Evening journal., 1913-04-25
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip.

deem yesterday.
Eleven hits. II we can draw that
many next Friday against Allentown,
Joy will be wild.
Stoll. Russell Smith and Mr.. Smith,
recruits, led the veterans at the stick,
with two each Each Smith drew a
double. Good for the Smith family.
Our old friends, McKenna. Jackson
and Meyers, tore off singles.
Brown let the visitors out with two
singles. That's some pitching.
The Wilmington League plays
its second series Of games tomor-
row.
The GAINESVILLE team is now travel
ing under the name Of the Flood Suf-
ferersl"
Charley Murphy has slipped a sea-
son pass to every member of the Illi-
nois Legislature in an effort to salve
off hostile legislation.
J. McGraw claims he has seven men
who will steal forty bases each for
the season. That's $50 for seven men,
or say 300 for the team
The way President Lynch has start
ed after the rough-necks in his
league makes Ban ohnson look like
an amateur.
Therell be some surprised big
league ball players the first time Will
son Collins, former Vanderbilt foot
ball. baseball and track star, lays
down a bunt and starts for first
They'll probably figure that because
he's a pitcher he's slow. The truth
Is Collins is undoubtedly one Of the
fastest men In the big leagues to-
day.
Mrs. Blossom Seeley MarQuard is
travelling with the Giants, to keep an
eye on "Rube."
Manager Dahlen, Of the Brooklyn
Dodgers has signed a school pitcher
for try-out He is Eddie Phelan.
Clarke Griffith declared today that
he would appeal to Ban Johnson TO
switch umpires so that Bill Dineen
would not be assigned in the future
to handle games between Washington
and Boston. The Old Fox insists
that Dineens decisions have shown
undue bias in favor Of the Red Sox.
Only one week more and the Chicks
will be at II in earnest
Dave Zearfoss' Gas Company wal
lopers will give the boys more good
practice tomorrow.
, Cassidy is planning a big celebra-
tion for the opening of the season
, They're glad to get Jackson back. It's
home sweet home and Jimmie is
going to be right in Il a week from
today. The Mayor will do his duty
at the game, there will be bands,
noise and a big parade.
Regular old-fashioned July or Au-
gust baseball with Boston and Brook
lyn going twelve innings for deci-
sion. Allen allowed only eight hits
just one more than James, but that
one brought In the single run Of the
game that gave Boston the edge.
Seven straight now for the Giants
and with the entire pitching stan In
tip-top form, they threaten to run
Wild
II Manager Higgins, Of the Cardi-
nails, had any pitchers TO spare hS
q might have used them against the Gin.
b cinnati Reds, but with IA hits off fivt
Of them-what's the use?
5 Detroit lost again, but Crawford
contributed a home run and Busi
! stole three bases without Ty Cobb.
Three triples in four times up, gen.
orally considered days work, was
the offering of Williams, of the st
Louis Browns. To top Il off he look
ed after his garden in good shape anC
st. Louis won.
Mr. Groom, OF Washington, prob
ably now recalls that baseball games
are not over until the end OF the nintl
inning. One run behind in the ninth
the Boston Red Sox hit safely foui
times and scored as many runs, which
!, was enough.
= The New York Yankees scored bu
{ one run off Bender on nine singles. ;
n double and a triple. while the Ath
G letics scored the four runs on fiv,
4 hits.