The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-05-19

old.
Rube Oldring. the veteran nclucr
81 the Athletics. rs going like "a house
shrc. He looks TO be in Tor one 81
the best years OF his carcc. He has
already crowded enough blue ribbon
plays int the young season 10 last
for months. !
johnny Evcrs snys P%ittsburgh'sl
whole pcnnnnt fortunes are tied up
On Gibson. their ono able catcher. III
Gibson should Doe disabled. Johnny
says. the Pirates would bo shot 10
pieces
And who nave the Pirates got to
make any pcnnaut hight with quor-
lcs au exchange Nobody in tho
world but Wagner. koncy. viox,
Mowrcy Carey. Gibson. Adams and
thrcc or four more.
Secretary Daniels is cxpdotcd TO
ISSUE an order soon prohibiting fun
backs bon the nayy eleven.
Baseball BE- becoming just one
blamed injunction after another.
Mike Donliu's pinch-hitting eye h.
not altogether In trim yet
Ginger beaumont. the old PITTS
hurgh and Boston player. was elected
"a supervisor az Springs Prairie, Wal
worth county. Wisconsin. last week.
Beaumont Is making good on Il big
farm he WINS near S,prv ''reok.
There is e suspicion that McGraW's
plan To- have q mode machine CON
stuntly on the job with the Giants is
really based on "a desire a. have UNI
questioned proof the ext time ho.
claims somebody slammed him from
behind.
u has been ten years since the Chi
gHgo Cubs finished lower than third
place. ANA in eight of those ten years
they finished no worse than second
This is the target which Hank O'Day
has 10 shoot al.
Hans Wagner continues 90 DE thc
premier drawing card Of the National
league.
I'm baseball there is "a r-emium
uu youth. writes Ty Cobb. who cNl-
IDENTIFY has been observing such
youths ar MBthewson Wnguer and
leajoie. Go say nothing OF these prom
ising YOUNGSTERS, Tommy Leach aud
Bobby Naiiace-Ncw York Ameri-
can.
About the only thing strictly legal
about baseball, according 10 the latest
Judicial opinion. is the area OF the
hothe plate aud the distance between
the bases.
The Boston Braves thin year have
% battery composed 81 1--we brothers,
George 8nd Fred Tyler. This Is the
first time In the history OF modern
baseball that such "A combination has
been seen. George Tyler the pitch
er. Is one OF the best l~efthandcrs when
properly handled cat hers who have
worked with him declare n" is the
hardest pitcher 20 catch they ever
worked with. Nanaser staliings was
seeking To better this condition and
asked George wha catcher he work
ed best with. George remarked,
MY brother Fred catches mv better
than anyone / even had without a
wore Stailings sent out orders To get
Fred Tyler. and he was brought into
camp lie lacks experience, but is
strong. heavier than George, and
promising.
an rules, apparently, are OH fol
the war. Not only has the player
limit been removed from major and
class IA Iaagucs. but the rule limit
Ing 10 six the number al men tina
can be sent down ON optional agrec
mcnts has also been rescindcd.
This means that the bag leaguei
can farm an the players they want
4 keep strings - every man sent dow
TO hold him from the Feds Naluralll
a man Who feels that be has still q
3 chance 10 be drasgcd back to th'
big show L. much more reluctant q
Jump than one who feels that IN
majors have discarded him.
For the clubs. this rule means
wider chance 10 experiment Met
who look even fair can to retained
on the pay roll aud give schooling. A
the WORST they can De sent down witt
strings attached, and clubs III DE
troit, with "A long string OF good
looking recruits. need not lose o
them by outright release.
Mike Mowrey Ia peeyed and an