Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-05-16
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Manager Miller Higgins believes he
has a star In his young pitcher.


Already some of the Cincinnati hugs
have been predicting a new manager
for the Reds.
Frank Schultz, OF the Cubs, predicts
that he will make at least thirty home
runs this season.
Connie Mack is in doubt as ~ his
old twirlers The Old Fox Is carrying
ten pitchers with him. y
Hughey Jennings has Deacon Jim
Mcclure and Joe Sugden helping him
develop the young Tigers.
Hughie Jennings admitted very re-
Gently that the Tigers are stronger
than they have been since 1870.
Jimmy Archer will be used on trst
base against the left-handed pitchers.
according to Evers' announcement.
Bert Shotton, the Browns young
outfielder, is picked by the st. Louis
scribes as the fastest man In baseball.
Meanwhile, the shortstop Of the Bos-
ton team. is not much bigger than a
shad's eyelash. but he can hit and field.
1t begins to look as II Callahan had
let 60 Of real pitcher In Chief John
son. Tinker Is willing to bet little
he did.
Cy Morgan, whom the Athletics sent
to Kansas City, is pitching superb
ball. Cy won his first A. A. game by
defeating Toledo to 2.
Coach Heine Peitz Of the Cardinals
is working out daily coaching four OF
Manager Higgins Understanding,
Burke. Hunt and Perritt
Manager Joe Birmingham says he
will not shift Larry Lajoie to first
base this season. He'll play second
this year." said Birmingham.
Sam Agnew, whom the Browns pur.
chased from Vernon, CAL, Is one of the
most promising young backstops that
ever donned pad and mask.
81 The French youths are taking to the
game Of baseball very fast. This year
the American game is being played on
many of the back lots OF Paris.
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Ray Schalk looks like second Jim
my Archer. Ray has developed the
snap" throw and has Jimmy Archer's
habit Of polling out two-base drives
McGraw states definitely that Jim
Thorpe will be retained on the roster
Of the Giants all this season at least.
The Giant leader is no welcher. at any
rate.
They say that McGraw's offer Of
$4,000 for Harold Janvrin. the younet
first sacker Of the Boston Red Sox.
saved the youngster from going to the
minors.
Pitcher Cutting Of the Milwaukee
Brewers was the first twirler to pitch
one.hit game in the American Asso-
citation. And at that 1t only was a
scratch hit.
In the last two seasons Lajoie and
Jackson. the two great Cleveland
sluggers, have been at bat 1906 times
and poled out 739 hits--a, combined
average Of 1897. r.
Catcher Ainsmith of Washington Is
catching the best ball OF his career.
His batting is so good that Manager
Griffith has placed him higher up In
the batting order.
Big Chief Johnston was a minor
Lacquer for a day. The White Sox
turned him back to st. 10 in the West
ern league, but by night he had been
bought by Cincinnati.
Secretary Mason OF the Browns has
adopted the scheme inaugurated by
Secretary Blackwood OF the Cleve-
lands last year of sending on advance
information on his ball team.
Manager McGraw has secured a
promise from Malcolm Russell, the
sensational shortstop of the Uni.
versity of Virginia nine. to play with
the Giants II he decides to enter pro-
fessional baseball.
, No more games will De cut short in
Cleveland to allow visiting teams to
catch q train. Ban Johnson ruled
that every contest must be played to
a finish II It is necessary for the vtsi-
tors to engage special train.
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The members OF the New York
Giants are glad the effort Is being
made to stop players from writing for
the newspapers. The New York play
ers have been getting as much abuse
from members Of their own profession |
as they have praise. y ~
Joe Tinker Is making hay even
though the sun has not been shining
every day since he took charge Of
the reds. In Pittsburgh the other day
Joe was given a tremendous round OF
applause when he came to bat the
first time, showing that he is popular
in other places besides Cincinnati and
Chicago. %-s .rt
st. Louis critics figure the acquisi-