The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-05-05
Baseball Gossip

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Sherwood Magee Of the Phillies is.
toting around black eye and a cut lip
as the result Of scrap with Pitcher
Marshall the day before the opening
game. Magee addressed a remark TO.
Marshall which the hufler resented and
a fist fight followed. Other members Of
the club separated the pair, and later,
IL is said, the difference was patched
up. n
Georsel stating 6aF3e Braves 1. a
farmer. The tall manaoer owns fine
plantation in the South and spends
much Of his time there in the of season.
Cunning Is one of his favorite sports
and he is a great admirer Of hunting
dogs.
While in st. Louis the other day Ban
johnson took run out 10 see the
Miners new bali plant, which Is in
course Of construction. After looking
IL over he commented, t'Well, it GER
tainly is a nice looking place.
The Cardinals are so we'll pleased
with with st. Augustine, Fla, as a
training camp that Prexy Britton in
tends to take them there again next
spring.
Fred Clarke expects much Of Babe
Adams, hero Of the 1909 world s series.
Adams has shown up well this spring
and thinks this will be one Of his good
years. Adams Is 30 years old and
weighs 1856 pounds Nine years ago he
played first base for the Parson, Kas,
team in the Missouri Valley League.
Hack Simmons is being used as an
outfelder by Manager Otto Knahe.
when he was at the hilltop Hack lacked
speed. Knabe must be sort Of pressed
for outielders or else he wants to play
second himself.
The Providence .scribes are on the
trail Of Wild Bill Donovan. The team
Wild Bill has selected for the season
is not to their liking. Bill should wor-
~.
Pep Young, who failed to make good
for Chance last spring, is back on the
Coast again Young is covering short
for Sacramento the team Harry VOL
yerton manages.
Buck Herzog, tho Ridgcly farmer,
thinks so much Of Cincinnati that he
has sent for his family. Charley has
leased house in Walnut Hills, a SUI
burb of Cincinnati. BY June he may
have different opinion.
John Camel of the Rochester Hust.
lers has had hard life this spiing. The
Feds worked havoc with Johns team
by grabbing off a number Of his play
ers. CAMEL is not bashful in admitting
that his team is weak for the Interna-
tional League race.
Joe Kelley of the Toronto club need,
pitchers badly. Joe would like 10 have.
Bunny Herne of the Giants back, but
it's a question whether MeGraw will
let the big fellow go.
The chances are two to one against
even as great a batter as Wagner hit.
ting the pellet 1t Is always best to
make them take a chance with the
stick, And IL is pretty true saying
that walk is as good as a hit.
There are three former st. Loris Ma
tionals on the Oakland team of the Pa
cifc Coast league this year. They are
Quinland and zacher, outfelders and
Alexander, catcher.
The New York Giants appear to be
the only one of the major league cluts
that has found it easy winning spring
games Manager McGraw appears to
have his team in championship form.
Pitchers Walsh and Russell Of the
Chicago Americans have been playing
in the outfeld considerable this spring,
Both are hard hitters and will probably
get regular outfeld positions when they
get through as pitchers.
land Wheelmen's Club on April 81,
Tom Niekola won ten-round decision
over Johnny Soudenberg. Niokola won
all the way, and there was no question
about the verdict. A large crowd was
in attendance, many Olympic Club
members icing in evidence to lend
their support to McAllister.
Kid Exposito and Frank Rome step,