Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-03
BASE BALL BRIEFS


The conviction is growing among De-
troit scribes that the Tigers lack the
punch. Three straight games were lost
to minor leaguers despite the fact that
the Tigers got more hits. They could
not deliver in. the pinch. The aforesaid
scribes are beginning to figure that the
Brown won't finish last Ty Cobb to
the contrary. notwithstanding.
Eddie Cicotte has been doing SO well
on the coast that, next to Walsh ana
White, he is looked on by Callahan as
the most dependable twirler the white
SOx have.
Manager Stallings of the Bostons had a
brief spell of disgust the other day
and told his regulars that il they didn't
watch out. he would fire them all to the
bushes and start the season with moth
ing but recruits on hand.
The Tigers pitching staff is going so
poorly that AL Klawitter stands good
chance of sticking through the season.
Johnny Evers is trying to make Fred
Toney a spitball pitcher
George Hildebrand has left the coast
for Chicago to matriculate as member
of Ban Johnson's umpire staff.
An American in Havana, who is an en-
thusiastic Brooklyn fan, has written a let
ter to Manager Dahlen calling him to ac-
count for not signing Thomas Romanach,
The writer had tipped off Dahlen to the
player, but was not needed.
George Gibson's batting eye is in fine
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he has got at least two hits and on one
occasion got five hits out of five times up.
Ball Sweeney, the captain of the Boston
Nationals. is signing up all his team
mates to accident insurance policies.
Red Nelson. the young pitcher with the
Phillies, performed for the Browns three
years ago, and was a sensation for few
weeks.
Report has it that Almeida will be
turned over by Tinker to the Birmingham
club of the Southern League.
Ball players Of the National League
gave Johnny Evers the nickname of
Schultz last year, and Roger Bresna-
han never calls him anything else.
RUDE Oldring has played shortstop in
several of the Athletics exhibition games
and looks like the same capable infielder
that he was several years ago when sta
toned at third base.
Sprinting drill plays a big part in the
training program of the Boston Nation-
ais. Gervais, g. recruit, holds the fifty
yard record of the team at 2-5 seconds
Wilmington, n. c.. is the latest town
to fiirt with the Phillies with the idea of
becoming their 1914 training camp All
sorts of promises have been made as a
lure.
Eddie Plank says the principal differ
ence between Cobb and Lajoie is that
the former will not hit at the ball un-
less it is over the plate, whereas Lajoie
is as likely to make a home run off a
wild pitch as off ball in the groove.
Fred Luderus has been hitting the ball
SO hard that Doom has about changed
his mind in regard to taking him out and
shifting the speedier Magee to first base.
O'Keefe, an outf1elder on the Raleigh
team OF young Earl Mack, has received
about the most severe injury of the year.
While chasing fly he bumped into the
fence and broke his collarbone. He is out
of the game for two months at least.
Pitcher CIauss of the Tigers, being the
only left-hander on the staff, is certain
to get a regular job.
Kenneth Nash. formerly of Brown Uni
versity, has such an ironbound contract
with Toledo that the team cannot get
rid of him until June !. When he signed
last year he insisted that a form drawn
up by lawyer friend be used and the
customary contract sidetracked, which
was done.
John Collins, the slugger of the White
Sox, broke his bat the other day and has
not been able to hit with any of the new
ones he has tried. He Is the most dis
gruntled member Of the squad.
Bobby Byrne says that it is all rot to
predict he will be a worse batter because
Of being hit by Woods hard pitch. i've
been hit before he said, land don't feel
any different when I go up to bat now"
joe MeGinnity, now owner of the Ia
coma team, has made hit with his per;
sonality on the coast. Somehow his style
seems to appeal to the far westerners. /
Pitcher Cy Falkenberg. the lanky, will
be kept by the Maps. and either Baskette
or Kahler will be sent to Toledo to pay
for him.
Jimmy Callahan announces that he will
keep the White Sox squad intact until
next Monday, when a wholesale procla-
nation OF releases will be made.
Two promising pitching recruits of the
Maps are Abb Peddy. late of Dodson, La.
and Ffnis Wilson, who halls from Green's
burg. Ky.
In order to prevent overcrowding Of
ID Do lr
cinnati management has announced that
every seat will be reserved.
Joe Tinker says the Reds probably will
start the regular schedule with this bat
ting order: Bescher. Ii; Bates. CT. !:
Tinker, SIS; Hoblftzell. h.; Becker. ri. !;