Evening journal., 1913-01-15
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip.

Hold-out bulletin: Doc Kerr will
join the ranks
Haverhill has decided to retain its
place in the New England league It
hasn't made mohey lately, but it has
hopes
Germany Schaeffer once decided he
was cut out for first baseman. He
procured a mitt and went for the job.
II was the year Hal Chase broke I'm.
Schaeffer watched Chase ten minutes.
threw away his mit; pulled on
glove and trotted for centerheld. He
hasn't been backs since
Considering what Roger Bresna-
han cost the Cardinals originally Il
develops that tho woman-managed
club lost S6s,OO0 on the deal
William H. Locke, new owner OF the
Phillies, is said TO have announced
that he does not intend TO retain mike
Donlin on his pay rolls.
Wonder how tlckel J Evers was
when Murphy bought Bresnahan. It's
the old logical successor game in
the same old way.
About 80 papers throughout the
country have fallen for the story that
Chief Bender Is down IN San Antonio.
working his head of to get in shape
for the coming season. AS a matter
OF fact he is still visiting in Atlanta,
hunting and playing golf.
Now that Brosnahan has announced
that the Cubs will win thepennant II
makes it unanimous with him and
Murphy.
Joe Tinker has asked all the Cincin-
natl baseball writer's please to tell him
how to run his club--which they viii
surely do.
The Red Sox, on the recommenda-
ton Of iris Speaker, have signed
George Foster. right handler of the
/ Houston team.
Connie Mack Is kicking because it's
so hard for a big league ball club to
make any money and then throws
down an offer for a half million for
the Athletics.
Chrissty Mathewson believes that
the White Sox are going to send Lord
and Zeidler to the Maps for Lajoie
and Turner He says It in one Of his
syndicate stories Matty, like the rest
Of us. is undoubtedly up against it
for something TO write about.
Doc Lucas is willing to take a job
as umpire-if anybody is willing to
give It to him
Dispatches from Rochester insin-
uate that the International leaguers
are sore because Mcmillan was turned
backed 10 them-so sore that they are
talking of breaking their arrangement
with the Highlanders Their must be
some trick to this. It doesn't listen
plausible.
Lists of the big philanthropies of
the year begin with the Carnegie's
gifts Of S135,0000 600 and end with Fred
Snoderass' donation Of worlds
championship.
Referring to white elephants--Col-
onol Leets has one in Newton, with
blue on 1t.
If the report that j. Franklin Baker
is shooting ducks for the market is
true, It appears to all good sportsmen
that he might be better employed.
AS Doom doesn't seem to be getting
any catchers, he Is likely to make
Run Walsh over into one. lie GER
tainly does not intend TO do much of
the hackstopping work himself II
interferes with his thinking.
Doc Adkins who has outlived his
pitching usefulness. will probably
catch on With Troy or Wilkes Barre as
a manager
Sam Frock os unsavory memory In
Atlanta, will probably so to Harry
! Wolverton's Sacramento team this
season.
The United States league is IN again.
u has taken out New Jersey fran
chise.
Before George Packert went down
with scarlet fever he had been acting
as a private detective for a Cleveland
department store Now they say he
finally succeeded in catching some
thing
Eugene L. Brown, former University
; OF Virginia pitcher, who was counted
! on to do big things this year for Yale
Z has been dropped on account of schol-
! arship deficiencies
l With a combination Of Bresnahar
. and Archer. providing neither has
= gone back, the Cubs will have ad.
. mittedly the best catching star il
America.
!, CRAWFORD WANTS TO FIGHT.
e Jack Crawford, the pugilist. woul,
S like to fight Kid Near in Chester. o
Philadelphia, at any time.