Evening journal., 1912-08-08
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Ketter has jumped the Chester club
again
Jimmy McAlleer's luck was a long
time in turning But finally it turn
ed. Now as main mogul of the Red
Sox, he is in fair way to make a
keg of money.
A game was forfeited in the Cotton
States League the other day because
there weren't enough official balls to
play the contest 1t happened at
Vicksburg.
New York reports say that Hub
Perdue has again quit the Boston
Pilgrims. This time he didn't tear up
his uniform.
Bush and Loudon are the only
Tigers infeders who will be used
next year. New men will hll the
other two positions. Navin is work
ing toward new club-and he needs
it,
Hereafter Detroit will celebrate
August 30 as "Ty Cobb Day. On
that day, in 1905. Cobb broke into
the American league
The fact that Ty Cobb made seven.
hits on July II set the dopesters to
digging and it was learned that the
worlds record for hits made in one
day belongs to Ed Delehanty, then Of
the Phillies, who ripped off eight
singles and triple out or nine times
at bat
Brown Keene broke into the Indian
apolis team when he was in a hitting
slump. II was days before he even
made a single. Now he is coming
along better.
Sid Smith is said TO be under the
watchful eye Of several scouts and
| some team may give him chance in
the big leagues again. Sid has had
nothing but chances, but never SEEM
ed TO care about making good.
Five big league anagers-Grifith,
Callahan. Chance, Dahlen and Vol
| verton-are graduates of the Cub
machine. They must teach -em base
ball there.
The season is not over" says
Connie Mack
Same here.
But it might as we'll be.
Clark Griffith says that If the sena-
tors win the pennant he will work
Walter Johnson every other day
against the Giants Marquard VS..
Johnson. Some battle, sure
They fined a batch of Charley
Ebbets' men nearly $40O for playing
Sunday ball near Brooklyn. And
that made Christian out of Charles
No more Sunday baseball for him
He only took in $40O at the gate. any
way
The 300 hitting infielder has come
to stay In former years Wagner
Laioie and couple Of the first base.
men we're the only infielders who hit
the ball hard. Now Collins. DOYLE
Huggins, Zimmerman, Gardner. Baker
Lord, Pratt, Byrne. Lobert and others
are all hitting 300 or right around
IT,
Roy Mitchell is one Of the severa
Texans who has made good with tn,
/ Browns Some Of the others, Jo,
Gardner sent up from Dallas, who
have made good in the big leagues
, are Jimmy Stephens. Art Griggs anC
Earl Gardner.
, Both big leagues have developed
quite few good young pitchers il
the last few years. Some Of then
[ are Alexander, Perdue. Tyler, Steele
e Lavender. O'Toole. Brennan. Benton
c Robinson, Hendrix, Gregg, Allison
= Baumgardner, Hamilton. Bedient
g OBrien, Collins, Cashion, Carl Brow
and Houck
e Out in the Nebraska State Leagu,
+ they duck the umpires when the de
b cisions do not favor the home teams
Inasmuch as baseball plants Il
Nebraska do not include showers
r perhaps the jumps considered the
we're bing we'll treated during tn
| ItttHl uOl 6pcii. RoWh III tAdS IL I
: Just the other way and now and ther
they have what they call umpire
day" and the jumps get presents AM
extra cash.
y Most baseball rooters think tha
= the Boston Americans are the great
est baseball machine even gotten TO
gether They figure them bette
, than even the Cubs Of 1906. 1907. 100
= = and 1910 They admit that Stab
: isn't quite as good as Chance no
Yerkes as great as is Evers; but The
figure Gardner better than Steinfeid
n pnt Wagner superior to Tinker The
figure Speaker superior to Holman