The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-04-01
BASEBALL CHATTER

Ferry urner is in danger of losing
MS place on the Cleveland infield.
Mcclure Youngsters look good
Chief Meyers of the Giants says
that he is through with vaudeville.
The Indian is a man of the soil. who
enjoys lif'' on his farm best
Hans l"hert says he will be indie
pendent Uf the diamond when the time
comes for him TO quit Unfolding. He's
a poultry tancier and successful deal
er. His fowls recently won some nice
prizes.
Inc Central league is one organiza-
ion that will not be looking for any
discards from the big league clubs this
spring. The magnates in that league
announce that they are going to devel-
op their own stars in the future.
Manager Donovan of the Red SoX
told the Los Angeles reporters that he
was firmly convinced that the Red
SoX would win the penant after a hard
fight with the New York, Athletic and
Detroit teams
Connie Mack is SO pleased with the
condition of his worlds champion
men thai he is restraining them rath-
er than urging them to work. He
doesn't wish to take any chances of
their going stale before the season
opens.
There are some streaks of gray
showing in Freddy Parents hair
above his ears. but the little Cana
dian poled out four hits yesterday
with the zest of youngster. Duffy
will suggest that Parent stay with the
SoX
Hi West, back in fast company for
the second or third time, loos good
enough to sick in the big ring Last
year he was Toledo. Now Cleveland
has him.
Without Mattcrn and Graham their
only star players. the Boston Nation
ais will have to go some to finish as
high as eighth
"Ty Cobb is a great ball player be-
cause he concentrates his mind on the
game, declares Bobby Wallace, the
Browns 5 manager, who admires the I'll
ger Whirlwind and holds him up to his
men as a model
Following his first successful ring
battle, Catcher Schmidt of the Detroit
team is assured of another match, as
March IA a five-hundred forfeit was
posted by Jimmy Howard, the Chica-
20 middle" eight. Howard promising
to cOncedo Schmidt twenty pounds.
Frank lsboll the old big Lacquer,
now Wichita magnate and manager,
has the original glove that Charley
Comiskey, now the White Sox owner,
wore twenty years ago, when he broke
into the big game to play first base
for the St. Louis Browns.
Manager Duffy of the Chicago Am
orleans has recommended to Presi-
dent Comskey that twenty-five play
ers, the full legal quota, be carried
throughout the season. That means
that only half a dozen of the players
left on the roster will have to worry
about the blue envelopes when they
ask for their mail hereafter.
Well, well. here we have Joe Nc
Ginnity breaking his wrist while
cranking his automobile! In the old
days these injuries were caused by a
dump cart upsetting, a block of ice
suddenly falling or flywheel becom.
ing demented at the rolling mill
Somebody during the past week
sent out a lugubrious story from Hot
Springs, Ark. TO the effect that Cy
Young intended TO retire owing to dis
couragemeEt with his efforts to re-
duce his weight and get into proper
condition" When told OF the story
the bOig pitcher said, in his character
istic manner. that he would quit the
game when they cut the uniform off
him. not before"
EX-Manaecr George Stallings of the
Highlanders at Memphis gave out a
story in which he charged that his
Ousting from the New York manage
ment last September was the result
Of a combination between President
Farrell and some of his players, of
whom Chase was the chief conspir-
ator' agains' Stallings. The latter
concluded with the statement that he
was glad to quit New York and get
back to Buffalo.
Chicago papers are printing four
column-wide pictures of Matty Mc-In-
tyre slugging the ball for the White
Sox. Matty. the Staten Island boy, is
said to be showing better form at
the bat than at any time in two years.
The change from Detroit seems to
have done he veteran good He not
only has been hitting consistently, but
has been polling out many extra-base
smashes. He got four hits last Sun
day against Houson, one OF which was
a triple.