The Washington herald., 1912-03-22
bits of Baseball.

Cincinnati has bought Infielder Mortell
from Chattanooga In exchange the Reds
will give a couple OF pitchers and cash.
Mortell is a youngster who contracted
malaria last season and did not report
but played independent ball at his home
in Kankakee.
The Baltimore club, the only one in the
international League that decided TO train
at home this year. now talks of going TO
Savannah for its spring work. The
backward season has upset Dunn's well
laid plans.
Harry Mccormick, the man who had
the honor of scoring the run that did not
count in the Cub-Giant game in 1905. is
at Marlin with the Giants. Mac believes
he has just enough talent TO beat Red
Murray for that outfield berth.
Roy Corhan, who was knocked out Of
the game last season by one OF Russell
Ford's famous bean balls" is expected
to greatly strengthen the inield Of the
San Francisco team.
In George stovaIl. Babe -Danzig, Tom
Tenant and Joe Kutina, Manager Bobby
Wallace has ~ feet OF frst-sacRIng tim
Der. Stovall and Tennant are six feet one
inch and Danzig and Kutina each meas
ures six feet two inches.
The st. Louis Cardinals have won but
IS games from Pittsburg in eight years,
while the Pirates have trimmed the Cards
1S5 times.
One year has made a vast change in
the makeup of the Cleveland club. Many
familiar faces are missing and as many
new ones have come. Strangely enough
the 1911 Portland delegation, composed of
Ole Olson. Gus Fisher, Gene Knapp, and
Vean Gregg, is still intact. The Coasters
all made good In direct contrast the 1911
Toledo trio-Hi West, Earl Yingling and
Grover Land-has vanished. Not one Of
the three is with the Maps this year.
West and Land are with Toledo, and
Yingling with the Brooklyn Nationals.
Dayton las sold First Baseman Red
Herriott TO the Kearney, Nebr, club
Dayton secured him early in 1911 to take
Don Cameron's job, but he failed and was
sent to Chilhcothe, being recalled at the
end of the season.
The pennant Of the International
League for 1872 will be raised with due
ceremony at Rochester on June 6, exact
ly two months after the champions open
their season at home. Buffalo will be
Rochester's opponent.
Joe jackson reported ten pounds
heavier than he was last year, and ex-
poets to carry most of it through the
season. He says he figures he can hit
them harder with more weight back of
the blow. Pity the poor pitchers!
lark Herbert old Southern and LII
Lacquer. will manage the Pekin team in
the Illinois Missouri League this year,
and has signed a likely lot of youngsters
besides a batch Of veterans held over or
picked up from other clubs.
John Fox, pitcher, formerly in the vir-
ginia League and ako with Macon in
the South Atlantic, has signed to work
for Columbia in the South Atlantic. He
is a brother Of Manager Jim Fox, of the
Columbus team, in the same league.
Jimmy Callahan: "oh, my kingdom
for another Ed walsh-a pitcher who
will be as reliable in April as in October.
Give me a pair like this, and I'll make
the White Sox a pennant contender"
Jimmy evidently doesn't think he has
much of a chance with his present string
of twirlers.
The ILL League, according to news
paper reports. viii 'call upon the FIVE
mile Jurisdiction rule If Rock Island at
tempts to secure a place in a new
league. Rock Island is just across the
river from Davenport and within the
territorial limit, as is also Moline.
The Southeastern League club that will
operate at Bessemer. a suburb of BIr-
mingham, instead of at Decatur, plans
to get big crowds from Birmingham.
and in building its new park provides a
seating capacity of 1900, which Is some
size for a Class D league club.
, John H. Gruber has been appointed
Official scorer for the Pittsburg club.
This e a noteworthy news item when
il is mentioned that this will be Mr..
Gruber's twentieth year in that capacity.
lie is still able to tell a hit from an
error to the satisfaction OF everybody
but the players concerned.
Lew Smith, the Indian recruit short
stop picked .lp by Chance on the Coast,
has been dubbed Casey Smith to
designate him from Charley Smith, the
pitcher. Johnny Evers thinks it is a
better name than the usual Chief
stunt attached TO Indian players.
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