The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-22
Baseball Notes

Clark Griffith has found in Joe
Boehling. of Richmond, one young
Than half of his games with the
Senators this year. He Is right
handler.
s4ortstop for Detroit last year, IL re-
ported due for trip to Providence. as
both I.ouden and a youngstsr named
STANLEY are exeelling him In the prac-
babe Borton's batting has improved
SO much this year that Jimmy Gaia
han says the powerful hedging mas =
death grappie on the White Sox nrst
Johnny king, on a visit TO Chicago
to buy some equipment Tor ms kansas
City billiard room. reiterated TO friends
that he is out of baseball for good
The Senator's are said to be the only
big league team without single
any music Ii wanted in the Charlottes-
vile camp a pair of negro wonders
have to be hired. The best any q me
Senator's can DO Is s shs seaie ana 'ne
Hughey Jennings is whettng up MS
batting eye and says he INTENDS 20
return to the game this year as tne
time since he became manager or the
team that he has participated IN me
batting practice regularly In ms
sphere for figure around the 400
mark. =
In preparation for "Chance Day" on
May 18th the White Sox have reserved
two thousand seats on the first base
side of the grandstand for Cub fans
on the presumption that Chance VIII
be playing first base for the New
Mrs. Clark Griffith. now at Char
iottesvilie. is paying her first visit 70
a big league training camp. ,nongn
her husband have been major league
! leader almost A decade,
AL Rridwell Is experiencing trouble
| in getting into condition at the Cuos
camp and Manager Evers has prac-
I tically abandoned hope of the veteran
/ being able to fill Thinkers old place al
short Corriden seems to be the boy
hurler is developing. into a second OTIS
pitcher the team has had since tht
passing Of Dods crisis. t.an c,a.sr
already 10 pitch the Tigers openine
/ game against the Browns; The veteran
/ is on bonus basis. this year ane
wants 10 get started right as soon a.
| possible, so asked Jennings for tbs
The Athletics win continue to wear
white elephant emblem on7 theii
otto Knabe. Of the Phillies. whose
/ ankle received bad spiRing the Other
day. is expected to return to the fray
within three or four days. the injured
member is mending r aI,las,; vatc,,r,
Tor the w mite sOk SECONDS dGdtuS'
the Redlands Cal, team. struck ou'
sixteen men, which equals Rube. Wad.
delrs record. Bot Rube's mark was
hung up against American leaEuers
which is something else again. 50 to
speak.
iBll Bergen in the. outfieid when he
has not been catching. When with
Brooklyn Bill could neither bat nor
run. Nobody has volunteered the
answer.
With the Cubs signed up to train al
Tampa and the Athletics at Jackson
VILE for the next Ave years Florids
fans are looking forward to some In
terestIng spring series In the future
Jennings fiends a serious fault with
all the Tigers In hand. which excerpts
Cobb. He says none of them car
bunt when pitcher serves a curve
/ and he is keeping them busy trying
| to correct the error.
Harry Davis has trained down L
his former playing weight and will b,
ready 10 substitute Tor McInnes. be
sides coaching the Athletics this year
AFTER the Red Sox were beaten II
the frst game against the Pirate:
President McA1eer and Manager Stab
both opined that Clarke's Buccaneer,
| will win the National leagne flag.