Evening journal., 1912-08-30
LET'S
Get
Together

Chance yet for fourth place
Atlantic City tomorrow. Trenton
Monday morning and afternoon. These
will be the last Chick home games.
The Senators cinched the champ
ionship at the expense Of the Chicks.
The Red Sox, prospective champ
ions, faltered not when they faced
/ the worlds champions. Fandom
missed its guess and Eddie Plank was
easy for the Red Sox, who added an
other victory to their pennant claim
ing string.
The Senators kept i'm the pennant
/ fight by stopping the Yankees. II was
a duel between Engel, the eighteen
ycar-old schOolboy, and Ray Fisher,
from the beginning. Engel won the
decision in one of the closest and
! most spectacular games of the sea-
son.
Homcrs by Schultz and Leach ma
| terially assisted the Cubs in drubbing
the Cardinals for the second straight,
and preventing the Giants from in
creasing the distance now separating
the two leaders.
The Flying Dutchman and Grant,
| opposing shortstops, featured in the
! Cincinnati-Pirate game by accepting
% chances without an error. Other
wise the game was listless and easy
! for the Reds.
Nap Rucker Brooklyns great south
paw, went in the box in the ninth
and got credit for losing a game to
the Giants
When Melbourne Steil broke into
professional baseball the other day
with the Grand Rapids team he hit
the first ball pitched to him for
home run.
Louisville is said TO be after Rowdy
| Elliott It seems as though Louisville
had enough trouble already. without
taking the Rowdy.
Louis W. Polchow. a pitcher in the
South in the earlier days of the
Southern League. died the other day
at his home near Mankato, MINI.
They say that Joe Jackson's field
ing has become wrechedly bad. The
South Carolinan is playing for his
hits and nothing else.
The National Commission has dis
approved Player Daleys claim of $40
against the Brooklyn club. We don't
know what it was for, but anyway Jud
doesn't get it.
All Wolverton did for the Crackers
4 was to sell them one bunk player. who
, didn't report. Yet he has slipped
linn, Quinn, Martin and Dolan TO
Rochester
The Yankees have only one 800
hitter and he's sick
Harry Ables, once of the Southern
League. pitched a game on the coast
the other day in which he struck
out 13 men. He allowed only three
hits. two Of them scratches.
The northern division teams of the
Southern League ATLANTA and the
three Tennessee clubs) have made a
swell showing this season-swell like
the humps. See Standing of the
Clubs for full particulars
Mike Finn has asked President
Kavanaugh TO require Charley Frank
to explain how he recalled Dave Bunt-
ing the other day from Chattanooga
in direct violation of a league rule
that says no player can be transferred
from one Southern League club to
the other in the last 80 days Of the
season.
Kalmbacker is still putting up a
good game at first sack
Kick. the Fort catcher, looks like
good material for a faster team.
Hoover is the original Mike Lynch
Of the Semi-League.
Jimmy Kane is getting his team in
great shape to play the Philadelphia
traction company again.
Hook Glynn has signed up Sid Nc
Cullough to pitch for dupont Satur-
day against Speakmau. Sid was the
star center on the Defiance basketball
team.
Joe Jennings, pitcher who halls
1iom the western leagues, has re-
ported to Hook Glynn also. Jennings
has a record OF a no hit game. Il is
doubtful whether he will be used this
season as Glynn intends TO do most
OF the twirling himself
Danforth, who recently pitched for
Connie Mack. is now pitching great
ball for Baltimore of International
league.
Doc" Dolan is the Guy that put
the Cape on May. DOC" accepted ten
more chances without an error on
, Wednesday
Well. Sherwood Magee banged out
, two home runs and triple. Sher-
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