The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-11
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New York is the Mecca of baseball
gossip this week with the big league
meetings there. Also Frank Chance.
To New York the peerless leader is
greater than Wall Street, Morgan or
the Man Higher Up.
Chance LIS the peerless leader now,
but If his club falls down on him he
will be the putrid loser, the poor
lunatic or some other kind OF r,
Sam Crane says
Skaters excuse for not being
willing to play with the Giants again
for the reason that the other players
jumped on the unfortunate Snod-
grass in the clubhouse after the last
worlds series game last fall is just
as ridiculous and far-fetched as his
excuse about the perfumed notes.
"Shafer was unduly chivalrous in his
support was defense Of his old college
chum and ciassmate. The same call
Ing down of q player who Is respon-
sible in a way for the loss of any
game, whether championship con-
test or an exhibition game. is COM
mon, in fact, of daily occurrence among
professional players, and college men
are not exempt from II altogether, as
Shafer himself we'll knows
The old Baltimore Orioles were
noted for their squabhles and argu-
ments after games, and they were
three time champions In fact, there
is not a champion team that ever
played baseball that did not have like
clashes among themselves. The most
successful managers, too rather than
trying to prevent the wordy argu-
ments that were heated. endeavored
to promote them, and frequently took
means to stir up the players to the hot
stage, 1t put the good old pep into
the boys for the next game. was the
way the managers thought about it,
and it was only the wishy washy fell
lows, the molly coddles, who held any
resentment after they left the club
house. There were never any better
friends and who stuck closer together
during their ball playing DAYS as a
team and after than those same BaIti-
more Orioles.
And mind you, every Giant not
only lost that highest of baseball hon
ors to be a member Of the world e
championship team, bur each lost ST.
500 as the result OF Snodgrass's costly
muff that any player on the nine
might have made. Shafer il very I'M
reasonable and silly to make that
the basis of his excuse for retiring
from the game"
Lee Callaghan, of Brooklyn, is said
to be a second Willie keeier- 'Tisn' t
tune }pI. Wine hStts > are CEN
fury plants. However, one bug says
of Callaghan;
Hes little, but he has The max
ings of wonderful fielder He covers
"a lot of ground, is a splendid thrower
and is d great hitter. How so small
a man gets so much power in his
swing i don't know. Canaghan is
a long hitter In one Of the games
last year Elmira only got three hits,
but each OF the hits was made by
CaIlaghan and each was a home run.
! The Superbas have only ten games
on their training schedule, Brooklyn
will play Newark I'm Augusta on
March 21st and 22d, and will hook up
with Newark again in Savannah on
March 2Sth and 2ath.- Brooklyn il
billed to play Richmond in Richmond
on March 31st and April LIST.
Clark Griffiths Senators will enter
tan Brooklyn in Washington on April
I'd and Sd. and on April 9Th the
Superbas will informally open Ebbets
field with a game against the High
landers, Chances clan and Dahlen S
demons will clash again at Ehbe IS
field on April Eth.