New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-16
Germany" Schaefer. 4,
Infinite Jest, Gets V
His Release.
STOLE MANY LAUGHS
BUT FEW BASES
McGraw Defies Player Lin.
Rule by Gathering in Two
More "Bushers.,
BY HAYWOOD BROIy

Hefhahg Schaeier mas Received
unconditional release from the r.
ington club. Alas. poor "Schssf-'
was fellow of infinite Jest!
Perhaps it was the very ins,,,.
his humor which caused his dsn,,...
In the case of Walter Jobnsos !.
manager had only to look AT n. - ~
ures to know his worth. He eoris
how many games Johnson hsd ~.
how many batters he had famed ~
many runs he had allowed Der s. ~
But there was no way Of cheekis- -, !.
Schaefer. Germany" was 49,
His place in the sun was the eossS,..
line. Once fine hitter. he was oi -.
much use with the bat for the Las, ~
years. Yet he could crack cur o s
in any crisis. y"
Unfortunately, there are no oxs,
league figures on jests. Probable !.
one ever stole as many laugh. y
Schaefer. He brought as much lar :.
the fans in a season as any hone -.
hitter, and the hits of Schsefer va.
sure. There was no fooling him n,
had no weakness. High or low bro.s
or narrow, ran his humor. He p,,I.i
no groove ball TO score a safety.
Ard so Schaefer is gone. and sor.
man who cannot tell a funny y.,,
10 save his life or cut caper or mai.
a grimace will stop the runners \
third. We are not maintaining ~,
/ the Washington club would win \.
pennsnt if it Kept Schaefer on rs NJ.
roll, but we do think that It's yictsrs
will bring less joy and its deiss
more sorrow than they did in the as
when "Schaef" was on the lines.
Not a whit discouraged By the n,
which orders each National Lear.
club to cut down to twenty-one PLAYER
by May /, John McGraw calmly coz.
tinues to collect men. The Cas.,
signed yesterday Edward HOLLOWAY. q
Springfield, H., an inielder, and ". 1
! Flanagan, a pitcher, OF Musestin,,
Iowa, in the Central Association.
Flanagan should please McGrsw, b.
cause he is a big man, two inches
above six feet, and, what's more, he
fact that his name is Flanagan Won
hurt him bit in a club which counts
and has counted among It's stars Don.
lin, a Shannon, a McGinnity. a Doyle,
a Burns, Devlin. a Murray a Brss.
rahan and John McGraw.
Faith in the pitching averages Of Ii.
American League springs up nightly
when one learns that John Pieh, Of tie
Yankees, ranked a dead last.
The veterans of Johnson's orgsnis.
ton must be somewhat chagrined to be
led by a youngster. and the fact tat
he's a left-hander makes it all he
! karGer
Eddie Plank was thirty-hfth n tie
list, and had TO take the dust Of 5fes-
Ter. of Shawkey and OF PennOck, vao
are the mainstsys Of Macks present
pitching staff.
Anybody Wild wants to cone 2
realization of the long service o
/ Christy Mathewson in baseball mas Only
TO consider the fact that IN BIS tine
( he has pitched to Jack Warner, to Fans
4 Bowerman, TO Roger Bresnahsr, %
admiral" Schlei, to Arthur Wilson, 70
/ Chief Meyers and to Larry Mclean
Now that Jimy Austin mas lumpei
to the Federal League, Branch Rlesey'
/ of the Browns. will be under the pan'
i full necessity of finding another snhe y
who is willing 10 manage oase0''
/ team on the Sabbath
Now we know why Larry hsLa
hasn't signed. lie has probably ass y.
that the new style sweater when %.
( Giants have adopted for neu year |.
known to the trade as the Vase
sweater"
Free suggestion for a bsseosll az
toonist: international League msslsx
watching the sailing OF re,'el =.
and remarkirg plaintiyely; ! WEE
was a Belgian
The official batting averages o. y
Southern League show that hatry ~ =,
Cormick, of Chattanooga, hit iol - -
last season, and he wasn't pihen ~
ting, either.
Eleven men in the American Less.'
were acutely unhappy for prouss~..'
periods during the race last SEA-
One has only TO look under -.
pitching average TO confirm the fset
Colonel Jake Rupert may have ~,
! influenced by the "Do your Ohis'D'
shopping early" slogan.
Ban johnson says that when
name of the new Yankee nanag.i
announced il will cause senssns'
Now we know-it's Doctor Psrkhu''-