Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-04
Sir Michael Records a Single
and a Double in Twice
at Bat.

Mike Donlin maue MS uepui WIN NAS
tail-end Boston team in st. Louis yes
terday, n in two trips to the plate
doubled and singled. The former Giant
is popular in Bresnahan's home town
and the fans gave him the hand. Eddie
Mcdonald. the former Bison. shifted
to Boston when Manager Tenney re-
fused to waive on Groh, played at the
troublesome sack and Ingerton went TO
first in place of Manager Fred. Rain
broke up the game in the fourth when
Boston was a run to the good.
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BROOKLYN may not win the pennant
nor finish in the first division, but 1t
hung up a record yesterday when Eddie
Zimmerman, Mike Erwin and Zach
Wheat drove the ball out of the lot for
home runs. Even the Cub fan got
frisky and clapped the infants.
Harry Hooper, the heet-footed out
fielder of the Red Sox, and his big bat
beat Detroit yesterday. He got a
homer and d1 owe in the other pair with
singles. .
During the first week of October the
Reds will take a trip and play for sew
eral days lin old Kentucky
y
Charley Hemphill walked five out of
six times yesterday. Sometimes, low
ever, a hit is better than a base on
balls. The Yanks lost, despite Humph's
eagle eye.
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r NT4-~.-t1Yr.aE Do
has signed a 1912 contract to play with
Cleveland. He is a shortstop ana IS
batting SIT for t%hirty-one games in an
independent league.
When Bill Carrlean blocked sam
Crawford in the second game OF the
double bill at Boston the other day n
battle nearly resulted. Captain George
Moriarity butted in and Carrigan got
after him for keeps and made the
Tigers captain take water.
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Coleman. an infielder. was purchased
by the Yanks from the Tacoma Club.
He win report at the end of the minor
league season.
Pete Compton. Of the Battle Creek,
Mich. club was sold TO the st, Louis
Americans. He has a batting average
of $50 and is but 20 years old,
They say Joe O'Brien is being pre-
pared for the next National League
presidential race.
Not forgetting that Billy Locke, Of
the Pittsburg Club, has backing for the
job, too.
And that some of the magnates may
like Lynch. despite his desire to uphold
his umpires.
Intimation that American Associa-
ton owners are sore because George
Lennon grabbed s22.50o and some
players for O'Toole and Kelly and are
boosting the minimum draft to 5000
in retaliation need not he taken seri-
ously, unless you feel that way.
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Titus. Philly outfelder. wears a tooth
pick in his mouth when at bat, and
Umpire tombstone declares If a bail
ever hits the ornament he viii call a
foul strike on the sorrel-top.
Although Christy Mathewson has
not been doing so well, Rube Marquard
has been showing such exceptional
form that McGraw actually smiles.
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With Alexander, Chalmers, Burns
and Ewing going well, and Earl Moore
and Fred Beebe rounding into con-
dition, the Phillles have the best pitch
ing staff in the National.
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Athletic out1elders play twenty feet
deeper than those on other clubs. Con-
ME Mack figures it easier to come in
for a fly than to go back for one.
Quite right.
Hyman Peristone, of Palestine,
Texas, is making the ounds with the
Athletics. for the third yea He's the
champion fan of the country. leaving
Ray Weiss, formerly of Houston, sew
eral laps behind.
Connie Mack is quoted as picking the
Giants for the National League flag.
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