The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-06-05
Bobblcs.
By A Fan.


helped by banishing two or three players
for few days
Manager McGraw is uneasy and is leav-
ing nothing undone to repair the Giant
machine Last week he traded pitcher
Ames, Groh and Devore to Cincinnati for
pitcher Fromme This indicates a lack of
faith in his fingers but it is little difficult
to see just where Fromme is the equal of
such men as Mathewson, Marquard and
Tesreau, or Demaree for that matter. 1t
may be that the former Red will take big
brace with competent support, in which
case McGraw's judgment will be upheld.
On the other hand the Reds gain the ser
vices of a first class in6elder, outfelder
and fair pitcher and the Giants lose two
good utility men. From this angle it
looks to be a grand move on the part of
Joe Tinker.
The Cardinals are now at home after
losing a series to the Cubs. They will
be reinforced by Arnold Hauser who is
about ready to resume his old position at
short. 1t is thought place in the regular
lineup will be made for Whitfield, whose
playing deserves such recognition.
The Pirates are clamoring for revenge
on those teams which drubbed them so
numerically on their last trip. Conf
dence was somewhat restored by their vic
tories over Brook yn and return to the
Smoky City. Their pitchers are returning
to form and when Gibson again goes be-
hind the bat they are sure to put up stiff
game.
| Boston, under the management of
George Stallings, is greatly improved
team. And they are playing a steady
game all the time. The other day they
| took double header from the Giants by
scores of 10, and 50. While they can
not be expected to be so fortunate daily
there is no reason to believe that they can
be made to lie down and roll over by the
| other teams as in recent years. There is a
warm spot in the hearts of the Boston
| fans for the Braves and they are furnishing
visible evidence of the fact by turning out
in large numbers to encourage the plucky
work.
That Zoe Tinker has made an i'm
| preston in Cincy goes without saying when
| the fans refrain from starting the Anvil
| chorus. Perhaps it is finally dawning up
| on them that losing team cannot always
| be charged to the manager. Give Josephus
| the players with plenty of pep and he will
| do the rest
Well, both Johnsons have been beaten.
| The Philies knocked Winnebago Johnson
off the Christmas tree and Cleveland took
| the measure of the great and only Wal
| ter.
More and more it looks like the Ath-
Lett a
| tremendous amount of hard playing to dis
lodge them from first place while they are
at home. If the Maps en- tour can take the
| lead away from the Mackmen they will de-
serve nothing short of pennant and that
is about what it would amount to. The
Athletics beat Washington decisively in
the last series in Ouakertown and we be-
lieve they will do no less against the
Western invaders.
The Maps are showing brand of bull
dog tenacity which the Cleveland fans are
not slow to welcome. They are getting
some very good work out of their pitchers
and the stick artists on the team clout out
enough hits to beat down the opposition.
Laoie is now back at the keystone sack
and contributes the same old timely bin
giles every day.
Jimmy Callahan is pretty well satisfied
with the White Hose. except that he
wants an outfelder who can watch over
and guide the two youngsters in right and
left field. He has had all he wants of
Ping Bodie, for, while, the latter is fence
buster, he pulls bone frequently enough to
more than Offset his hitting. Walsh is
taking some time to get in shape this year
and the Sox are depending upon pitcher
Russell as their mainstay.
1t is said that dissension is rife among
the Cubs and in certain respects the rumor
seems to be true. With slump in play
ing comes decline in attendance. When
Sunday game with the Cards only brings
out 1000 people something must be radi-
cally wrong with the Cubs. c. Webb
Murphy has his publicity bureau in full
working order but he is getting his. Ru-
mors of big deals for players to strengthen
the Cubs worked all right for awhile, but
Chicago people are not satisfied with ru-
mors and have to be shown. Moreover,
Mr.. Murphy's statement that Evers and
Cheney are the only ball players on his
club will not tend to mend matters on a |
team which includes such men as Archer,
Zimmerman, Schultz and Bresnaham. He
is making Evers' work doubly hard and
Johnny doesn't deserve such treatment.
His edict against any member of the club
talking shop to newspaper men under pain
of severe fine is getting him in bad with
the scribes. Lastly, Mr.. Murphy threat
ems to quit, which if it could be taken ser
iously, would be grand good thing for
the Cubs. Mr.. Murphy is pretty small
potatoes when compared with Charley
Comiskey.
The Phillies now have two more post
poned games to play off, or total of
eleven. Out of the four game series with
the Superbas the Phillies nailed two and