The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-19

would ne OF teams from
Baltimore. Richmond. Va; ST. Louis,
Chicago, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati.
George Browne. who started his
major league career With the Philiies.
later played with the New York
Giants. n this season managed the
defunct Washington club of the
United States league, has been signed
by Manager Doom AS utility out
fielder.
Merkle. the Giants first baseman.
has been out of The game With an in
iured thumb.
Second Baseman Fisher has been
turned back to the Brooklyn club 10y
the Newark club. owing to illness.
Umpire Owen, whose ankle was
broken by Il foul tip Friday in Phila-
delphia. was taken from the hospital
and moved to New York. Hc will be
GU of the game until August.
The Phils now have nine postponed
games to play off at home. There are
three each With New York and Brook
Ign and one each with ST. Louis and
Chicago.
Sunday baseball in Washington is a
probability of the near future. a con-
ference held by President Ban John
son and Manager Griffith at the for
mer's office recently resulted in the
head of the league giving his APP
prevail of such a change in the SEIZED
ulc and incidentally Immediately tax
ing the matter up With the other Of
ticlals of the Washington club.
Joe Asler, a first baseman the Chi
caeo Nationals obtained from Newark
at the opening of the season. has been
sold to the Atlanta club OF the South
ern league.
The ST. Louis Cardinals have Sc
cured First Baseman G. f. Mercer OF
the Louisiana state university. Many
major league scouts we're tipped of,
to him this spring. but the deal was
closed with the ST. Louis manage,
ment and Mercer will Join the biz
league club in st. Louis. Mercer is =
heavy hitter, and while somewhat in.
experienced as a fielder, he srasps ths
points quickly, and under Bresnahar
should develop quickly.
Barring the Giants Cubs and Pi
rates. the National league teams are
NCdN III Ntcl. 'llilEi
Arthur Irwin, who generally know!
what he is talking about. The Am,
erican league has a way Of securing
the cream of the PLAYING talent ron
year to year, Whether this is due tc
A bigger bank oil or better luck ir
picking up Youngsters l can't say. Bu'
the fact remains that five of the Ma,
tional league teams are tremendously
o~utclassed."
Southpaw Nap Rucker deserves te
be ranked as one of the leading south
paws of the pastime. Unfortunately
Napoleon is a member of a losing
team. and for that reason he does no
win as many games as Marqllard
Plank and others, and his brilliant
pitching goes by unnoticed. However
Rucker has beaten the Cardinals. Ii
rates and Cubs in succession. although
with an inferior team behind him. Or
June 5 Rucker beat the Cubs to 3
and gave the ~eN-champs but cigh'
hits. Following Fuckers triumph
over Chicago was a ] to o conques'
over the Pirates. Friday Rucker KEEP
up his work against the western team:
by stopping the Cardinals with two
runs and eight hits.
Its easier scouting for ball players
than managing a big league team.
SAYS Billy Murray. who is drawing pa!
from the Pittsburgh club for discover
ing phenomenons. Murray was vel
known up in New England back il
Sc as a player of the popular wintel
game called roller polo. He was cen
ter on the crack New Bedford team
with Rogers and NJ. Peck. rushers
Caravan. halfback. and Curley. goal
He played baseball in summer II wa!
the right fielder and manager of thu
Providence Eastern league team tor
years later. Murray Won Il pennan
with the jersey City team, developing
Mike Donlan. now shortstop of thu
Philadelphias, and other stars. anc
signing for q total salary of $1,000
for three Years. When Horace Foge
got hold Of the club Murray wa!
shelved. He a a struggle for hi
money and the matter was compro
missed. But he made up his min,
right there to quit managing am
when Barney Dreyfuss offered him
job as scout Murray leaped at it. Las
fall he recommended to the Pirate
the $22.500 O'Toole and his cleve
catcher. Kelly.
The ST. Louis Browns pitching de
partment is the first to feel the stin;
of the Stovall management. In offic
one week. the new leader decided tina
Barney Petty. Albert Red Nelson
and Joe Lake canno aid him in de
veloping a winning cam. To feel OH
the other seven American league club
waivers have been asked on thes
three pitchers. Il must go out an,
develop almost an entirely new team.
!, said Stovall. land l can't develop vet
3 Grams. Young blood is needed on tn
team, and have little of that. Whe,
. the team loses l gel the blame. so i
!! is up to me to give st. Louis a win
!, ner."
Two wonderful pitching stars @
last season are not showing the elias
they displayed last year. Both wer
tirst-year men in 1911. and their bril-
liant work was the talk of the coun
try. One was a right-hander and tn
other a southpaw. Both gave thei
clubs much trouble in signing Their
this spring. as both held out TO
Mathewson stipends. The right
handler is Grover Cleveland Alexande
! of the Phillies and the southpaw i
Nean Gregg of the Maps. ALEC" ha
!, been having Il tough time of it thi
year.. and when he does win he need
! a bushel of runs to put him through
Gregg has been Il little more success
full than Alexander. but he has dom
little better han an eve break. OF
find of 1911. has been a 1912 failure
though he injured his SHOULDER il
training n got owe it. Slim
Caldwell is the H~ighlanders' contribu
~ ton to the list of 1911 finds now hav
ing u on the diamond