The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-13


| pitching slab. The object Is to pre-
4 vent twiriers from digging deep holes.
The Pirate leader has patents on sey-
| eral other baseball utensils, Including
canvas packet for the diamond.
Two scouts were sent out last week
| BY Brooklyn. Larry Sutton. who will
tour the South and look over college
teams, and George l.. Solomon des-
tined for five months hunt anon.
the minor leagues Solomon discoy~
cred Zach" Wheat and Sutton made
himself eolid with Brooklyn fans and
the management by stamping Jake"
Daubert 20. k
| What 10 believed to be record in
baseball game was put over on May
| at Jefferson City, Tenn, in a game
between the ball teams OF Carson and
Newman and Washington Colleges. In
a nine inning contest neither pitcher
gave up q hit Only two Carson and
Newman players reached first base.
| both OF them having been ht. by
| Pitcher Bowman. Washington College
played an erroriess game bu; the
Carson and Newman team made seven
errors behind Pitcher Douglas. losing
the game by a score OF to 0.
AiistaSt iaJoie says ne mas not read
after dark for more than ten wears
Thinks all players would be benea,ea
| II they didn't use their eyes by artI-
| fetal light.
Mr.. Joe Jackson. erstwhile rival IN
j. II. Cobb. has not shown the slight.
est inclination of showing Up. In far,
unless figures lie. Mr.. jackson la tsls,
getting start.
lady over in Chicago got SO ex-
cited during ball game the other
day that she threw her opera glasses
INTO the crowd Sho was unable Ia
md them after the excitement and
now she's never going to another ban
game; or course. Cowiskey @..S 20
blame.
Outhelder Noojin. sold BY Cincinnati,
20 Chattanooga, has never reported =,
the Reds, II IL not known whether he
was afraid they would make fun OF his
name or he took a look at Grifflth's
outneid lineup and thought 1t would
be no use. But Noojin with the Moo
gans should At In nicely.
The fact that p. J. Mahonsr III.
newest addition to the Cincinnati Reds
comes from Holy Cross, seems tn bs
great recommendation. as Holy Cross
has been turning out rome great bali
players. Sockalexis. Andy Coakley ana
Jack Barry are three Holy Cross nnr-
formers who made the fans talk.
Manager Grif7ith. OF Cincinnati .a,.
he Is not surprised at McQuillan's fall
from grace: that he rather expected
II; that he did not figure McQullisn
as the chief factor in thu deal WITH
Philadelphia: and that Moren's failura
to get into pitching from hurts worse
than Big Macs lapse. He adds that
his main object in making the den
was to secure competent third bassr
man and that he achieved his Oh
ject when he secured Grant, without
considering the value OF outfietaer
Bates
Jimmy Sheckard, the purnacjo,.
outfielder OF the Chicago "Cubs." sars
he has cut out umpire batting for rons
There's nothing In ~" says Jfrnr,,. e.
1t loses you more than 1t gets for
you"
The Chicago Cubs claim thu r,a..
stest club house In the big leagues. n
contains plano, writing desks. nhor
ograph. we'll stocked bookcases ana
some other frills, IN addition to mod.
eiH p4uHnpiHb III kne baths.
Catcher Stanage, OF the Tigers. bros.
Ty Cobbs bat during q practice .ss.
sion ard poor Tyrus has had 10 use
strange club to hit with
Mike Kahoe. Washington scout !.
back from looking over the Southern
league teams. and says there isn't
promising player in Dixieland. Kahoa
looked the second time at McBr,de
Birmingham outfieider, but found Con.
ME Mack has string on him.
Ed Abbatichio. the former Pira+.
who refused to Join the Louisvili-
Colonies this spring. II already sorrv
that he put his earnings into a hnts,
in Pittsburg and wishes that >he h.a
stuck with the grand old game.
There are three twirlers ho,d,r.
berths with American League ch,h.
this year by the name 81 MitcheI, rn,,
Ii with the st. Louis Browne. Chsr,,s
In working for the Detroit Tirsrs ~
BIN y ono Of the Maps. best psospsca1