Evening journal., 1913-02-01
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip.

The boozeless banquet given by the
Pittsburg baseball writer's to Bill
Locke didn't turn out any mild affair
One of the participants was badly In
iured by coming In contact With q
glass OF water
The roof Of the grandstand at Hart
ford, Conn. was recently blown away
The attention Of all clubs is called to
the fact that under the national
agreement, no other club Is allowed
TO use this roof without purchasing
its release.
New York papers say the Giants are
fred up all right even II Marquard
does suit, with Mathewson, Tesrau
Wiltse. Ames and Crandall To a lot
OF us It seems that the Giants will be
none too well on, even II they get
Marquard back.
Bob Hardman. outheldcr for the
local Southern shops team. has been
signed by Macon
Louisville would like team in tho
Southern league There are two
chances. one that tho burg will get
a Southern franchise and try contin-
uous baseball; the other that the Col
onels would drop out OF the American
association and hook up With the
Southern.
Evers II willing TO trade Jimmy
Sheckard and Vic Safer for Ed Ko-
netchy. Which Is fair enough, II the
Cards will fall for II.
Miller Higgins has been pecked for
the hrst time. Mrs. Britton has or
dered him TO sell Konetchy Salary
too high says Mrs B. "Cluck, cluck
cluckl"
AL DemRree Is wintering IN Chicago
Ed Sweeney is running garage IN
Chicago this winter. but will report on
time.
The United States league is still in
corporated
McGraw has revived his scheme Of a
world tour. He wants to take the
White Sox with him. Worlds tours
are nothing to Comiskey's teams
They take a half worlds tour every
spring.
Vincent Campbell has married. en-
tered the automobile accessory bust.
ness and quite baseball. But then
quitting and staying quite are differ
ent.
BIZ Schwartz will actively take
owe rhis Nashville Job this week
All this bunk about the golden rul,
lcutting any figure in the deal that let.
the Highlanders use the Polo ground.
is sickening. The Highlanders owl
their new park. The Giants do no
own the Polo grounds. Therefore
can the Giants afford to get on bas
terms with the Highlanders? Nix.
El@en men are tied up with BIZ
Locke in the ownership Of the Phillies
king" Cole will pitch for semi
professional team in Chicago mex
year.
The Charlottesville ball park Is
iirst-claes condition now. But then.
might rain before March. Probsbl
win.
New Orleans fans have about give
up hope that the Pelicans will &c
Yantz.
Bill Locke has announced that h
positively refuses TO be horscefogele
by Charley Murphy or anybody else
Grover Cleveland Alexander is run
ming pool parlor at St. Paul, Minn
He is a poor player but a good col
lector.
W NJ. Kayanaugh is now leagu
president. United States Senator. bos
lof Arkansas and representative o
'the interests at Little Rock Whicl
lis Poo-Bahing some.
Bill Smith is boosting the involun
ltary candidacy of Newt Ethridge fo
the presidency of the South Atlantic
League He's straight as a strin,
and knows baseball" says Bill THE!
couldnt find a better man"
Jack Powell says he would rathe
be a private in ST. Louis than a Col
lonel in Louisville.
Evidently the Vernon club uncorkel
lsomething unexpected on Roy Castle
ton when they sent him to Nashville
lOnly a few days ago Roy wrot Bill
Smith, saying he was crazy about AZ
lanta, but that his health would no
allow him to play in the Southern
league
Miller Higgins and Larry McLeal