The Washington herald., 1912-03-04
Bits of Baseball.

Charles v. Faust-the ''V'' stands fol
Victory-has signed a contract Of his owl
making with the New York Giants -thii
year. Not having any paper handy wher
! the spirit moved him, he wrote It on one
Of his cuffs and tore it OF. Thomas ]
Lynch. president of the National League
approved OF the contract. too. This Is
how It reads: II hereby do put my hand
and seal to this contract to play baseball
the seasons of leii-l913 with the New Yorh
baseball club. National League. (signedl
Chas. V. Faust
The Boston Pilgrims should have one
Of the hardest hitting outfields IN the Ma
tional League this season. DOC" Miller,
George jackson. and Vim Campbell make
up a great trio OF sluggers. Each OF
these three men is a 800 batter Miller
has proven his worth time and again.
while jackson and Campbell appear tc
have the goods.
Joe jackson may not be a high-brow
in the matter of schooling. but he has
the sense to save his money. and is now
quite a property holder In his home town
of Greenville, S. c. He has bought a
home for his mother and sister and a
couple Of pieces Of property for himself,
and the real estate agents OF Greenville
say he has as keen an idea OF real es-
tate values as any man they ever dealt
with.
Hughie Jennings has been In baseball
longer than any other man on his teams
roster. He has seen twenty-one years
service. Other veterans are Sam Craw-
ford, twelve years; Jim Delehanty, thir-
teen; Wild Bill Donovan, seventeen:
Davy Jones, ten: George Mullen, eleven,
and Charley Schmidt, ten.
The Cleveland Maps will be well pro-
tected this season against any accidents.
Harry Davis has stars to NIL all the in
field vacancies and can switch either La
joIe or Turner at will without weakening
the infiel6 a particle. In the outfieId the
absence OF Jackson would, of course, hurt
the team, but IL any Of the other players
are injured, their places can be filled
The same applies to the catchers and
pitchers.
OF Bill Louden, former Texas League
player, the Detroit Free Press says: Bill
Louden, the young third baseman from
the Newark club. was picked up at Gin
cinnau. He looks to be what the papers
say about him, well proportioned.
sturdy young man who makes an excel
lent appearance. Louden is slated for n
regular berth with Jennings Tigers.
The Davenport Three I club has an
nounced the purchase from the st. Louis
Americans Of First Baseman Joe Will
son. last year with East Liverpool, OF
the o. & p. League.
Rube Benton, last years star south
paw OF the Chattanooga club, and now
a member OF the Cincinnati Reds, is now
full fedged member of the benedicts.
He married a Clinton. n. c., girl a few
days ago. He did not take her to the
spring training camp in Columbus, but
will have her Join him then ths Reds
get back to Cincinnati.
Hugh Jennings. manager Of the De-
troit American League baseball team.
Gays the race for the pennant in the
American League this season is going
toN be a fierce one. He believes that II
will be a six-cornered affair. with the
Athletics, the Tigers, the Maps. the White
Sox, the Yankees, and the Red Sox ell
in the running:
George Sisler. an Akron. Ohio boy, who
pitched several good games for the o. &
P. champs, is said to have received an
offer from Connie Mack. OF the Athletics.
Sisler is attending the University of
Michigan
Connie Mack favors increasing the
worlds series to nine games.
Managers McGraw and Bresnahan
have fve-year contracts with their
clubs.