Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-06-12
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Dick Egan Ia doing well at short for
he Dodgers.
Manager Fred Clarke has but "a
Pirates on his roster.
Johnny Evers has been elevated to
eadoff man for Boston.
Mowrey is doing great stickwork for
he Pirates these days.
Carrigan is having Q tough time OF It
With his pitching STAFF.
Christy Mathewson is back In form
md pitching wonderful ball.
Ray Caldwell is twirling some beau.
!iful games for the Yankees.
Red Doom has an outfield that IL
hitting for an average Of .44S.
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The st. Joseph club has secured
Pitcher Barney Duffy from the Pitts
burgh National club.
Hank Robinson Of the Cardinals has
. half.balk motion to frst that is as
good as the one Ed Walsh has.
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Harry Williams, the Yanks' first.
sacker, Is a close student Of Frank
Chances style around f1rst base.
Fred Clarke Is sure one lucky guy.
The experts picked his team to get q
bad start and worse finish this year.
Several major league managers de-
clare they are going to use McGraw
methods this year. Well. there's one
Connie Mack-who won't.
The Senators have signed Douglass
Men, captain of the University Of Wiz.
ginia baseball team, and conceded to
be the best shortstop in the East.
Wilbert Robinson promises to be-
come one Of the most popular mana.
gers Brooklyn ever had. The fans Of
the Church City are oil roofing for
him. l. ..
One Of, the most improved young
players In the U. 8. A. is Captain Peck
inpaugh, Of the New Yorks. This once
awkward performer 10 4 master ut
shortstop now. 5s,a
"Ham" Hyatt IL kept in the limelight
by his successful pinch-hittins. Hy'
ats timely wallops have placed more
than one game on Ice for the Pirates
80 far this season. = ,4ss.-.N.
Colonel, Hedges threatens to put o.
end to gambling on the Browns. Thil
causes 4 New York contemporary q
remark: "But why should anybody
gamble on the Browns
Pitcher Douglas, the Pittsburghs' biz
right-handed recruit from Spokane, Il
an image Of Cy Barger. Of the Pitts
burgh Feds. He works about the
same - the ex-Dodger.
twenty-five years ago. John J. Nc
Graw, now manager Of the New Yorl
Giants, was drawing down . salary
| of $500 per year as ball player. And
now-aw, what's the use!
Says the New York American: II
is hard to dope the race in the Ameri
can league this season. For the lite
Of U.s.. we can't tell which team will
finish next to the Athletics.
Turk Leary, Brown first baseman
is playing a fast game around the
initial sack. He has filled long
felt want, a. first base has been the
Browns weak spot for years.
The Giants midget third baseman
Milton Stock. has 80 far more thar
made good McGraw's confidence In
him by filing the shoes of Shafer and
Herzog It the dimcult corner.
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Connie Mack has released Brick Nc
Innis, . brother OF stufKy. the first
sacker of the worlds champions. Evi
IDENTIFY Connie does not believe thai
baseball talent runs in families.
Tho Boston Braves are planning 4
keener3 strategic game, says Bill Phe
Ion. Evers, always . little fox. will
keep on schening 1T second, and be
has been reinforced by Kraft 1t first.
It IL expected that Cincinnati will
show moro speed on the bases THU
year than ever before. Manager Her
zos has been drilling the men In THU
and he 10 / star base runner himself
Southern league teams will play oh
postpunsd ganes ut the llrSt Dpportu
nifty. lis figured that the schedule %
crowds games that It Il advisable t.
let postponsments pile uD until Late
in the season. Il
what have the Pirates got to make
any pennant fight WITH" queries an
exchange. Nobody In the world-but
Wagner, Honey, viox. Mowrey, Carey.
Gibson, Adams and three or four more.