New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-19
Jersey City or Baltimore
Club To BE Shifted if
War Goes On.
MUST BEAR BRUNT OF
FIGHTING WITH FEDS
Recruits Of Giants Giving a
Good Account Of Them.
selves on Coast
BY HAYWOOD BRoUN.

BROOKLYN must win a baseball cham
pionship next season by sheer weight
Of numbers, If for no other reason.
Edward c. Barrow. president of the
International League, announced yes
terday that in the event of the continu-
ance of the baseball war an lnterna-
tional League team would play at Eb-
bets Field. The new club for Brooklyn
viii come either from Jersey City or
Baltimore. The team which does not
go TO Brooklyn viii be put into Rich
mond. Va. or Syracuse, y. y.
Seemingly. Mr.. Barrow feels that the
chance for peace with the Federal
League has passed, and is laying his
plans accordingly The team which
goes TO Brooklyn mast bear the bruut
of the fight against the Tip-rops, for il
is believed that the Superbas VIII en-
deavor to avoid conflicting dates next
season.
The promised third corps for Brook
lyn's huge standing army Of baseball
docs not seem overStrong. Il is az best
q Landsturm of last resort Jersey City
was one of the poorest tail-enders ever
known in the International League, and
Baltimore. although long pace setter,
fell away TO nothing when Jack Dunn
decided to peddle his players TO the
highest bidder. Wilbert Robinson,
manager of the Superbas, has, however.
a large surplus of players, and from
this the Brooklyn international League
team should be able to CLEAN enough
good men to make "A respectable club.
The new club will give Brooklyn the
honor Of sharing with Chicago and St.
Louis the distinction of possessing
three league baseball teams.
Official records from the Pacific
Coast League which arrived at the Of
flee Of John Foster yesterday show that
two recruits Of the Giants gave a good
account of themselves last year. Kores.
of Portland, who has been mentioned
as a rival of Eddie Grant for third
base, had a batting average of .296 for
1877 games. And he was a slugger. too,
for among his 205 hits were home
runs. p three-baggers and no fewer
than 81 doubles. He stole so bases and
laid down % sacrifice hits.
kores was versatile and had q chance
NJ infcld positions, though he special
lied at first and third. In forty games
al first he felded for 974 and stay
Of 40 games at third base produced an
average of .915.
Stroud, one Of the many pitchers who
will report to McGraw next spring, had
the handicap in Sacramento of playing
with tail-end team, yet he won twenty
games and lost eighteen. In point of
earned runs he stood fifth among the
pitchers of the league, with a yield of
2.01 runs a game. Batters would do
well TO be vigilant when facing Stroud,
fer last season he hit ten men. In
forty-three games he struck out 1870
batters and gave 60 bases on balls.
Eight Of his victories were shut-outs.
In all, 1.193 men faced him and found
him for 26S hits.
From the records the only weakness
of Stroud is a laXness in fielding. I'm
forty-three games he had only nine put
outs, which would indicate that he was
not oyerzealous in covering first.
Photographers missed a wonderful
opportunity when they failed TO get
picture of that 5000 which Dick Ru-
dolph put up for sprint at the six
day race. At late hour no offer had
been received from Chief Meyers or
Louis Drucke.
Arthur Irwin, scout Of the Yankees,
returned yesterday from Gettysburg,
where he failed TO outAank Eddie
Plank.
A motion picture producer who saw
The golf match between John Heydler
and Bill Hanna at Dunwoodie, yester-
day, has asked tie club authorities for
the use of the course as it stands as
the scene for a new four-reel film en-
titled BLEEDING Belgium"