The Washington times., 1911-04-09
CAUGHT ON THE FLY
IN WORLD OF BASEBALL

The Cubs haven't started any forest
6res by their playing so far this spring.
1t is said the Brooklyn club has sold
twenty-five players to minor league
clubs for s2S,300.
The Memphis team is playing classy
ball this spring and putting the bee on
the major leaguerS aS easy as that.
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Harold Janvrin's Boston High School
friends will present him with a gold
watch when the Red Sox play Harvard.
Mike Donlin, the former Giant, is
coming back. Mike plans to run a
semi-professional team in Brooklyn after
the close of his theatrical engagement.
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Billy Bannon, who has recently been
appointed an umpire in the Eastern
League, Is a brother of three we'll
known ball players-Tom. George, and
Jim.
The Highlanders. under the direction
of Manager Hal Chase, have been play
ing good ball.
According to the Eastern League
schedule, the Providence team will jump
from Providence to Toronto a distance
of 5SS miles, three times during the
season.
Tuck Turner, of the Cleveland team,
says that he would quit the game if he
were fixed financially to live in comfort
Tuck" has been troubled with a lame
arm for several seasons.
Manager Jimmy McAleer, Of the
washington team, says he has the
greatest bunch of catchers in the world.
After you take slant at "Gabby'
street. Eddie Ainsmith. and John Henry
you will understand why Jim is so
chesty.-Philadelph North American.
Bill zimmerman, who, while a men,
Der OF the Utica, n. Y, State League
record Of los stolen bases, is holding out
on the Atlanta Southern League team
because of a difference in salary Man
ager Jordan accuses several other man.
ayers or tampering with Zimmerman.
1t is virtually assured that the Scran-
ton team will play its Sunday games at
Dickson City, which is just outside the
scranton line on the north, as soon as
a suitable park can be built there. Man
ager Cross has looked over the ground
and decided it will be a good place for
a park Owner Coleman expressed his
.wT11lIiin6gness WI IN to invest not more than
shape. The exhibition games fS1fTia5s viii bs
played at Minooka Park, and the Dick
son City grounds are expected to be
ready by May 6.
Pittsburg has only lost one onenine
game in the last ten years. In 1907
Bob Ewing, then with Cincinnati, took
Philippe and Leif1eld into camp. Az,
Clarke's men start this season at Gin
c1nnatf, and IT is predicted that Camnitz
VIII be on the mound. The Kentuckian
won opening games in 1908, 1909, and 1910,
Big Ed Walsh was pitching the other
day in Oklahoma City, and the dust
blew across the diamond in clouds.
Every time he shot up his famous moist
ball the damp spots became thickiy
coated with dust when the ball reached
the batter. This new sandpaper effect
on the club enabled the rival batsmen
TO slam Edwards choicest heaves all
over the lot.
Manager Connie Mack, of the Ath-
letics, often has his quiet little smile,
and often makes funny crack that has
wittfcism. According to a story that
emanated from Manager Charlie Doom,
OF the Phillies, the red-topped director
stated that he would use his Yanigans
worlds champions. Connie saw the
statement, smiled, and said in his SEN
tentiOuS speech: We'll, / wonder If they
don't all look like Yanigans when they
tackle us?'
Billy Murray has Joined the-army Of
baseball men who say the new sacrifice
rule is bad one. Hans Wagner says:
They tried to favor the batsman and
keep him from getting a time at bat.
Why don't they give him hit in
case like this: A man is on first and
the batsman hits a long fly. The fielder
tries for 1t and the runner hugs first,
afraid II will be caught. The ball falls
safely and the runner is forced at sec
ond The fielder never has his hand on
the ball. The batter does not get a hit,
but is charged with a time at bat.
They had better let the rules alone, for
there are too many such things coming
UP in game after game to monkey with
new systems. Personally. ! don't care
a rap, but ii is going to be bad for many
young players"
Rube Marquard is in wonderful
shape now, and there is not a chance
tn the world of his being sold to New
ark as was reported. McGraw thinks
that Marquard will be a winner, and
he Is giving him every leeway to
work out his salvation according to
his own ideas. Marquard pitched four
innings of the game at Dallas the
other day, and of the twelve men that
faced him he struck out six. He has
developed a slow ball that Is cork
er BY slipping that in between his
fast ones he had the Dallas batters
breaking their backs swinging at It.
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