Evening journal., 1913-02-07
BASEBALL
Diamond News and Gossip.

Umpire Johnstone. late of the Ma
tlonal league. and earlier of the
Southern, has been signed by the
American association.
John McGraw ought to have been
circus press agent. This Thorpe
stuff is worth ten thousand columns
of free advertising for the Giants,
which is cheap at $4,000. as any ad-
vertising agency will inform you.
If the st. Louis Browns inheld is
made up of Stovall at first, Pratt at
second, Balenti at short and Austin
at third. it is likely to be a lively ag-
gregation Pratt and Balenti, the
Southern leaguers of the quartet, are
hitters.
From S125 month at Rock Mount
TO $4,000 for the season with the
Giants is some jump for a man who
virtually hasn't thrown or hit ball
in the meantime.
Doyle intimates that he wants to be
buried-after he dies-in st. Louis.
He saws the devil himself would never
think Of looking for ball player
there.
Rube Waddell wants to know If this
statement. that appeared recently in
a headline is a knock or boost:
"Waddell still has all his old-time
speed
/ Rube Marquard may have won nine
teen straight press notices in nine
teen days this winter, but he's a bum
in the publicity league compared with
Jim Thorpe. And Jim never alienated
anybody's affections either.
Joe Birmingham has promised to
release Lajoie outright when Cleve-
land is through with him.
Lou V. Bader, last year OF the Dali
las. Tex. team has signed his con-
tract with the Giants.
Somebody is circulating a story that
a pennant winner in the Southern is
that out. Three pennant winners,
Nashville. Memphis and New Orleans
/ have repeated; while Atlanta won the
ragt twice IN three years
Rv. Weuholz. an Australian pitch
, er. wants TO play for the Giants. He
r is willing to report If he gets fare
Bill Bernhard needs only catcher
to fill out his squad-but he needs a
> whole new team to win a pennant.
Sixteen out of thirty Cardinals are
! ! hold-outs Mrs Brittin is evidentl,
economizing,
President-elect Woodrow Wilson
e has been asked to pitch the first bal
J this year on the Washington field.
he's q good sport he will take il on.
T George Mcconnell got a $500 rsis
d by the New Yorks. even IL he did VIII
l. but eight games last season.
a Garry Hermann is going 10 kick
v the schedule committee hands tn
d Reds another Of those forty-three-da,
p trips around the circuit in the earl
part Of the season. He claims tha
II these trips have wrecked the Reds.
Larry Mclean will escort the Car
: dinsl youngsters to Columbus. Ga
y this spring They will be in larg
y but uncertain hands.
Men who played baseball wit
Thorpe report that he was neve
n happy unless he knocked the ball ou
le of the lot They believe that whe
n McGraw gets him TO hitting modei
X ately he will bat like Ty Cobb.
n Artie Hoffman turned up at Pirat
Is baseball headquarters the other da
looking hale and hearty, and signe
his contract IF he is really in ole
,b time form, Dreyfuss may yet get III
W laugh on Murphy
ne George Heckert has one of his ol
IN friends with him at York in the pc
son OF Home Run Johnson, I
IL Trenton, whose change was effecte
IN through the trade of Jimmy Clarl
Ss 'is On Saturday, Feb. Sth
nd nj Come and get a
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