Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-08-22
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Clymer Is doing excellent work with
the Braves,

Beals Becker has made good with
the Philadelphia fans.
They say that at the keystone sack
Ty Cobb is another Hal Chase.
No. Greggs first name isn't Vean.
1t is Sylveanus-Vean for short
kink Cole Is shining example OF
what pitcher can do II given a real
chance.
The Athletics have one Of the best
catching STATS in the country in
Schang. Thomas and Lapp.
Manager Griffith has as good quar-
tet Of hurlers in Johnson. Engel. Groom
and Boehling as there is in the league.
Each season some ball player goes
to sleep on base hit to right field and
Is thrown out before he can get to
first.
,Maranville is fielding the ball faster
and with more accuracy than any
other shortstop in the big leagues this
year.
Jack Stansbury, one Of the American
association sluggers a year ago. is
batting far below the 300 mark this
season.
George Dauss is pitching the elias.
siest brand of ball in the league" says
Umpire Tommy Connolly of Ban John
sons staff.
Bob Bescher of, the Reds is getting
roasted hard by the fans Of Cincinnati.
The outfielder has been pulling some
bone plays.
Leverenz is a product of the Chica-
60 corner lots. Walter says working
in a blacksmith shop is what gave him
his strong wing.
Jimmy Toman, the Northwestern
league umpire, will officiate in the Ma
tional league In 1914, President Fielder
Jones announced.
Manager Jennings Is thinking OF
making an outfielder of Edgar Willett,
his big hurler. who can bang the ball
with the best of them.
Owner Col. Bob Hedges Of the
Browns claims that he has the three
best southpaws in the world in Hamil-
ton, Leverenz and Weilman.
One player who stubbornly refuses
to take the count at the hands OF
Time is Eddie Plank-one of the won
1ers Of the age in the big pastime.
Joe Tinker is dickering with the
Kansas club for Cy Morgan. who has
been pitching some good ball in the
American association this summer.
Fred Walker, former University of
Chicago pitcher, and later known as
the Mysterious Mitchell Of baseball,
has signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Davy Jones, the former Detroit and
Chicago player, is hammering the pill
all over the American association lots.
Davy is hitting the pellet at .345
clip.
Dapper Miller Higgins fast is con-
vincing the st. Louis fans that he long
ago was qualified for the position as
manager that was passed to Bresna-
han.
There will be some wire-pulling on
the part of the umpire to get the job
of officiating in the worlds series this
fall because of the $1,000 that is to be
paid.
Frank Chance hopes to get his team
into sixth place before many weeks
have passed If he can only keep the
tailenders going as we'll as they have
recently.
DR.. John Lavan, the whirlwind little
shortstop OF the Browns, has started
hitting the ball with vengeance, and
it is now quite likely he will be able to
hold his job.
Pitchers Blanding, Yingling. Cald-
we'll and Harmon are up in the 300
division. All except Harmon are doing
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on the rubber. 49,
Manager Franch Chance says that
the Athletics are much better team
this year than they ever we're before.
"They are better than they were in
1870" he says
Dick Rudolph, who seemed doomed
to dwell indefinitely in the Interna-
tional league, but was rescued by
George Stallings, has proved consis-
tent winner for the Braves. 49,
Any one who picked Pittsburg and
Cincinnati for the second division be-
fore the season started would have
found himself appearing before q
lunacy commission. Yet ..'
Two former Detroit Tigers are bat
ting over the 300 mark in the Amer
lean association. Jim Delehanty is
clouting the ball at 800 clip. while
Claud Rossman is leading him by q
single point. Ss% r.. go. ~
Almeida, who was recently released
by the Cincinnati club to the Montreal
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