Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-24
BASE BALL BRIEFS.

McGraw had a chance to get younr
Fred Kommers, who Is starring in the
Pirate outfield. but passed him UP. ac.
cording to yarn that emanates from
Springfield, ILL.,, where Kommers played
on the local Three l League team.
Hamilton. Weilman and Leverenz of
the Browns form probably the strongest
group Of left-handers owned by any
team.
Tom Hughes Of Washington says that
when his pitching days are ended he
wants to become an umpire.-New York
Sun.
Youth is being served In the American
League race for batting laurels bu. In
the National League the old-timers are
crowding near the top. with such namss
as Cravath Crandall, King, Wagner,
Higgins and Titus In the front rank.
Fred Clarke says Bill KLEIN Il by Tar
the best umpire In either league
Topsy Hartsel. owner Of the Toledo
club has sold Paddy Livingston. the
former Athletics catcher, to Indianap-
oils.
No man ever has batted 400 for three
straight years, but Ty Cobb seems to be
about to turn the trick
Morris Rath, the second baseman, has
been chosen by the White Sox as their
representative on the board OF the Base
Bali Players Fraternity.
The Pirates expect to return homo In
third place. and to be in second place by
the time they go on the road again.
Bill Carrigan will not be able to get
any real results out of the Red Sox be-
cause of q bunch of bitter cliques within
the club, according to Boston sharps.
The chief reason why the Braves aren't
higher up is dec AIRED to be poor fielding
by the outfielders. who. however. form q
large part OF the teams batting strength.
It is estimated that, including profits
Of his stock and share of the worlds
series money as well as his salary,
Jake Stahl cleared over $4,000 with
start his own bank3
The Buffalo club is reported to have
refused $4,000 for Second Baseman
Frank Truesdale. He once was with
the st. Louis Browns. and Scout
Charley Barrett declared at the time
that he was sure to make good eventu-
ally.
Promoters of the California Winter
coming season. There will be eight
clubs in the circuit-Los Angeles, San
Diego, Santa Barbara, San Bernardino.
Long Beach, Oxnard, Bakersfield and
Santa Ana.
Babe Adams has been troubled on hot
days this year, feeling dizziness after
pitching a few innings on extremely
torrid days, SO that he has had to quit
the box to avoid sunstroke.
The chief fault of Dan Griner. the
young Cardinal finger, is said to be
his superextensive wind-up which
makes it hard for the catcher to pre-
vent base runners from getting a good
lead for steal
Bill Carrigan. new leader Of the Red
Sox, is twenty nine years old. He Is q
native of Lewiston. Me-. joining the
Red Sox after finishing at Holy Cross
College in 1906, and has been with the
team ever since except for part of the
season Of 1907, when he played with
Toronto.
Steve White the former Princeton
star, who was with the Boston Braves
for while last season, is now nitching
for the New Haven club of the East
ern Assoc alton. He has won HIS last
seven games.
"Hiker" JOY. former base ball and
foot ball star at Holy Cross, has been
added to the pitching stan Of the
Cleveland Maps. He will report to Joe
Birmingham Friday.