Evening journal., 1912-08-03
Lef's
Get
Together

GueSS the CnlckH nave taken On d
lcosing hemorrhage.
Should the boys continue TO loose
with such persistsucy they will be
near than twelve miles to Chester.
Seven errors cut the Chicks out Of
chance TO win although ihey outhit
the Birds.
Kerr and Groh contributed four
bungles to the hard luck tale. jack
son and Fritz tore off hOmers but as
the pair could not hit three mere
each the game was lost
Chester, lately the homeless Jahns,
come down on Monday for two games
that day and two more on Tuesday
The games are transferred 10 Will
mington.
Big Jack Tesreau. Ozark Mountain
product, held the Reds puzzled,
throughout the game, shutting them
out Warner Brown University re-
cruit, did the same for Pittsburgh,
| beating the Braves to 0.
Walter Johnson won from Detroit
and Wood, in good form, beat the
Browns. Both shut outs, to and
. to 0.
The White Sox got four runs and
five hits in the first inning, which was
enough to beat the Yanks.
Lavender outpitched Ragon and
made it three straight for the Cubs
at Brooklyn.
The Cardinals cleaned up at Phil
adelphia. Harmon striking out three
pinch-hiters in the ninth.
Clarke, Cincinnati catcher, made a
double play by tagging a man run
ming in from third and throwing to
| second, cutting off a man who had
started to third The play followed
a long throw-in from right field
Even if Nap Rucker is the greatest
southpaw of the National league, pos
sibly barring Marquard he has won
/ and lost the same number of games
as Kent the ex-Brooklyn hurler.
Last year some sharp catcher in
vented a way TO stop Ty Cobb on
bases. His scheme was, with Cobb
on first, TO make bluff throw to
second and then hold the ball and
try to tag Ty as he slid into home
But Ira Thomas has a better scheme.
Just have the Dixie Demon on first, q"
says Ira, "and you have him at your
mercy-if the bases are full"
"Ducky" Holmes, manager Of the
Grand Rapids team, is boasting that
he developed both Rube Marquard and
Dixie Walker
Russell Ford and Ed Walsh, both
spit ballers. have allowed more hits
than any other pitchers in the Amer
lean league. Already 211 safeties
have been made off Ford's delivery
2OS of Walsh's. Walsh is a winner,
however; Ford loser
Walter Johnson Is the king pin
strikeout artist of the big show this
year. He has claimed over 200 vic
Tins.
Zeb Milan has already stolen 80
bases this year and is on his way TO-
ward Ty Cobbs mark of SO, set last
year.
Well anyway, the Detroit team
leads in something If only In using
and firing more pitchers than any
club i'm the league, Eight Tiger
twirlers have been let out since the
season began-Summers Burns. Gov
ington. Remneas, Travers, Bailey
PernolI and Laftte.
They're always reminding CLARK
, Griffith of his bad trades. One mar
says now that if Clark Griffith should
happen to win the pennant he'd pro
badly trade It off for n red bandana.
lack OConnor. once OF Little Rock
saws that the United States league vii
be revived next spring.
! Not il miracles arc barred
The Jersey City team has been los
ing $4,000 a month since the season
started.
ed Walsh hasn't entirely recovered
consciousness from the fine Managel
Callahan slapped on him for retusini
i in mass Zinn when ordered. He cal
, still hurl a little baseball, though.
Eddie Mensor the outfelder OF thu
Pirate team. is a prize fighter IN th'
off-season His biggest affair was
a 2O-round draw with Bobby johnson
at Rene.
The Giants have made more errors
than any team in the National league
The \. l.. teams have not been abi'
10 take much advantage of the Giants
errors. But what of the Red Sox?
The playing of the Cincinnati team
has been so bad recently that sporting
writer's have recalled some OF the pas
awfulness OF the Reds IL is even al
legged that one Red player MIX.
Grady. made fonr errors en- one oai'
They were: l. Fumbled it. 2 Threw
il wild into the bleachers. 3. FumbleC
IL when e was thrown back a. Threw
over the catcher's head
b Dave. Give a novice some advic
, sbout becoming a boxer How may
E become one: how to handle mysel
! when in the ring; how to train ant
! when I shall 20 to he'd and also wha
! shall my diet consist of when in tram