Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-05-21
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Manager Miller Higgins believes he
has star in his young pitcher.
Already some of the Cincinnati bugs
have been predicting 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 is 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
outfielder, is picked by the St Louis
scribes as the fastest man in baseball.
Meanwhile, the shortstop of the Bos-
ton team. is not much bigger than a
shad's eyelash, but he can hit and teld.
II begins to look as II Callahan had
let go of real pitcher in Chief John
son. Tinker is willing to bet a 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 O.
Coach Heine Petz 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 thai
ever donned pad and mask
The French youths are taking to the
game OF baseball very fast. This veal
the American game is being played OF
many of the back lots of Paris.
Ray Schalk looks like a second Jim
my Archer Ray has developed tn
snap" throw and has Jimmy Archer
habit of polling out two-base drives.
McGraw states definitely that jim
Thorpe will be retained on the rosie
of the Giants all this season at least
The Giant leader is no welcher, at an.
rate.
They say that McGraw's offer o
$4,000 for Harold Janvrin the youn
first sacker OF the Boston Red Son
saved the youngster from going to tn
minors.
Pitcher Cutting OF the Milwaukee
Brewers was the first twirler to pitc
one.hit game in the American Assc
citation And at that It only was
scratch hit.
In the last two seasons Iaioie an
Jackson. the two great Clevelan
sluggers, have been at bat 1906 time
and poled out 7S9 hits--a combine
average of .3S7
Catcher Ainsmith OF Washington
catching the best ball of his caree
His batting is so good that Manage
Griffith has placed him higher up
the batting order
Big Chief Johnston was mine
Lacquer for a day The White So
turned him back to St 10 in the Yves
ern league. but by night he had bee
E bought by Cincinnati
] Secretary Mason of the Browns hj
j adopted the scheme inaugurated
Secretary Plackwood of the Clev
lands last year of sending on advanC
information on his ball team
Manager McGraw has secured
nromise from Malcolm Russell ~
sensational shortstop Of the Ur
, versitv of Virginia nine. TO play vii
! the Giants If he decides to enter pr
fessional baseball.
No more games will Oe cut short
cleveland to allow visiting team,
catch a train Ban Johnson ruiz
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