Evening star., 1912-07-19

Jimmy Scott, the White SOx'S Spitballer,
VIII probably not play in another game
since the spring training trip and has
lost considerable weight. He Is going to
spend the rest Of the summer recuperat-
Ing.
The dispute OF the Indianapolis club Of
the American Association and the Spring
field club Of the Central League over the
services Of Pitcher Gouliat may be set
tied by Pittsburgh. which owns the play
er. recalling him, and thus both the minor
league clubs will lose his services.
Report has 1t that this will be the last
year OF the veteran Jesse Burkett in the
game. He has been part owner and man.
England League for several years. He
plans to go into business in Worcester at
the close OF this season. Kitty Brans-
field. now with Montreal. whose home is
in Worcester. is talked Of as the man to
succeed Burkett at the head Of the team.
It required just ten days for Bart Wool
ums. the erstwhile Lynchburg first base
man. to slip In at Spartanburg, In the
Carolina Association. and take the man
agement away from Billy Laval. who
also played on the Lynchburg team back
In 1906 Woolums has long had a yearn-
ing for q managers berth. and 1t will
not be surprise to his friends to see
the Spartanburg team improve under his
leadership.
The feat of Pitcher George Pierce of
Scranton in striking out twenty-five men
in a recent thirteen-inning game against
Wilkes-Barre Will attract no more atten-
tion from those who know this pitcher
than the fact that he did not give a
his trials with the Giants and the Cubs,
displayed a remarkable brand of stuff,
but could not control It. and If he has ac-
quired that essential now he probably
will be back In the majors soon.
This has been a strenuous season for
Ty Cobb. between suspensions and the
fact that iris Speaker and Joe jackson
have both set sail for his crown. But
the Georgia cyclone has come into his
own again. the same being the leadership
in the batting average column Of the
when he is hitting above 400. as at pres
ent: but he Is being pressed hard by
Speaker and Jackson and the season has
some distance to 90 yet.
There are many fans who think
Speaker is better all around ball player
than Ty Cobb. Certainly he is getting
better every year. He looms up as the
player most likely to take Ty's crown as
the king Of the diamond. He Is great
Billy Murray. the Pittsburgh scout. is
one who THINKS Speaker Is better than
Cobb right nov and will soon outclass
him altogether. One good thing to con-
template in this connection is that mod
rsty is Speakers middle name
Ed Cushman, a left-hander Of fame
during the early days, came the nearest
to winning every game he pitched in a
season. just missing complete run of
victories In losing one game by a score
OF to Ia ter innings. Had he landed
that game Cushman would have had a
record never eGuaed. He started by win
ming thirteen victories, then lost one. and
finished by getting thirteen more, max
ing twenty-six won and one lost a per-
centage of .!HS', the highest of all time
in organized base ball. Cushman made
the record while pitching for Milwaukee,
then In the Northwest League. In 1884.
A writer in the Boston Globe goes back
to 1875 to recall that Boston once bOasted
OF a team which did not lose a single
game on it's cwn diamond during the sea-
son. He says: I'VE have been following
with such marked interest the successive
games won by the Washingtons as a
vidual that 1t may be well to remind you
tina. Boston once had ball team that
played an entire season without losing a
game on the home grounds. That was
OacS IN 1879, ana the team rccoru ioi
the season MAS seventy-one games won
and eight lost. That was the time when
our friends George Wright. Harry Shafer
and Jack Manning were members Of the
Boston club and the lamented Harry
Wright was manager. Those were happy
days for the fans Of the kind that are
content only when their favortte team Is
winning everything In sight
The Detroit Tigers have purchased
CharIoS Deal third baSeYnan IN the
South Michigan League. Deal has been
batting around 800, and 1t is stated that
ne cost the club 5000. He will report at
Boston today.