The Washington herald., 1912-06-23
Bits Of Baseball.

Existence At this frenLied stage u
nothing short Of one hurIy-burly- altar
another. Rube MAruusrd and the argu-
ment OF his "fifteenth win" added to
7. r. and J. ?. Baker at bat have tan
gled the brain chords Of . national be-
yond all hope.
Two newcomers. Harden Barry. of
California, and owen HarreI, from
Baylor University. Waco. Tex, both
pitchers, warmed up In Athletic uni
forms at Shibe Park yesterday for the
first time. Connie Is going to give the
pair Of recruits chance.
A keen observer Of college athletics
thinks that one reason for the scarcity
of good college ball players Is that
many OF the younger athletes pick up
gch and stick to II to the exclusion Of
baseball Another is that summer base
ball is tabooed by the colleges.
Frank Harrington. Of Wakefield, for
merIy Of Holy Cross and Boston Col
lege, and brother to Bill Harrington. the
Lynn pitcher, It is said. is going to be
given a tryout by the Boston Nationals,
as is also Andy Owens, Of Roxbury,
who has played with Worcester.
Iris Speaker. the agile Red sox out
fielder, continues to hold a safe lead
over Ty Cobb in the race for batting
honors In the American League. Speak
er is a natural hitter and ball player.
and having struck his stride in earnest
all pitchers look pretty much alike to
him.
Tt is rumored that the Brooklyn club
may secure the former Princeton College
shortstop, Vaughn, from the Nevarks.
Vaughn was with the Highlanders two
years ago, but was too light and was
turned over to Toronto. He has been q
sensation in Newark this season.
Separated by the aiants' unusually
large lead the Pirates viii hardly reach
out and get the pennant In this year Of
1872" declares New York dopster, but
IL the season was Just starting with the
Giants and Pirates in their present form
Fred Clarke would seriously threaten
McGrHw." -.
IF we had frst-class second base
man" said President McAleer OF the
Red sox, I'VE would win the American
League pennant in a walk. But at that
We are playing great ball. and I frmIy
believe we viii finish on top. Our play
ers are veterans and that will count
when we hit the homo stretch. The
Athletics are the ones we fear most"
The New York Evening Sun says
There was no mere luck or horseshoes
attached to the victories Of the Pirates
over the Giants in the last series at the
Polo grounds. The plain unEarnished
facts are that the Corsairs are hitting
second TO none in the league and the
pitching stan, which when It is right Is
about on a par with any on the circuit,
is gust rounding into form"
New York and Boston established q
seasons record for runs ana hits In a
batting carnival which the Giants won,
q to Y. New York hammered three Bos-
ton pitchers for 10 hits. Boston got only
FIVE hits and two runs on wntse, but
raped 10 hits OF shore in the ninth. in
cludIng Houser's home run, for 10 runs
Only two New York players remained
through the entire game. seventeen
names figuring In the Giants nne-up.
The showing OF Hughey Jennings
Tigers this season has brought the De-
troit fans to the conclusion that the
once great machine has gone the way OF
al championship teams. Certainly, the
club has failed to respond to all of the
efforts OF Jennings to put II into q win
ming stride, and this despite the fact
that the makeup Is much the same az
IN former years. when It boasted Of such
prowess, and that Ty Cobb and Sam
Crawford are Astnl there intact and ag-
gressiye.
The Giants can derive some consoIa-
ton out Of the fact that they are -stlIl
some 200 points out in the lead and that
Boston and Brooklyn wiz furnish the
greater part OF the attack against them
for the next two weeks.