Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-16
BASE BALL BRIEFS.

BASE BALL BRIEFS.
Bob Owing is pitching for semi-pro
| team at his home in Wapakoneta-
Battle Creeks stretch OF fifteen straight
wins was broken by defeat at the hands
OF Jackson.
The veteran w. b. Krieg has been
named manager OF the Muscatine team Of
the Central Association.
| Togo Bentley. the home-run hitter OF
the Virginia League In 1908 and 1907, is
hitting the ball hard for Charlotte. in the
Carolina Association. this year.
II the Giants this season win 1T games
and steal 313 bases they will have bro
ken two long-standing records. the first
made by Chicago and the second by Pitts
burgh.
Eleven thousand persons turned out to
| the Sunday morning game at Oakland
June 2. 1t is doubtful II any major league
club ever drew as many at forenoon
| fiesta.
| Graham, an outfielder with Morristown
| (Appalachian) last year. has been pur-
chased by Roanoke OF the Virginia
| League He has been attending school at
Davidson College.
Umpire Spencer In the Kankakee-Pekin
game in the Illinois Missouri League
| waved player out at first so violently
rs to dislocate his arm. which necessi-
| tated chloroforming to replace 1t.
Ernest vinson. who led the Eastern
| League in batting while a member Of the
insane at his home in Chester. Pa. re-
Gently. Vinson once played with Cleve-
| land.
| Charley Doom had a deal under way
| whereby he was to obtain the services OF
| David Shean, who recently jumped the
Boston Braves. This deal however fell
through, Shean going to Providence.
| The Rocky Mountain League, the Colo
RADIO circuit organized by Ira Bidwell.
seems destined to short life. Colorado
| Springs and Pueblo have shown no de-
sire to fraternize with the smaller towns
| in the league.
Three of the players OF the defunct
| Reading team of the United States
League landed major league berths.
Cleveland will give First Baseman Eibel
| cinnati and Detroit took on Outf1elder
Sheckard and sent him to Providence.
Walter Johnson and Ed Walsh, two of
| the Iron men" of the American League.
| are having a merry race this season.
| Johnson excels in small-hit games, having
pitched two two-hit, one three-hit, three
four-hit and one five-hit games.
Eddie Goosetree. who made such a
mark in the Blue Grass circuit last year
as an inf1elder that the st. Louis Amer
leans took him on. has been made a
pitcher by Manager Fred odweli OF
the Browns through Columbus.
Pitcher Jack Gilligan. now with the
Portland Pacific Coast League team was
recently married to the daughter of a
was formerly Ronica Donnetti, and the
wedding followed brief romance. The
pair met when the Portland club was on
its spring training trip The marriage
followed a three-Week courtship.
The shoe business appeals particularly
to Fred Tenney, as he was born In shoe
town, Georgetown, Mass, and has always
had more or less knowledge Of shoes and
leather because of his New England af-
filations Tenney's entrance into shoe
manufacturing means his permanent re-
tirement from base ball. and his many
friends will wish him every success In
his new venture.
Jack Warner. the old catcher of the
New York Giants. who took a franchise
In the New York-Connecticut League. has
paid off his players and quit He started
Poughkeepsie Paterson, n j.. has been
added to the league. and the name chang
ed to the New York-New Jersey League
Danbury. the only Connecticut town,
dropping out some time ago.
II will be noted that the pleaders for the
National League are not making any loud
complaint Of corn ball, inferior pitching
or any other such chatter to account for
the present American League batting
averages. The reason Is that the Ma
ttonal clubs are shading the American |
clubs in batting all down the line. New
York leads the National with .293, and
the Athletics lead the American with
80 ST. Louis tails the American with |
.244 and Boston the National with .2o3.
John NJ Ward is using 1876 methods on
his Boston Braves. He expects his pitch
ers to do as much base running and bat
ting as any one. He instructed one the
other day to try to hit bit sooner at
the ball, Just after he had seen that one
ground out to the second haseman. BY
hitting sooner. Ward told him. he would
hit singles through the pitcher, all OF
which is very true. Hub Perdue says
Ward ought not TO expect them to play
like the boys did In 76. when there's no