The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-03-21

| ---~--T==---------@-&
! Yale and Harvard. Yale men are re-
/ ported to be of the same mind In
| spite Of the enthusiasm of the Amer
lean youths, a determined attempt will
| be made to bring the meet in the lat
ter part Of June.
/ Former champion maker Ed ReuI
| bach, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs,
! isn't having amy too easy a time OF II
| this spring. Just the other day, when
| he was pitching for the regulars. the
! yanigans in two innings got to him for
seven hits, five passes. and a hit bat
ter. 1t was not so in the good old
| days.
Those Boston Braves sure do have
touch luck. Manager StalIings now
| is trying to convert Art Bues. this
smuggling third-baseman, into an out
fielder because of the dearth of capa-
bic fy-chasers. The only other play
ers available are Seymour, Kirke.
Jackson and Titus. Kirke is below
standard in fielding, while Seymour's
pins are not what they used 10 be. The
retirement of Vincent Campbell, the
stellar outergardener. is a serious loss
to the team.
An interpreter is carried by the
Washington club for the benefit of the
two young Cuban players, Acosto and
Calvo, who have not yet mastered Eng
fish. They play ball cleverIy. though.
Calvo is a bunter of the Willie Keller
type, while Acosta Is a remarkably
heavy hitter. The interpreter. il may
be explained, is none other than Joe
Gallia, pitcher held on trial from the
Kansas City club of the American As
sociation. He speaks Spanish fluent
~. and has practically adopted the
two Cubans.
Talking about natural hitters our
old friend ]. Franklin Baker. OF tho
Philadelphia Athletics would appear to
be one. The man who broke the hearts
of Mathewson and Marquard celebrat-
ed his first appearance in uniform tho
other day by battling out three singles.
double. and a triple in an exhibition
game with the San Antonio club.
This Indian, Jim Thorpe. refuses 10
be downed by the white mans game
of big league baseball He has pretty
nearly won himself a place as a regu-
lar outfelder of the New York Giants,
in spite of ragged fielding. He boost
ed his stock considerably the other
day when, in a practice game between
the yanigans and the regulars. he
knocked a home run off the delivery OF
one Christy Mathewson. About the
last time anybody had done that was
in the worlds series of 1911. when one
J. Frank Baker, Of Trappe. Nd SINH
larly abused one of Matty's most Sc
lect slants. Matty still is wondering
how the aborigine did it.
In spite of the attitude of indiffer-
ence taken by Muggsy McGraw, the
Giant manager would appear to be
worrying a bit about the continued
hoId-out of Southpaw Rube Vanguard
Muggsy sent Scott Dick Kinsela out to
San Francisco recently to see what the
RUDE thought about things in general
Dick found that the hurler-actor hadn't
been doing a single bit of thinking
since he last declared that he intend
ed to remain on the stage rather than
play under the terms of the three-year
contract by which he still is held
President Jimmy FAleer, OF the
Boston Red Sox is confident that his
team will repeat and this year again
win the American league pennant. He
says that the team is % per cent
stronger in every department than it
was year ago. for his plsyers are
all young men bound to improve in
ability. He declares that the Athletics.
which Connie Mack has prophesled
will land on top, can hardly be eE-
pected to find their veteran pitching
staff, upon which Mack relies. as good
as last year. Still Jimmy admits that
Connie has the best inieid In the
league It's a cinch that the Athletics
and some other teams, too. will make
the Red Sox hustle. Some Of them ap
near to be even more than IS per cent
better than last year-New York.
Cleveland and st. Louis being ex-
amples.
University OF Pennsylvania rocters IKE
their football team. Hence an obhg1nE
mana cement has scheduled only one game
away from home that on November 10.
when Pennsy plays Michigan at Ann Ar
Dor we've heard of some teams to which
a reverse state Of affairs would be nerci
fui. no name need be mentioned Let
the shoe Mt whom II VIII.
Mavbe Dave Altizer. who has seen
perience in the American and National
leagues as well with the Minneapolis team
now is besides numerous other spots not
80 distinctly charted on the baseball map,
will be less outspoken after this IN regard
II have played baseball all over the
map. from Dan to Beershebs,' duoth
Dave to Red Owens the other day.
''I've been around little myself" re-
torted Red. "but you have something on
me: never played in either Of those
A news item announ the death Of
Michael Driscoll who notice says.
was catcher for the st. Louis Browns
when the team was four times a pennant-
winner" WIN the young gentleman at
the end OF the front row please speak
1p quickly and tell Us without hesitation
when the Browns were a four-time pen
naut-vgfnner2 No2 Well, you see, DrIs-
coli retired in 1895 so that no one OF
he present generation could be expected
70 be remembered about Mikes cham
7ionship experiences. This is not an an
,ient history class.
Subscribe for The Journal.