Evening star., 1911-05-30
BASE BALL BRIEFS.

The Giants owe the Phillies another
shutout. The Quakers have BANKED the
New Yorkers twice.
Woodson, outfielder Of the Charlotte
team Of the Carolina Association. drew
bases on balls six times in one game the
other day.
In their last three games last week
Griffith's boxmen held opponents to a
total Of sixteen hits. Pretty good pitch
ing.
Mike Lynch, the former Giant. Pirate
and Brown pitcher, now lawyer in
Providence, has brother who is crack
twirler at Holy Cross.
Jack Coombs asked to pitch yesterday
to make good for his failure Saturday.
The Colby wonder was never better dur
ing 1910 than yesterday.
-Four misjudged flies and muff OF
runs. But Cleveland won. so they are
forgiven.
Joe jackson refuses to stop hitting.
Yesterday the Nap outfielder made four
hits, one triple and one double. He also
stole base.
Bill Sweeney, the Boston infielder, made
five hits In five times at bat yesterday.
Eddie Grant made five bfngles in five
times up in the first Cincinnati-St. Louis
game.
A special train carried the Chicago
team from st. Louis to Pittsburg yester-
day to play q game. Some class to the
major base ball leagues.
Salsinger. with Alden two years ago in
the Susquehanna League. and who pitched
hA r Ia
signed with the Berwick Susquehanna
League team. as has Wager who caught
for Berwick last year, but who has been
catching for ,Wilkesbarre recently.
The Danv;lle Athletic Association has
signed two new twirlers-Fletcher. last
year with Brooklyn Nationals, and this
year with BinghamtOn, and Swenk, q
Schuylkill Haven left-hander.
This spring Hugh Fullerton. the Chi
cago expert, in forecasting the American
League race. put this tip across: ''H Jen-
nings ca can n find one good pitcher he should
the spring he bumped into Jennings on
the training trip. II see" remarked the
Tiger leader. that you say with one good
pitcher l can beat Mack out. Well, I've
found three, and in addition, one OF the
best first basemen in the game"
The most foolish break yet appears in q
Nashville newspaper. 1t is that Ty Cobb
and Joe jackson are unpopular in the
north. Presumably because they are
southerners. The writer probably never
saw q game of bell in the north in any
American League city. where the appear
ance Of Cobb or Jackson is the signal for
storm Of applause from fans, even
though they be on the visiting team.
The New York Highlanders have three
Of the three 4reak pitchers In base ball.
Ford has q curve that he does not need
to have copyrighted. Warhop throws un-
derhanded, and King" Brockett caps
the climax with the most peculiar deliv-
cry OF them all. Brockett throws as
though there were no effort in his snappy
movement He gives one the impression
that he is lobbing the ball over the plate
in practice.
A base ball league has been formed
among the 500 prisoners In the Rhode
Island state prison. and games are played
In the prison yard every Saturday after
noon during the summer. In . recent
game q car barn robber played behind
the bat, q post ONCE robber covered first
base, and q man convicted OF manelaugll-
ter was in the box for one Of the teams.
Those who did not play were supplied
with pipes and tobacco and rooted for
their fayoritea during the Eama. .-----