The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-07-25

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Cravath refuses to stop his terrific
batting.
Joe Tinker's batting is best OF his
whole baseball career.
In Rebel Cakes the Cardinals have a
corking outfielder and hitter.
iris Speaker of the Red Sox is get
ting into the battle for the swat title.
This replacing wabbly pitchers with
the stars may win few games but
lose few pennants.
Charlie Deal, the former Tiger now
playing third for Providence, leads his
team with the willow.
Hugh Duffy is causing great stir
with his Portland team in the little
old New England league.
Loomis of the Adrian South MIGHT
gan league team pitched no-hit game
against Bay City at Adrian.
Russell Ford of the Yankees has
been showing his old-time form and
pitching some great ball of late.
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And now Connie Mack has bought
back a player he sold. Claude Derrick.
has again been bought by the Athlet-
les.
George Kahler, pitcher of the Maps,
says that Joe Jackson makes most of
his hits when the pitcher has him in
the hole.
Jack Lapp, catcher of the AthleticsI
is one player who doesn't do any kick
ing to speak of when umpires don't
suit him.
Hobe Ferris, formerly of several big
league clubs, is playing star game
for the Columbus club of the American
association.
They can't stop u.s." says Danny
Murphy, captain of the Athletics. DAN
ny declares that the Mackmen will
win in walk.
Rube Oldring's sensational playing
has helped the Athletics considerably.
Oldring has been hitting and fielding
in his usual style.
Bill Carrigan has rounded to his
proper form, and his great work has
had much to do with the recent sue
cess Of the Red Sox. III
One of the unique records Of the sea-
son goes to Ems, the Providence first
baseman, who had only one put-out in
full nine-inning game.
1t is not sure bet Tinker will not
be able to make good on his claim of
finishing ahead of Evers in the Nation
al league race after all.
Owner Bob Hedges of tho Browns
says that the statements that Hickey
is to succeed Stovall as manager of
the ST. Louis team are false.
This Is the time to predict some
baseball shakeups When the mag
mates debate whether to put large
bomb beneath the managers. Z
The combined ages of the umpires
is automatically stated as 429 years.
This includes those estimable gentle
men, Hank O'Day and Bob Emslie.
The big contest in Washington just
now is to see whether Walter Johnson
can win more games than all the rest
of the Senator pitchers put together.
George Dauss, the young Tiger
hurler, owes his recent success to the
fact that he finally has mastered con-
troll, according to Hughie Jennings.
Just now it causes Fred Clarke
pang of regret every time he sees
Tommy Leach walk to the plate and
drive out a single against his pitchers.
Terry Turner is entitled to a consid-
cradle space in the list of comebacks.
He is playing the best game of his
life and is hitting the ball with ven
geance.
They say that Jean Dubuc, the
French Canadian master of the change
Of pace, can hurl great ball for eight
innings, but his right arm refuses to
work after that.
Joe Boehling seems to be the only
member of Griffith's corps of young
pitchers who has been developed into
a good enough hurler to be worked
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