The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-06-16

| pen ana taiui 4 guess III wait "A IT.
! tie while longer before | sign. There's
no real hurry IL Il said the con-
tract called for $4,000 a year and a
50, 900 bonus. not t33,333. II Is stated
that johnson told the Federals that
Grimth had offered him $4,000 a
year for ave years.
Unless Larry LaJoie takes a decided
brace In his batting the 800 king ct
many years standing viii md himself
well outside the charmed circle. larry
hasn't been batting anywhere near his
old form. Ho doesn't cause a trempr
nowadays when he comes up TO the
plate. He seems to hage lost the old
punch. Can IL be that King Larry
finds IL impossible to come back? II
80. Honus Wagner will remain alone
IN the field of veterans.
SO Boston made II four straight over
the ~Pittsburghs? Pirates must feel
like "A baked bean on the WAY Town.
one @. the %softest pitching jobs is
that possessed by Roy Patterson, for
mor boy wonder o. the White SoN.
lie has been with the Minneapolis
AlAsAtAN lNI NA"AHf INV Nhh vs. 49,
clauses In his contract is that he can
leave the club the evening after he
riches. and doesn't have % return I'M
IA the fourth day, when he Ia supposed
o. pitch again. Roy lives at Thlct
River Falls, near Minneapolis. and =
takes his only an hour TO &c, home.
lie spends those idle days In fishing
and attending to his banking inter-
ests.
Alexander and Killlfer Of the Phil
lies. form a battery OF exceedingly
hard hitters tins season. Both play-
ers are hitting all sorts Of pitching.
Harvard has "a freshman catcher
who completed the season with % hits
In 40 times at bat-ayerage, $50.
Charlie Faust. former Giant mascot
has been found insane. In Portland
ore.
Ed sweeney, the revised catcher o
the r~ejuycnatcd Yankees, uses o
shorter bat than Willie Kooler used 10
zone day after Ed had mad his mln'
more on base runners than on bats h'
was asked why. md he replied hk'
this: ITS "A secret that I have Ions
wished to hide from opposing pitchers
Tut since II Is out / might Just n
Wen admit that 1 use a short bat be
cause l feel as II / am nearer the oal
when so doing"
O'Mera. the Perth Amboy outhelde
whom the New FORK Yanks secure
after he was toutcd as the hardes
hitter in the minors. Is said 10 be
bloomor. lie strikes late AT "A ball an
steps away from the plate. His field
Ing Is also al times on h roc
head" order.
II someone had porpetrated the tri
ditlonary feat OF striking John Nc
Graw from behind the little Nhpol
con couldn't have been worked Whe
Nathewson began making Wild pitch,
and giving bases on balls the othe
day.
one OF the anomalies Of base "a
right now Is the remarkable shown
being made by Leon Ames, OF On
Reds. and old Doc Crandall, ~ ti
~. Louis Feds. Both are castons
the Giants and "hye-inning mea
Crandall has won seven stIaigl
games. and is undcfeated In his Re
league career. Ames IL the mainst'
OF the Cincinnati Reds and has W
seven games In a row n has lost on
a couple Of Eames or 80 this seasoI
What's the answer In the case
Crandail Il would undoubtedly he m
crandall IL in a weaker league wheI
} he can pitch out entire games and "
i. them. But how about Amea' who
In the same league as before NJ
who hung Il ON the very club n
discarded him-the Giants? TT
: answer seems 10 be that any player
, merit improves with opportunity AZ
responsibility.
Base ball fans who like 10 eNplo
/, the heids OF dope are wonderi
. whether any Of the p~reseni-dey sta
have a chance Of tyinE or betteril
: Honus wngner's worlds record :
/. hitting 400 or better for ~ consee
Z tive seasons
Speaker - practically eliminat
from the contest owing 10 his q