Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-14
MARTY O'TOOLE
REPORTS TO The
PIRATES TONIGHT

ST. PAUL, Mimi Aug. 14.-Martin
o'Toole. the sensational pitcher
of the local American Association
team, who a few weeks ago was pur-
chased by the Pittsburg Nationals for
s22,5 500. will join that team tonight.
1t was the intention Of Manager
Kelley. of the st. Paul club, to keep
O'Toole until the end of the eason
but D%reyfuss, desiring to have him at
once, sent Billy Murray, head scout,
here to plead with the local manage
ment and they consented to let him go.
O'Toole wound up his career in the
minor league yesterday afternoon
when, pitching for St. P,"l, he held
the Kansas City team to three scat
tered hits and one run.
First Baseman Jones, of the Milwau-
kee club, in the American Association,
and former Detroit American League
player, has accepted the position Of
coach for the University of Michigan
baseball candidates this fall and next
spring.
Announcement was made today that
the Boston National League baseball
| club has completed arrangements for
training next spring at Augusta, Ga.
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Del Drake played in centre in place
of Ty Cobb yesterday. All he got WIS
a single in five trips to the plate.
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That Trio of murderers in the second
Nap-Brown game. Stovall, Jackson and
Lajoie, each had three hits.
s.
At Long Branch yesterday the Ath-
letics won from the home team, II to 6.
Dan Murphy, with a homer. triple and
double. starred at the bat. Martin,
Coombs and Krause worked for the big
leaguers.
John l.. Taylor has purchased Out
fielder Beall and Kentworthy. the util-
ity man, from the Lincoln, Neb, club.
Bill Orr, shortstop, of Salt Lake OF
the Union Association, will wear A
Cub uniform next season. Dick Cooley
sold his star infielder to Charley Muir
ply for $500.
Catcher Chapman. Of tie Topeka
Club, of the Western League, viii join
the Cubs at the end of the season.
Chief Meyers in eighty-hve games
has a batting average of .S45. Fletcher
with 1923 and Doyle with .sl5 are the
other Giants in the 800 class.
Devore is batting .27s and Devlin .255.
Herzog's figures are .294.
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Birdie Cree is showing the way for
the Yanks with 1854. Chase is up to
1923, Caldwell .3f4, Hartzell 1903 and
Wolter .3O4.
Marouard has won "A games and lost
5. Mathewson won Is and lost 8.
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WARRIOR, with II wins and 6 defeats,
shades Ford, who won IA and lost S.
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Just now Brooklyn is not represented
in the 300 class. Zimmerman is hit
ting 1850; Bert TooIey, the 1911 Roches-
Ter demon, is only swatting 1873.
Bobby Byrne tripled. doubled and
singled in the second game and got
two clean wailops in the first.
Frank Laporte. of the Browns, got
in a pair of doubles and a single in
the first game yesterday against the
Maps.
New York scribes declare that Oscar
Stanage, the former Newark catcher,
is the premier backstop in the Ameri-
can League. Some compliment,
Heavy"
John Reisigl, of the New Haven,
Conn, state League Club. leading
pitcher in the league, has been pur-
chased by Cleveland. The price is said
to be $4,000. Reisigl pitched for Ro-
chester against the 1ronsides last fall
on the Eastern trip just closed De-
troit played to nearly 206,0o0 admis-
sions. according to pencil ptshers from
tue Michigan city.