The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-04-27

EVENING HERALD, ALBUQl
ILINING EN- OUT
Pitcher perdue OF Boston U.s. an
other hurlcr who is said to be i'm
proving IN battin~. Managers nova
DAYS eNpec, a pitcher TO develop his
swatting Just like other members of
the star. ID used to be- "a matter OF
high Indifference whether a pitcher
hit or not as long as he hurled ei-
%fcctivoly
Hitting pitchers like Mathewson
and Johnson have won their own
Eames with u timely swat more than
"a few dimes. and there iH and never
has been n reason why pitchers
shouldn't devote themselves 90 steady
and Intelligent batting practice.
shedwood Mageo has raped out
three home runs so far this season.
C~0nsidcring the long stretch OF OPP
p%ortunity ahead of HIN there is mo-
telling what his total viii bee In the
light of such "a vigorous TART.
President Weeghmnn. OF the Chi
cago Federals, has refused TO allow
Cheney of the Cubs to siEu with his
organization.
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Connie Mack Be- lucky TO have =
good utility outnelder like Daley Ia
take Oldring's place while tho latter
h. out with an Intestinal cold. II may
be- some time before the latter is ln
shape to play the game with his
usual effectiveness.
Manager Clarke of Milwaukee
broke the canning record the other
day. lie released eleven players be-
tween . 81. IN and . D. m. Then he
shut up his flee There Is NO tell
ing where the slaughter would have
ended if The . o'clock whistle hadn't
blown.
Clarke's cleanup reminded Hughey
Fullerton hat the one sign in base
ball PARKS that rockies hate To "a. IS
This way out
THE Irish" comments an ex-
change. ARE fading out of baseball
The leading pitchers, Johnson. Math-
ewson, Render. Plank, etc. are not
irish. The same Is true of the lead
ing hntsmeu Cobb. Jackson. Speaker.
Daubert. Wagner, Lajoie."
Sull the Irish haven't quite faded
from the game. one might mention
casually McGinicuddy. McGraw. cal
IT, L-- AZ
gee, Hugins aud e. few more who still
ave some purt in the general des-
tiny of each pcunout race.
Until he Is able To- twirl himself.
Jack Coomhs viii put in considerable
time helping captain Ira Thomas
coach young Athletic pitchers. His
doctor has said that sort OF work will
help the Kennebunkport marvel get
back into shape
Chick Fraser. once a monarch Of
the mound and a vet OF little less eX-
p%erience than Cy Young, is a Pirate
coach.
Jimmy Sheckare. who Is plotting
the Cleveland association club. IL re-
ported ny saying hat he is afraid
history may repeat itself in this. mis-
FIRST year as manager. lie says he
played with three different teams In
three different leagues tho first year
he was In the game, and they all
blew up.
Major league prices will prevail in
Federal league ball parks this sca-
son. moi only In - Louis and Chi
ago hut in cities where the Fed
erals compete with American ass0cia-
ton and International league teams.
Major league prices have been pre-
vailing In Fee doings right along
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The Brooklyn aud Buffalo Fedcrals
win travel nearly "a month before
playing before the fans or their home
cities. After the two openiug series
they will, as we'll ass the Pittsburgh
and Baltimore teams. tour the four
cities of the western section and viii
not be at home until May n.
This seems 10 be the day OF the
siX-tooter as u pitcher and a striking
feature this spring has been the adj
dttion Of d large number Of men Of
extraordinary height.
The Detroit Tigers have perhaps
the tallest trio of them all with Main
towering nearly 8 feet q inches, Cave
"a couple OF inches shorter. and Bey-
nolds, and Williams and Coyeleskie
not FAR behind them Cincinnati has
Davenport. 8 feet . inches. The Gil
ants have M~arquard aud Tesrcau,
towering above the G-foot i-inch
mark. Cleveland has Zerah Zequiel
Hagerman, 8 feet I, and still growing.
So IL goes through all the leagues.
The managers seem 10 want the tall
type OF pitcher.
says Joe Villa. In the New York
Evening u stick a pin herei The
Superbas are stronger behind the bat
than any other National league team.
They have four high-class catchers
In Miller, Fischer, McCarty and Err
win, Another tip; They nave "a COM
ing star left-hander in Raleigh Atch-
isOn,'
John McGraw, manager OF the Gl-
ants rs the most consistent tighter la
the country, despite the fact that he
no longer takes much OF "a hand la
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