Imperial Valley press., 1912-10-02
NEW>N NOTES OF
BASEBALL REALM

Fred Carish, the Maps catcher, who
wintered in San Diego last year, and
will return this winter to play for Pal
mer, is no chicken. Twelve years ago
he played with Jersey City in the East
ern league. Later he was with Pitts
burgh in the National. He has work ed
around the country quite a bit and has
always been regarded as an able per-
former. He never before got a good
big league start. Carsh is catching &
fine ball for Cleveland.
Manager Birmingham, who stepped
into the shoes vacated by Harry Davis,
erstwhile Nap boss, is the Juvenile i'm
presario of major league baseball He
was born in 1884, and thus is % years
old. All other managers are years his
senior But the head that's poised on
those Adonis shoulders is somethin e
like 4S years old in wisdom. Some good
bas eball men declare it is the oldest
head on the youngest shoulders that
there is in baseball. There is no ques-
tion that it will be put to the acid test.
Also Joe has temper, which, when
aroused, snaps like a steel trap. UNI
pire O'Loughlin is said to work in con-
slant fear that Birmy will bite his ears
CT nose off. Also Joe has a smile of a
matinee idol. Anyone who thinks he's
not strong in argument better take him
or and find out. Pretty fair, all around,
rough and tumble young man for a
fight or a frolic or a clash of wits,
those who know him best say on him.
James McAleer, president of the Red
Sox, has offered $4,000 cash for Walter
Johnson, Washington's wonderful
pitcher. 1t is the highest price ever
offered for a baseball player-about
twice the Marty O'Toole figure. That
shows just how anxious President Nc
Aleer is to win the worlds series.
Here is the story: McAleer, with Ban
Johnson and Clark Griffith and a num-
ber of other friends was dining at a
club in Washington. The talk was
baseball and McAleer finally looked at
Griffith and said: "Tll give you $4,000
for Johnson and you turn him over to
me tomorrow, Here's a thousands
dollars right now to bind the agree
ment" Are you kidding me-" was
the reply of the Senator's manager.
mo. I'm not kidding" replied McAleer.
Here's the $1,000 on the table" Crit
fifth refused to consider the offer.
Idlk OI CHdHStS III IudJOi iCdS uS
arrangements have been rife in big
league papers lately. The latest dope
is that Bresnahan is to be traded to
Cincinnati to manage the Reds n
1913; that Miller Higgins will lead the
Cardinals in 1913; that Harry Wolver-
tor despite his bad year with the New
York Americans, will be retained for
1913; that Bill Dahlen is to be discard
ed for 1913 and Jake Daubert promot-
ed to Bills job. There may be some
other rumors floating around, but if
so we overlooked 'em.
To whip the Red SoX in the coming
worlds series, the Giant pitchers will
have to stop Iris Speaker. Speaker
bat is the barometer of the Boston
club. When Iris is hitting, his team
is winning, just as Joe Jackson's black
! bludgeon determins the Maps success
| and failure in winning games, and
as the hitting of Crawford, Baker ard
| other great stars govern their teams
! so far Speaker hasn't stopped. HI
! las batted consistently since the sea
! son started, and the Red Sox have
won consistently. Three games in g
row is the longest period iris has
| gore hitless. Again he failed to hil
in two consecutive games. How is a
player who has batted so consistently
in 1873 games going to be stopped il
| a seven game series?
To offset these two short intervals
| of failure to hit safely Speaker has
| had three remarkable strings of con
secutive hits From June 16 to July
16 he hit every game-3O games in 4;
row. He hit safely 90 games in ro"
twice, from May % to June Is, ant
from July "a to August Is.
The three pitchers who held iris
hitIess three successive games wert
| Powell and Hamilton of the Browns
! and George Mulln of the Tigers. Fore
| and Mcconnell of the Yankees helf
! Speaker to no hits in the two game
Labor day in New York. Speaker
batting average is .389