Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-09-18
|}{|RS3|!I }R!IlII
Manager Miller Higgins believes he
has star in his young pitcher.

Manager Miller Higgins believes he
has star in his young pitcher.
Already some of the Cincinnati bugs
have been predicting a new manager
for the Reds.
Frank Schultz, of the Cubs, predicts
that he will make at least thirty home
runs this season.
Connie Mack is in doubt as to his
old twirlers The Old Fox 10 carrying
ten pitchers with him.
Hughey Jennings has Deacon Jim
Mcclure and Joe Sugden helping him
develop the young Tigers.
Hughie Jennings admitted very re-
Gently that the Tigers are stronger
than they have been since 1870
Jimmy Archer will be used on first
base against the left-handed pitchers.
according to Evers' announcement.
Bert Shotton, the Browns young
outhelder. Is picked by the st. Louis
scribes as the fastest man In baseball.
Meanwhile. the shortstop of the Bos-
ton team. Ia not much bigger than a
shad's eyelash. but he can hit and tield.
It begins to look as II Callahan had
let go OF real pitcher in Chief John
son. Tinker is willing to bet little
he did
Cy Morgan. whom the Athletics sent
to Kansas City. is pitching superb
ball. Cy won his first A. A. game by
defeating Toledo s to 2.
Coach Heine Peitz Of the Cardinals
Is working out daily coaching four Of
Manager Higgins twirlers-Redding.
Burke. Hunt and Perritt
Manager Joe Birmingham says he
will not shift Larry Lajoie to first
base this season. He'll play second
this year." said Birmingham.
Sam Agnew, whom the Browns pur-
chased from Vernon. Cal, Is one Of the
most promising young backstops that
ever donned pad and mask.
The French youths are taking to the
game of baseball very fast This year
the American game Is being played on
many of the back lots Of Paris.
Ray Schalk looks like a second Jim
my Archer, Ray has developed the
snap" throw and has Jimmy Archer's
habit Of polling out two base drives.
McGraw states definitely that Jim
Thorpe will be retained on the roster
Of the Giants all this season at least.
The Giant leader Is no weloher. at any
rate.
They say that McGraw's offer of
$4,000 for Harold Janvrin. the young
first sacker of the Boston Red SoI.
saved the youngster from going to the
minors.
Pitcher Cutting of the Milwaukee
Brewers WAS the first twirler to pitch
a one-hit game in the American Asso-
citation. And at that 1t only was a
scratch hit.
In the last two seasons Lajoie and
Jackson, the two great Cleveland
sluggers, have been at bat 1905 times
and poled out 739 hits-a combined
average Of 1877.
Catcher Ainsmith Of Washington is
catching the best ball Of HIS career
His batting is 80 good that Manager
Griffith has placed him higher up in
the batting order
Big Chief Johnston was minor
Lacquer for a day. The White Sox
turned him back to st. 10 in the West
ern league, but by night he had been
bought by Cincinnati
Secretary Mason of the Browns has
adopted the scheme inaugurated by
Secretary Blackwood OF the Cleve-
lands last year Of sending on advance
information on his ball team
Manager McGraw has secured
promise from Malcolm Russell, the
sensational shortstop Of the Uni.
versity of Virginia nine. to play with
the Giants II he decides to enter pro-
fessional baseball
Joe Tinker Is making hay even
though the sun has not been shining
every day since he took charge OF
the reds. In Pittsburgh the other day
Joe was given a tremendous round Of
applause when he came to bat the
first time, showing that he is popular
In other places besides Cincinnati and
Chicago