The Washington times., 1911-01-07

Diamond Rck-ups
Toronto led the Eastern League in
batting last season, with Rochester, the
pennant winners, in third place.
Third Baseman Fullerton, who has
signed with the New York Nationals, hit
! for .314 in the Michigan League last sea-
| son.
Miner Brown. of the Chicago Cubs,
| says there is no truth in the report that
Orvie overall and the Miner intend to
quit baseball.
! Edgar Lennox, who has been released
| by Brooklyn to Louisville, will no doubt
be classy performer in the American
Association.
The ST Louis Cardinals have released
| Fred ("Cy'O Alberts to Terre Haute.
! .'Cy" formerly pitched for Terre Haute
and did good work.
Some time during the present month
Boston Elks will tender a banquet to
August Hermann. chairman of the ma
| tional commission.
taii-end team in the National
League sells for $4,000, while the ce!iar Ia.
champs of the Amerian League set the
buyers back just $6Oo,ooO. What's the
! answer?
| According to the new owners, the
manager Of the st. Louis Browns must
! be a man of integrity and also be of so
cial standing. Do you reach that social
| standing stuff?
! There was no pennant for the cham
rionship Springfield team Of the I6ree
II League Of 1910. Instead, President
! Frearney will present the champions
| with a huge silver cup.
now name will have to be furnished
the Boston Doves; some OF tae scIIped EreS
Tennev. while others write of the Doves
&c The '.Rustlers" and 'Lilnans III
honor of owner Russell.
Fred Tenney wants Pat Flaherty
as an accession to his pitching stan.
I Most peopIe were of the opinion that
Pat got through with his big league
pitching several years ago.
President Russell. the, new head OF
the Boston National, claims to nave
been the original discoverer OF JAKE
Beckley. This is the first intimat1on
] given the public that the new Magnate
is between lis and l22 years old.
Seems strange that Brooklyn would
can Ed. Lennox, who certainly did
some clever work during 1909 and 1910
Also, odd that all the big league teams
would be willing to let him go back
to the minors.
Pitcher Jack Coombs, of the Athletics,
scored thirteen Shut-Outs last season
and heads the list in the American
League. Walter Johnson, of Washing
tied for second place, each with eight
runless games to his credit.
President Somers plans to make the
Maps injury proof next season by car
rying a double infield throughout the
year Most, managers would rather have
one star utility man who could play any
old position at any old time.
The American League race next year
will be between the Athletics and the
New York Highlanders," said John Gan
eel the other day. THE Yanks ought to
Chase is any good at all as a manager"
Harry Steinfeldt is around Cincinnati,
looking like anything but a broken-down
veteran. What's the betting that both
he and Sheckard are not found in their
old pastures in the spring? They look
good enough for years to come.
Hugh Duffy does not believe in baby
ing the ball players too much. The eX-
perience he had with Mclean when he
was hit on the head last fall turned the
SoX manager against the habit of giving
a player a lay-on after slight injury
by a pitched ball.
In regard to the statistics which show
that since 1872, when baseball records
q. y l~r4r I,,- f1x i
league pitchers, with only $50 of them
batting 300 or more. we merely wish to
state that the pitchers always have been
pretty wise guys, anyway.
Dode Paskert lives in Cleveland and
has the reputation of being the longest
thrower in the National League. His
winter pastime is shoveling snow and
carrying coal for his big stove and chop
} ping a little wood. He intends to keep
his arm in trim by that kind of work
| all winter.
Ivor Olsen, the young shortstop, of the
!, Maps, secured from the Portland, ore,
team, for next year, is the most highly
spoken of young player that the .Cleve-
, land club has picked up, except Joe
Jackson, for some years. Olsen is
twenty-five years old and was a bank
clerk in Kansas City, Kan. He stole
thirty-nine bases for the Portland team
last year, which is a good record.
The Maps are without a good man to
; lead off in the batting order Manager
Jim Mcclure is puzzling over how he
will send his men up next season more
than about anything else. Terry Turner
is about the best man to lead now in
| the team. but he is not considered good
t. start the list, even though he should
r bat better next year than he has done
in the past.
t Tom Jones, the veteran guardian OF
the first sack for the Tigers, has been
, relegated to the minors so often that
, ! ali records have been broken, but he
l still holds down that position at first
| Eytry year he was with the st. Louis
Browns he was to be succeeded by some
: youngster but the Welshman has sent
: TWENTY-FIVE young aspirants for his
nlace bacl. to the minors and his friends
: say thatshe will do SO again this year.