Evening journal., 1912-11-01
SPORTING GOSSIP
AND COMMENTS

Cub ball players claim that Charley
Murphy had a paid spy on the team
this year The strange part of It
is that the spy was not there to report
breaches OF training and discipline
but to tell Murphy what the players
said about him.
Frank Chance says in one breathe
that he will accept any offer from
Murphy as a player and do his best in
that role and in the next breath that
lie has more money than he thought
was in the world when he started
playing bail Therefore the ques-
Ton: If the money why the punk
l1og
The national board of arbitration
OF the National Association viii meet
November 10 in Chicago. IL has an
awful batch Of work to wade through
While John Camel was hunting the
other day, a bramble hit him in the
eye. AS result, he may lose the
sight Of one eye.
W. w. McCredie. president Of the
Gated scheme for recognizing baseball
so that the teams In small cities will
have a chance to make some money.
His whole scheme falls through, how
ever, because II is founded on the
unstable salary limit basis, When
somebody can determine way 70
make salary limits stick, he has add
ed something to the total supply of
information that Is worth having.
When the transforming Cubs play
ed at Dixon, Ill, Heine Zimmerman
knocked the first ball pitcher him into
the Rock River The ball was not
recovered and Zimmerman was held
TO two bases under a ground rule,
so the play was almost a total loss.
Earl Gardner recently married Miss
Harriet NJ Denby Of Sparta, Ill.
Clark Gifith has announced that he
will not be able to use Roy Moran
IN the Washington team next year.
Crifath has not given up hope yet
hat he will be able to make use OF
Harry Welchonce.
Then Senators Will take week at
West Baden or French Lick before
hey go 10 Charlottesville next spring
Harry Ables. Texas southpaw, once
with Birmingham, won q mess OF
games for Oakland this year
Garry Hermann says he would like
% cut down the money won by play.
ers in the worlds series to a fiat sun
Df, say $3.50 for the winers and $500
Tor the losers. Then he would di
vide the rest OF the players share
among the players Of the other four.
teen clubs in the major leagues. Thil
Is a poor guess If the players die
not get a keg OF money they wouldn'
play as hard, the series would be les
Interesting in consequence and tn
money divided among the other biz
leag2e players would give so littl
10 eaA san that II would hardly in
teress .tn.
Hugh Bedient and his wife will win
,er on farm al Waverly. n. y, own
el by one Of his relatives.
Barney Dreyfuss has waived Col
OFT OF the National League and ha
turned him over 10 Columbus.
The umpires of the big leagues hav
actually perked up enough to ask III
National Commission TO give them
share Of the worlds series none.
equal to that OF one winning and on
losing player. They propose tina
p each umpire who works in the serie
I be given $1,000 and that the remain
der be divided among the other bi
ague umpires
ays a head in an Eastern paper
A. ming Hero OF Worlds Series Dit
"a ult Task Then why do Il? There
yo compulsion.
- Eppa Rixey. Phillie pitcher, has N
turned to the University of Vrginl
and is playing on the basket ball team
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