Evening journal., 1912-03-11
SPORTING TALK
AND COMMENTS
schedule out

Schedule cut.
Nine Saturday games, as we'll as two
on July and as many more on Sep
tember p Labor Day, will cause Tren-
Ton. Reading and Harrisburg to throw
bricks this way.
Let them come; this league knows
where the money is.
It's up to Brown, Cassidy, Jackson,
et al. TO show something on these
choice dates.
And it is said they will deliver the
goods. Here's hoping
Give us q winner and we will 70
Flood your park in a cheering stream,
Hit the chuges and we crab the show.
This town won't stand for loosing
team.
Nows the time to root.
Have you noticed that the young
tvirlers who are breaking into the
game this spring are all six foot tail
and wonderful? Don't be surprised.
This happens every winter The warm
weather kind of shrinks them, though
Rebels are continually threatening
Juarez Why can't they battle i'm some
other town and try TO quit kiekin' our
races roun.'
The Chicks won't train in Alaska
this year
Getaway day.
Baseball season comes apacc.
Lest your forget-irst game I'm
Chickland with Trenton May ,. Watch
the flag.
American league partisans are TAX
ing lot of enjoyment out Of the as
scrtion tnat there arc many players
IN the National League at present that |
were once in the American league.
Somewhere the flowers are blooming,
Somewhere the robins sing;
Somewhere tho recruits arc playing.
Hcreabouts schedules the thing
Christy Mathewson will come in for
some kidding this year about that
hlmc run Frank Baker made off his
delivery In the last worlds series.
*Coughlin batted for Phcnny Hast
ings in the ninth
Perhaps when those holdouts--or
some of them--sce how nicely and
neatly and promptly the papers can
go 60 press without them they will
come in.
{ Each day the starting time grows
nearer Only 53 moro days to May ?.
Clark Griffith will not intrust the
coaching of his Washington pitching
tstad TO catchcrs this year. as most /
managers do. Being a pitcher once |
hmsclf. the old fox knows something |
about the art Of ninging The catchers !
may be able TO show the slabman how
10 perform, but Grim thinks he can
give them valuable pointers
tfianls won. Why shouldn't they?
II il be true that now ball parks al
ways bring pcnnants.' the National
league race will end next fall with
Cincinnati and Brooklyn tied for first
Ilacc and the honor Of struggling
with the ? team for the worlds
Championship
Imperals hope to set that Semi
League ON fire. Hopes, only. under
stand
Tho battle cry in the American
League this year will be. Beat Con-
rie Mack and his Athletics" but Con
nie has heard that cry before and
is not to be worried bv IT, He has pre-
pared TO hold the fort for at least FIVE
years more, he says.
Paste that block schedule in your
lids
There is nothing left for discovery
now except Kid Reeves.
Bin Crouch has suffered another
bump. He's captain of the Marshallton
nine now
All-wilmington League Thursday
night
This came in our mail today:
II think IL would be q good idea TO
arrange for a track meet to be held
sometime before baseball season
starts. by the various clubs Of this
city. see that the DUPONT Club has
a track team Why can't Merwick,
Parkside, Rockford. Elsmere and
other clubs of this city get together
and arrange for track meet think
the sporting editor of THE EVENING
JOURNAL could start something in
this line
Good Let's get together
BROOKLYN LET'S BERGE OUT.
By The United Press
NEW YORK, March 9-Bill Berge