The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-08-08

Horace promptly turned down the
offer.
Jimmy Callahan was recently sus-
pended for the second time in few
weeks. He had run in with UNI
pire Sheridan while the Sox were in
Gotham.
The penal institution at Glenn's
Falls, n. Y. is the latest to add base
ball to it's curriculum. The ward
en- says the game will be perman-
ent feature.
The Cubs took three on their last
trip to the Polo Grounds. Ii they
could just play the Giants for the
balance of the season, they would
win out handily.
The Highlanders have sold
Charley Street to Toronto of the
International League. 1t is but
good year or SO since Street was
hailed as the peer of all catchers.
The Athletics sorelv miss the SER
vices of Danny Murphy, the star
right gardener and team captain.
Thru an accident Murphy has been
out of the lineup since early in the
season.
The Washington team, by it's con-
sistent work on the road. is throwing
scare into the leaders. Every
body seems pleased with the Grifi-
tbs success since assuming the COM
mand of the Nationals.
There are rumors of big post
season trade, the Reds and Cardinals
participating. Higgins, Konetchy
and Oaks go to Cincinnati in ex-
change for Hoblitzell, Egan. Keefe,
Marsans and Severold. The wise
ones have it that Higgins will man
age the Reds next year as the fans
in Redland are knocking Hank
O'Day for not making a better show
ing. 1t is said that Mr.. O'Day will
again handle the Indicator next sea-
son.
The following is taken from the
Chicago Inter Ocean:
"One of the most illuminating ap-
precautions of the national game is
that contained in book on Ameri-
ca written by Hon. Chillingly But
ler-S Stout, a gentleman of British
extraction who is evidently trained
student of American life.
Hon. Chillingly Butler Stout nat
urally felt that no picture of life Oh
this side of the water would be COM
plete without description of our
national game-a view which we
are glad to endorse as eminently
correct. He therefore devoted sew
eral pages of informed comment to
it which the average American IN
particular will read with admiration
and gratitude.
Hon. Chillingly Butler Stout be-
gan this part of his work by the
statement that the mysteries of base
ball were generally supposed to be
too profound for any foreigner to
penetrate. But the writer was no
ordinary foreigner, and baseball had
no mysteries for his trained eye.
Witness the following marvellous
description of the organizati on of
the game:
A number of clubs representing
different cities of the U. S. A. and
manned presumably by natives of
the respective cities join to form a
league. and throughout the spring
and summer months lively con-
test is under way for the champion
ship of the league, or, as it is popu
larly referred to, the banner Two
teams of nine men each take the
field. The men on one team, known
as the OUTS distribute themselves
about the field, while one of their
number in the center, Known as the
pitcher" losses the ball to COM
rade at one end, known as the catch
err The men on the other team,
known as the ms take turns at
shifting at the ball as it is tossed
past them by the pitcher. The OBJ
ject is to hit the ball and to reach
the first station before the ball can
be returned by member of the OPP
posing team to his comrade at that
station"
10 be continued merit peek)