t is
likely that this seasons team will be
| pretty well broken up through the draft
ing of the big leaguers.
Sprinkle the new pitcher obtained by
the New Orleans club from Meridian, is a
| giant in stature standing more than six
feet three inches tall. Manager Frank
expects to make him regular on the
| twirling staff.
| Pitcher AL Klawitter of the New Or
| leans team has been suspended by Man
| ager Frank for one week for using Of
| fensiye language near the grandstand.
| Frank has been trying to buy Pitcher
| Demaree of Mobile but it is now said the
| deal is off.
| The Reading Tri-staters have the pen
! nant now pretty well sewed up. and Tren-
/ ton, their nearest rival. would have to
| win more than two-thirds of the remain
| ing games while Reading was getting an
| even break to tie up with the Pretzel-
men.
Pitcher James of the Maps. who was
| hit on the shoulder by ball batted by
Walter johnson, tearing loose several
| ligaments, Is now being treated by a sur
geon in Cleveland, but without much
prospect Of being able to work. k-again this
! season. and possibly never. It was a
| fortunate thing that the ball did not hit
| him in the head, or there might have
/ been a fatality.
This season Smalling, the Lancaster
! first baSeman, who was drowned August
| 6, had played 45 games In the TfJState
| League, and had batting average of
221 out Of 1853 times at bat. The big
| first sacker had scored 16 times and made
| 36 safe hits. He was one of the best
| players in his position on the circuit. and
his work will be greatly missed by Man
| ager Hogan.
| The attendance at Reading averages
1900 paid spectators per game. Conse-
quently Frank Lauer has consulted archi-
| tects OF Philadelphia for the erection OF
steel grandstands for next season and
| other improvements of grounds, with q
view to making Lauer's Park one OF the
| finest base ball frounds for next season
| The Detroit Tigers have been a very
| poor road team SO far. this season. In
/ 1907 and 1908 they won the pennant on
| the road, winning big majority of their
| games away from home. This year they
| have suffered a severe reversal OF form
| in this important respect, and have done
/ Any team which does little better than
break even on the road cannot hope to
land flag.