The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-04-12
SPORTING NOTES

The Giants have asked for waivers
on Pitcher Bader.
Clyde Milan says he is not going aft
er a base stealing record this year. for,
he says. promiscuous base stealing
throws away many chances TO win
games. Il am for the team first and
myself second" he says.
Connie Mack is the latest big league
chief to announce his intention of
abandoning the spring barn storming
next year.
Eddie Ainsmith is batting so much
better this year that Griffith says he
expects him to be as good a hitting
catcher as Alva Williams was last
season.
George Mogridge. known as Lefty
has mastered a sharp breaking curve
ball and accordingly has been nomi-
mated by Jimmy Callahan for a regu-
lar turn on the slab for the White Sox.
The complete list of towns that are
besieging the Phillies for the honor of
being chosen as the 1914 training
camp is made up of Wilmington, Fay
etteville, Durham and Raleigh, all in
North Carolina.
George Mcbride is beginning his
sixth year with the Senators. Since he
has been with the team he has missed
only eight games during the regular
season.
1t is reported from Chicago that Ev-
ers will release Red Corridor, who was
obtained by the Cubs in the Chance
deal, and also Martin Berghammer, an
other shortstop candidate, as well as
one of the young catchers Heckinger
or Cotter
Capt. Danny Murphy. veteran out
fielder. is directing the Athletics in
the series with the Phillies, Connie
Mack still being in the South with
some of the youngsters.
The Reds executed the first triple
play of the season recently in a game
with Chattanooga. Men were on first
and second and hit and run play was
attempted. The batter lined into the
hands of Joe Tinker. who tossed to
Egan at second, the latter reiaying to
Hoblitzell
Financial failure of the Troy club of
the New York State League has made
it likely that the team will be switched
to either Reading or Schenectady next
year, both towns being loud in their
clamor for league ball.
Tinker has clashed with Hermann,
has won out and the owner is pleased
over the fact that he at last has a
manager with some will power. Herr
mann had wired Tinker to bring the
Reds to Cincinnati sooner than ex-
pected for a game with a semf-profes-
sional nine. Tinker preferred to keep
the team at Louisville for practice and
told Hermann he would not do so. And
he didn't.
Only three recruits will be retained
by the Red Sox despite promise shown
by others, according to report. The
successful ones are Pitchers Leonard
and Foster and Infielder Janvrin.
Kid Elberfeld. realizing that his
Chattanooga minor leaguers were GER
tain to lose most of the games with the
major league transformers, adopted a
unique plan for shortening the games.
He had his team bat first, which saved
| half an innings time, as the visiting
teams already had the game on ice
when the last of the ninth arrived.
Aleck Mccarthy and Arthur Butler
are going neck and neck in the race
for second base on the Pirates.
One more Indian has Joined in He
! is Chief hewitt, a catcher of the South
ern Michigan League, who has Just re-
ported to the Cardinals.
Bill McKechnie. the former Pitts
burg infielder. may be at shortstop for
the Boston Nationals when the season
! opens.