The Washington times., 1911-01-15
CAUGHT ON THE FLY
IN WORLD OF BASEBALL

! during the coming season. Babb has
| left here to take up his new duties.
William Bannon has signed to um-
| pire in the Eastern League next season.
a few of the batting champions for
| the season Of 1910 are as follows: Am
| erican League. Cobb. Detroit. .3S5: Ma
| tional League. Magee. Philadelphia,
| .328: American Association, Barrett,
Milwaukee, 353; Southern League. Jack
! son. New Orleans, 1853; New England
League, Burkett, Worcester. .333: Three
| I League, Mclean. Springfield. .$76: Con-
nectiCut League, Foster, HolyOke, .344;
! Virginia League, Spratt. Roanoke, .29l ;
Virginia League, Holland, Roanoke, 29l /;
New York State League, Kay. Albany.
| 1853; Wisconsin League, CAL
| lahan, Eau Claire, .S65: South Atlantic
| League. Viola, Augusta, .S05; Illinois
! Missouri League, Forsythe. Pekin. $50:
Cotton States League, Bates. Jackson,
.311; Ohio State League, O'Day. Ports
| mouth. .324.
The Chicago National League club,
it is said. will build a new club house
! this spring at the west side grounds
The accommodations for visiting
teams there have been somewhat
meager and strong objections have
often been made by visiting National
League clubs.
George Moreland the Pittsburg
baseball statistician and one of the
committee appointed by the National
Association to confer with the major
league rule-makers, will haye a few
suggestions to make in revising the
code. At present there is nothing in
the rules to prevent two clubs from
playing three or more championship
games in one day Moreland wants
the number limited to two games, be-
cause in some of the minor leagues
three, four, five and in one case some
years ago even six games were pull
ed off on the final day of the season.
Moreland also believes that the sacri-
flee hit rule should be made clear in
one respect. Many scorers do not
give a batter credit for a sacrifice in
cases where the fielder has a chance
to get the batter at first, but elects TO
get the man at second and fails.
At the spring meeting of the Nation
al League, President Charles H. Eb-
bets of the Brooklyn club will offer
a few amendments to the rules relat-
ing to rain checks and forfeited
SdIlleS. OllC VI Ilo Su6 wan
provide that visiting club shall not
be entitled to. its share of the receipts
If rain stops the game before four
and a half innings have been played.
Another of the Brooklyn mans
amendments provides that when a
game is forfeited the club at fault
shall not only be liable to fine OF
81, 900 but in addition for any dam
ages suffered by the non-offending
club.
Cincinnati has signed George A Sui
livan, a Boston high school boy. He
is twenty-one years old and plays first
base.
Sherwood Magee of Philadelphia, the
star batsman of the National League,
has signed to play basketball with
Buffalo team. Some time ago Man
ager Doom issued an edict against
his players taking up basketball.
The Cleveland team will train this
spring at Alexandria, La, but will not
spend so much time in the South as
last year. The first detachment will
consist only of pitchers and catchers.
None Of the other players VIII be al
lowed to accompany the battery men
to Alexandria, as in former years, as
Manager Mcclure wants the opportun-
ity of working with the pitchers and
catchers alone for ten days. The fol-
lowing will be members of the first
squad: Manager MCGUIRE, Pitchers
Rlandjng, De Mott, Falkenberg, Kali
err Yingling, Veazey, Fanwell, Doane.
Koestner, Gregg, Mitchell, and Catch
ers Smith. Adams, Fisher. Ladd, Nagle,
and possibly Bradley. Pitchers Joss
and Young and Catcher Land will con-
dition at Hot Springs, Ark, reporting
to Manager Jim later. All of the other
players, Lajoie, Turner, Bronkie,
Peckimpaugh, Stovall, Hohnhorst, Oh
sen, Graney. Easterly, Knaupp, Calla-
han. Jackson, Griggs. Rutherford, and
Birmingham, will arrive at Alexandria
on March z.