Fergus County Democrat., 1913-12-02

of the Planters on strikes in clever
and two-thirds innings, the date he
turned the trick being July Is. Or
July II, 1910, Johnson made thirteen
of the Browns hit nothing but the
air in a game that was only eight in
nings long.
johnson never has been able to pitch
a no-hit game in fast company, but he
thrice has almost turned the trick. In
the opening game of the campaign In
1910 he limited the Athletics to one
safety, made by j. Franklin Baker
and that same season he confined the
Browns to a single hit, poled by Ar.
thur Truesdale. On June 10 this year
Detroit only was able to obtain one
hit of the man whom the Chalmers
trophy commissioners have named as
the player who did more for his team
than anyone else.
Johnson has lost only seven games
this year, the men who have van.
quished him being Ray Collins of Bos.
ton, twice leach time by the score OF
/ to %. Bill Steen and Vean Gregg OF
Cleveland, and Leslie Bush (twice)
and Carroll Brown of the Athletics.
The average number of runs OBJ
tanned off Johnson this year per game
is Ia; average number OF hits. $50.
The Cincinnati base hit" is doomed
The scoring rule framed last winter
to legalize this play will be wiped out
in December. A new rules commit
tee, to be made up of two club own
ers, two active team managers and
two baseball writer's, will revise the
entire playing code. The absurdity OF
the cincinnati base hit" never was
more clearly Illustrated than in the
final game of the worlds series. With
Eddie Murphy of the Athletics on
third, Frank Baker rolled grounder
along the first base line. Merkle, the
Giants first baseman, picked up the
ball and prepared to tag Baker before
throwing to the plate to get Murphy
But Baker and Murphy both stopped
running, so that Merkle, bewildered
didn't know what play to make. He
finally threw to the plate, but the ball
arrived in McLean's hands too late tc
head off run. Baker, meanwhile
dashed to first base in safety. Under
IAC OOAOAAOu0 0COl IuAC, DdhCI q
ceived credit for base hit, Gin
cinnati base hit, when, as a matter OF
common sense, it should have been
scored "fielder's choice" The at
i tempt to give batsmen hits under such
ridiculous conditions is decidedly un
fair to pitchers and the rule has been
condemned by practically all the man
ayers and scorers.-New York Sun.
j Ad Wolgast-the young man with
bank roll and jinx attachment-both
being full grown and well developed
For the beenfit of strangers let II
be explained that WOlgast is a saw
age little boxer who whipped every
133-pounder of his day. He won, honor
; ably defended and finally lost the
worlds lightweight championship. In
cidentally Ad earned fortune of over
i 100000, saved the greater part of It,
and suffered string of misfortunes
as startling line of accidents and
ailments as ever followed a man o
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A detailed list of Ads mourning
periods-we may have overlooked a
few minor items, at that's as fol
lows:
19O6-Left ear "cauliflowered" into
a bOwknot.
1907-Right ear scrambled to match
19O8-Bones in both hands cracked
and knocked out Of joint.
1909-Bridge of nose caved in. Sur
gical operation necessary.
1910-Arm broken in bout with Jack
Redmond. Rebroken in battle with
Tommy Mcfarland.
1911-Stricken with appendicitis
Successfully operated on.
1912-Bones in both hands injured
again.
1913-Suffered serious attack of pto
maine poisoning. Ribs cracked In
bout with sparring partner.
At his present gait Wolgast should
go into his fortieth year with cork
leg "a hickory arm, glass eye or two
and couple of rows of store teeth
Chicago, Dec. 1.-The National Col
ored Baseball league will be booming
when the 1914 season opens, Chicago
promoters announced recently, with
clubs in Chicago, New York, Philadel
phia, Detroit, Baltimore, Cleveland, st
Louis and possibly Kansas City.
White players will be ineligible in
the coiored league, and it's Chicago
hackers hope to pull big crowds.
Incorporation papers for the new
league were granted at Pierre, s. d.
with capital of $4,000. Five Chicago
men were named in the articles of in
corporation.
Jack Murray of the Giants likes a
light bat.
It SO happened that McGraw had a
fungo stick which was the light of his
existence. This particular kind of bat
is built on the order of light broom.
stick and used for batting out flies
and grounders in practice.
! When the team was in st. Louis
last summer Murray decided that he
would tryit out in a real game, un.
known to McGraW He tOOk a mighty