The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-05-23
DIAMOND DUST.
A Digest of Recent Base Ball News.
By Corker.

went stale, for the Athletics Of Phil
adelphia knocked him out of the
box in two innings.
James ]. Callahan rises to remark
that diet of salt mackerel and va
nilla ice cream is responsible for
Ping Bodies great showing at the
bat this year.
Speaker and Hooper of the Red
Sox are beginning to rival Crawford
and Cobb as an all-star pair OF out
felders. Speaker has got as good a
throwing arm as any outfelder in
the business.
Marty O'Toole has shown real
form to-date. The $22,5OO beauty
has pitched seven full games, and
one inning Of another He is cred
tied with five victories and charged
with two defeats.
Quick thinking players are more
valuable than the iron healed me-
chanical Ones" remarks John j.
McGraw. Also intelligent players
have more sense than those who
aren't intelligent.
Cleveland fans are making mis-
take in knocking Harry Davis as a
manager. 1t is long lane that has
no turn and Davis deserves full
seasons trial as manager before he
is pronounced failure.
AS an excuse for the great show
ing so far for the Reds, the other
teams are all declaring Hank O'Day
is using the information about bat
ters that he annexed during the years
he held the Indicator in the big
show.
Harry Steinfeldt, who has been
kicked from pillar to post by un-
sympathetic magnates, has caught
on at Baltimore. Jack Dunn being
badly in need of of an utility infield-
err, has signed the once great star of
the Cubs and Harry will get one
more chance.
Bill Burns, who bought his release
from Minneapolis, so that he might
play with Detroit, is not burning up
things in the American League, and
it looks as though he will not have
to buy his release from Detroit to
go anywhere.
Bad pitching has kept the Ath-
letics out of first place, as the players
have been hitting the ball at fear
full clip. Just as soon as the veteran
twirlers of Mack's pitching corps
round into form, pennant prospects
of the team on top will dwindle like
the proverbial snow ball.
Bugs Raymond is so anxious to
assist the United States League in
it's announced policy of not using
contract jumpers or ineligible play
ers that he asked the National Com
mission to reinstate him. Bugs was
at last accounts a member of the
Chicago team Of the independent
organization.
Hugh Jennings has his band of
Tigers fighting hard among them
selve. Reports from the lair of the
Freckled one hint that Ty Cobb is
the center of another storm which
menaces the future of the club. 1t
is now stated that Ty is getting tired
of a tame career in the outfield and
wants to pitch or play first base.
Elmer Rieger is the bappiest man
on the St. Paul Club. The tall
pitcher who for weeks had been liv-
ing in the fear that his throwing
arm was dead" is recovering rapid
ly from the effects Of the knifeless
treatment given the injured arm by
"Bonesetter" Reese, and Manager
Kelley plans to try out the Califor-
| man at an early Qate.
Captain Joe Tinker of the Cubs, in
commenting on O'Toole's work in
Chicago when he BANKED the Cubs
on five hits and famed seven men,
said O'Toole is the best looking
young pitcher l have seen in years.
He will certainly make good. | be-
lieve that free swingers like Schultz
Mitchell and others of that class, will
have unlimited trouble in making
base hits off his delivery. The only
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