The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-04-29

Dig ieAHue CLUBS Nuhlu IKE 70 uhft |
Agnew, Hamilton. B~aumgarder, Well
man, Pratt and shotten.
George Burns ls paying FIRST base
FOR the Detroit Tigers. George Burns
Is playing an outfield position for the
New York Nationals These 1--WE
players OF the same name are not re-
lated. Burns Is making good with
Detroit and Manager McGTaw says
his Burns viii become one Of the best
%outhelders In the majors.
ErvinR kantlehner. Pirate pitcher
who started his big league life boy
withdrawing Inc Cardinals. comes
from the Northwestern league. is a
southpaw, a giant and was known
on the coast as "Pcan"ts." n. as Ia
celously said, an southpaws are nuts,
the foregoing nickname shows en-
terprise Ia being specific.
n Frank Moran is on his feet at
the end OF the twentieth round OF his
fight with Jack johnson he viii be
champion of the world. He doesn't
have Ia beat Johnson to outpoint
him or knock him out. lie has TO
be on his feet and Parts will do the
rest.
This Is the opinion Of George En-
gel. who took Frank Klaus abroad.
and has lived In Paris many years.
He says that France Is tired Of John
son. that his actions have put him In
bad. and that unless he knocks Moran
cold he can't win.
Ills vitality Is sapped from his
style OF living and he looks anything
hut a champion. In fact. he looks
like an old. woru-out man. Moran
may beat him on the level, even
knock him out. says Engel. But
II Moran doesn't. the decision Is all
ready TO hand To him II he IL on his
feet at the finish.
Joe Birmingham is still pursued by
the link. His latest trouble is the loss
OF Billings. the promising young
catching recruit. who was spiked by
Bodie as the latter slid into the plato
In a game the other day. An artery
In Killings leg WAS cut and he will
be out or the game for Two months.
Here's what has happened to the
Maps TINS spring
Manager Birmingham. internal in
juries. out for season.
Ray Chapman, broken ankle. out
for two months.
Memo Leibold. s%prained ankle. out
for two weeks.
Steve O'Neill. busted finser. out for
two weeks.
Nean Gregg, sore arm out for two
weeks.
Bin steen. busted finger, out for a
month.
Catcher Billings, severed artery IN
leg, out for two months.
The fact that everyone In picking
the Athletics TO win doesn't make
them pennant winners" says Clarke
Griffin. Everyone picked them ia
1912, and Washington beat them out
And In 1914 we didn't get under way
untl June. | have a much better
club now than I had then. and my
bunch IL already on the jump. rye
got the best pitching staff In base
ball-the best highlander and the
best ~lefthander. and some others To
help-and pitching u about 60 per
cent of the game"
"If We ever get - batting" adds
Griff. wen break up the league"
IAN that remains Of the triple
pennant winners" says an exchange.
ARE Cobb and Crawford. Hughey
Jennings no longer Is suVounded
with Claude Rossman. Tom Jones.
Herman Shafer. Charley O1Leary.
Bill C%oughlin, Matty Mcintyre, Davy
Jones, Ira Thomas, Jimmy Archer.
Edgar Willett, Ed Killian, Bill Dom
van George Mullin. Eddie Summers
and a few others. They've run their
race
Maybe that goea for Matty McIn-
, tyre and Herman Schafer. but Il will
surprice Captdln fra Thomas Of the
Athletics. me Jimmy Archer ~ the
, Cubs to learn that they've run their
|, race"
Connie Maok's club il az present
) embarrassed by lack Of suhstitut,
: outfielders. The Athletics were un.
: usually Strong In this department
{ last year. and Il has taken a bad
. break OF luck TO put Connie In tbs
: hole.
z Maok's regular outfield consists ol
Murphy. Strunk and Oldring. Dale.
Is his only substitute, as Willie and
/, Brickley. whom Mack took south
" turned out "a be OF very little vaiu'
and were released. Walsh, whom
Mack had las, year as "A sub, wal
+. traded 20 New York.
Now oidring's illness has forces
a Daley into the field as a substitute
lie IL getting along well, though no
quite up 90 Oldring'E standard. bu
should any OF the men now In tn
field be injured, Mack would b
forced TO rely on Kopf. his sub-ln
fielder, as his extra gardener. Thi
makes the recruit the substitute
for the club.