Evening journal., 1912-10-30
SPORTING GOSSIP
AND COMMENTS

AMI UUMNlLNlSl
Muggsy McGray will get $4,000
week for his vaudeville actor any
how the press agent says he will.
Personally we'd give a large, slick
lead dime to see Muggsy in monolo-
cue.
The White sos PLAYERS received
more than $500 each for winnin< the
Chicago city series
Mordecai Brown will be advertised
next year as the best three-fngered
pitcher alive.
Il has been determined that any
body can become a successful Nation
al leogue ptesiaenr VINO can give all
eight clubs the best Of il. while al
the same time giving all seven op-
ponents the worst of t.
Herman schaeffers engagement
with the Washington club as clown
hes expired. Next year he viii either
manage the Sacramento team OF else
scout for the Senators--and a bad
deal it IS. either way
The ragnates WIN now play base
hall all winter--at the Waldorf.
2anesvile is out Of the Central
league and out OF baseball You
couldn't interest that town IN a team
" you gave " big league franchise
and threw in the team and money
10 run a.
The Louisville club is on the
market--and a drug on the market at
that II is said Barney Dreyfuss
made an offer for q, but not enough
TO interest the present owners.
Larry Gardner has the ball that
was used in the deciding play Of the
deciding game at Fenway park in the
worlds series. Meyers was the last
player who handled It, but he didn't
care TO preserve u as a souvenir.
The slump OF Gabby Street was
rocket-ike Only few years back
lot of men picked him as one OF
( the two hest ca.chers IN the American
| league Last year Washington trad
! ed him to New York ater the
anks sent him 90 the International
league. lie lasted less than a year
there Next year he will be in the
Southern In 1914 IL may be the
South Atlantic.
George Mcbride started West to
spend hs winter hunting near Clark
/ Grinith's ranch he got as far as
/ Milwaukee, whore he settled for the
winter
One Of the FIRST requests the base
bail players union viii make. occord-
T ing TO press dispatches is that um-
pires be vested vi,h powder to order
out NJ the grounds abusive spectators
when you come 70 think OF il, that's
reasonable enough The joke is
however. that they've had that power
for years
Ten years hence there will be nc
more abusing OF ball players by fans
than thore is nov abusing Of actors
hy people iu Tho audience.
They are now digging up the fac
in Cincinnati that any how. ODa,
managed TO- pull thc Reds through
} two pegs higher thin year than the
were last year
Frank Chance is through Wit
Murphy and Murphy is through will
Chance. and Evers Is the goat
Fred Clarke has announced that h
expects 20 start ncXt season with thi
same line-up he used last Prett.
fair lineup too, but not quite goo'
enough 20 win Wouldn't Z be awtu
for Barney n Hans Wagner started
the slump that must now be so near
Tho ST. Paul team is looking for
manager
Faipe Is a queer thing A Milwau
keo paper writes up old "Cy' Nounl
las Benton r Young.
Vel. ANYHOW. the Cubs bea
Michigan City the other day, righ
after {hcy lost the city series
Frank Chance may team M Wit
Jim Jearies in running a big amuse
ment ra,k somewhere near Lo
Angeles The Teamloss Leader
considering tho offer made him b.
Jon's representative.
los Wood and iris Speaker. vii
soon 30 10 Nashville nd will sta
there ? while with friends They vii
/, then GO duck shooting over al fam
Gus Realfoot lake