Evening journal., 1913-05-23
Let's Get
/ Acquainted

said he would apologize both by let
ter and to Ferguson personally.
"You understand" said Stovall.
my action was on the tipulse of the
moment, and I realize better than
anybody else that Il was not a gen
tlemanly act I am glad of chance
to set IL right
Baseball players are public oharao-
ters, and photographers may take
their photographs in action without
their consent. according to a ruling
Of Magistrate Butts. in Police Court
In New York.
The case decided was brought by
the National Baseball Commission
and the New York baseball club
against a moving picture concern
which had taken photographs OF
games without a permit from the
management
The plaintiffs contended that the
civil rights law had been violated.
3 The pictures In question were taken
/ during the worlds series.
! Pitcher G. II. tDoc) White, OF the
/ Chicago (American Association) team
was severely injured yesterday by
being hit on the right forearm with
a ball thrown by C. Smith. another
pitcher. While his arm is not brok-
en-, he will not he able to play for
a few days
Clark Grinith, who arrived IN
Washington today with his Washing
toHans, is looking for the iinx that
has crippled his team. The hospital
I list is a long one. Foster Is Just
recovering from typhoid, and il will
be weeks before he can play Laporte,
who has been subbing at third base,
Is out with a strained tendon: Gandil
is iniured-he wrenched his toe again
yesterday; Milan has a bruise big as
an egg on his head, and a sore leg
Carl Cashion's twirling muscles are
twisted and Tom Hughes has a bum
ankle where he was struck by batted
ball. Milan and Hughes will work
despite injuries, but the others are out
for the present
The Reading Herald says:
There are rumors now that the VIII
mington Tri-State team may be trans
terred to this city. All of which makes
very good baseball talk, but does not
carry a very great degree of proba-
bility with IT, Some time ago We
we're supposed to get the Atlantic
City team. This sounded more rea-
sonable. The Atlantic City team is
last in the Tri-State roster. We arc
accustomed to having such teams
transferred to this city after their fail
ure TO make good in some other town
but those teams are always near the
bottom of the pile and never at the
top It's hard to believe that a team
which leads off the league does no
draw patrons In the town which 4
represents At any rate. we would
be handed a big surprise If Whining
ton we're brought here
The Eastern clubs IN the American
League have completed the first in
ter-sectioLal series OF the season ant
are on their way back home witt
fewer scalps hanging to thei
belts than they left behind Tn
Western clubs came of the victors
, having won thirty games TO twenty
eight for the Eastern teams. TIT
; White Sox proved to b, the strong
est foe the invaders encountered. Chi
cRso has won eight and lost onll
FIVE )f their games to the teams from
the other end OF the circuit.
Boston. Washington and New Yorl
each lost eight and each won The
same number, seven. while i'm thil
territory The Yankees furnished the
biggest surprise Of the intersection.
al games. They came West with onl,
three victories out of sixteen games
played. Today they have record ol
ten victories and twenty-one defeats
The series on the face OF the fig,
ures indicate that the teams in Bar