Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-08-29
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The work of Tommy Leach Is the
wonder Of the season.
King Cole expects to be back in
the big show next season.
Cactus Cravath, Philadelphia. is ap
preaching home-run record,
Umpire Bill Dinneen says a player
10 never at his best until after thirty.
Congo is the new name Of Arnold
Hauser, the Cardinals tiny inflelder.
Art Shafer Is being picked up to do
a lot of batting in the coming worlds
series.
Baltimore expects to get something
close to q record for Third Baseman
Maisel.
Ty Cobb and Joe jackson are run.
ming neck and neck for the smuggling
donors. .s
Manager McGraw declares the Sen.
ators will beat out the Maps in the
American league. Il
Old Otto Hess Is way down in the
averages and is losing his grip as
major Lacquer. ~
|. The New York Highlanders are try
ing to land G,lhooley, the bear cat of
the Montreal outfield
TIE Reds are trying to land Cyril
Slapnicka,, the crack right handler OF
the Milwaukee Brewers.
Bill KLEIN says Chief Wilson of
the Pirates is one of the squarest
ball players in the game.
Many major league teams have sent
scouts to Kewanee to look over q
young twirler named House.
Manager George Stallings believes
he has. the two best finds Of the sea-
son In Meanwhile and Myers.
Ivy Wingo, the Cardinals backstop,
In a recent game stole second, third
and home after being walked.
Roy Mitchell. the young st. Louis
twirler, has been relieved but three
times in 20 games for the Brownies.
Bill Brennan. the umpire, is a for.
mer football star He used to play
fullback OK on q" Minnesota college team
Pitcher Yingling Of the Dodgers Is
some clouter National league figures
show that he hit for 1878 in 81 games
Fletcher of the Giants is hitting as
he did in 1911. He batted over 300
that year, and is batting at that clip
now.
George Burns, the Giants young out.
and take notice of his sensational
work.
Bill Dahlen feels he has been very
lucky in getting hold of Pitcher Brown
of the Birmingham team for whom
$1,000 was paid.
Larry Lajoie has been beaned four
times this season by the New York
pitchers. Larry was hit recently
twice in one day.
Jack Graney is the steadiest player
Of the big leagues. His consistent
work day after day makes him indis.
pensable to the Maps.
Manager Stailings believes that in
Fred Smith he has future star OF
brilliance. Smith has been filing in
at third base for the Braves
1t Is reported that Artie Holman
will try to come back. Reports EN-.
anating from New York state that he
will join the Highlanders in 1914.
Tom Chivington, president of the
American association, is being grilled
all over the country for his decision
forbidding players to slide into first.
Lavan, the little shortstop OF the
Browns and former Michigan univer.
sity star, is brilliant fielder and is
constantly shaving Improvement at
bat .s,t ,.z@.<
Griffith is leading the fight against
paying high prices for ball players,
according to an exchange, but it is re.
called he was willing to pay almost
any old price for the release for Chick
Gandil. W. a
Joe Jackson is a veritable demon
with the stick on his home grounds.
1t is on the road that he slumps,
whereas Ty Cobb does his best hitting
when the Tigers are away from De-
troit s.a
Jack knight seems to have at last
made good with the Highlanders. The
man the fans abused roundly on the
hilltop season or so back is putting
up spectacular exhibition on first
for Chance and rapping the ball
hard. ~"
The Birmingham club has made q
lot OF money selling players this year.
Pitcher Elmer Brown has been sold
IN tho Pronklvn cluh for 81 nm Ou%