The Washington herald., 1912-03-03
Btts of Baseball.

Cheerful Charles Ebbets will be the
man behind the spade. which will be the
first step toward the erection OF EbbetS
Field.
New parks. they say. bring winning
teams. Brooklyn fans hope there is
some truth in the above statement.
Most OF the recruit twirIers in the
Southland are sIx-footers. II is strange
how most OF them shrink by the time
warm weather puts in an appearance.
This astonishing fact from Redland =:
"Ty Cobb never had a sore arm" II
might be well to add that he never made
hit.
"BungIe" in hockey and "foozIe'' in
golf are not cousins of ''bIngIe' in base
ball.
Manager Flynn. OF the Mobile club,
says that McGraw has promised him
three Giant recruits after the spring sea-
son is over. Wonder which trio II will be =?
Garrett c. Bush. President Tom Lynch's
latest edition TO his umpire stan. sd-
vocates fioorwsIking as training stunt
1T will keep an jumps voice in trim as
we'll as his weight down" says Bush.
When Harry wolverton leads his
Yankees out on TO the field this year in
the opening game he will have the chance
10 accept a beautiful loving cup. which
the Oakland fans are going to present
TO him.
A Chicago baseball writer picks the
Giants and Pirates to finish low this
season. WhereupOn the respective smiles
Of aeGrsw and Clarke broaden per-
ceptibIy.
Earl Mack is something Of a scout for
his father. Connie. Earl signed up
McClearIy. the Pennsylvania State Col
lege twirler. last summer while he was
playing summer ball at a Jersey seashore
resort.
They are coming in already-C W.
Murphy. of Chicago. predicts that the
Cubs will win the National League pen
nant
Johnny Evers says he has regained his
health and is ready TO play his old-time
game. johnny was III most Of last sea-
son, suffering from a nervous ailment.
The American League race this year
Hughey Jennings. He counts the Ma
tionals and Browns out.
The Tiger recruits at Monroe, La, do
rot fear the meningitis scare at that
point half so much as they do their man
ayers ak.
President Esvanaush. of the South
ern League, has agreed to put Theodore
BTeitenstein on his list OF umpirts il
the veteran decided his pitching days
are over. Breitenstein's arm bothered
him in the closing days OF the 1911
season at New Orleans, and he doubts
IL he can be of any service this season.
after twenty years of steady pitching.
Though he has had twenty years of
it. Barry Mccormick. who will manage
Mansfield. Ohio, expects to play regu-
larly this season. He has picked out
second base as his station.
Fred Pfeitfer insists that Mike Kelly.
the King Kelly or baseball tradition.
who figured with John Clsrkson in the
sale from Chicago to Boston for $4,000,
was the originator of the fadeaway
slide, the slide practIced now by. Ty
Cobb and the best OF the base runners
Of the present day.
Several other American Association
magnutss woald have liked to land Doc
Gessier it Is said. Gessler is stIll a
whale with the bat. and was one of
the best run getters Washington had
last year.
New Baseball shoes that Charley
Doom manufactures are guaranteed to
steal second base four times out of Ave
trials u money back. excepting OF
course. when Doom Is catching.
Newark. n. J.. has released John
somerlot to the Troy, New York State
League. team.