The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-17

Colloduial Sp-e'lations bes- owed on
the i7offend'n g baseball by players in
clude pea" onion" and "ap"l but
judging from the Official bnt.ing records
the sphere look more like a grape.
collins Sold Because He Was
TroUb'e Maker" says a healline- He
was-for seven A erican lie que clubs.
Johr McGraw, Wilbert Robinson.
Hugh Jennings and Joe Kelley-the old
Ortoles-have contributed exters veiy %
present managerial berths. The there's
Kid Gleason, Who assistant manages
In Chicago.
The peripatetics OF Jimmy Austin are
on a descending scale. o aha 70 New
York. New Yo k to St Louis. st. Louis
to P't SD re rerresents a shorter change
OF base each time.
Joe Tinker and NJ Ike Doolan had
the Fed shortstops. The former won by
two points. He accepted 1914 more
CHI noes per game than Dcolan, but
probably doesn't know II.
With Merkle and Holke on first. DOVE
and Bra nerd on second. File cher and
Beatty at short and Grant. Stock.
Rores. ard Shafer on L ird. ivais will
have a desperate time next season get
ting BAN through the Cans infiell-
Earl H~milton. the Browns left
handler, who hurt his bread vim Hg
wing in an automobile acc dent this
fan. reports tat the arm seems to have
nended properly.
Speaking Of the new rule limiting the
number Of players of each club 20 TWEEN
ty-one after Nav ]. National League
magnate SAYS: The New York cub
has ffty-three ball p ayers. Just thirty
two OF those must be turned loose b.
fore May l, and II Is barely possibl"
that We shall be able to buy a few
men that we want McGraw has sur
rius outfielders We could use 10 advan-
tage. and we are hot after them Show
ing that one OF the neat DO ntS OF the
move Is that ID NAV save YOU The trou-
BILE Of digging up ball players yourself
Let Mac do it.
The next manager of the New York
Americans will be No. s, the list not
including Manager pro tenn for while
Charle HemphilL
Although Hank Day is at liberty, 1t
isn't likely that the late manager OF
the Cubs will be on the National League
umpire staff again. It Is not believed
the league powers that be will reappo'nt
hin, Twice now he has Stven up his
POSITION on the SLdLI 70 IdEc = L5d4A4s
first the Reds. then the Cubs Af>er he
had resigned and managed the Reds FOR
a year he was ont back on the s'aff, but
there Is no disposition on the part OF
the National I ea que authorities to put
him back a second time.
Joe Higgins. formerly manager OF the
BEDFORD Park club OF New York city.
and for many years one OF the leading
lights OF Gotham sc ui-professionai
baseball. has gned a two years cor
tract 70 act as scout for the Detroit
Tigers For several years Higgins has
been acting as President Navin's repre-
sentative in New York.
II is hard to reform an actor. Even
Rube Marquard's long losing streak
could not induce him to forego the spot
Hight for long. Blossom Seelev and
Rube Maruuard will open n Boston
within a few DAYS. with Larry Mclean
as the third member Of the act. LSrUS
was taken in to maize w for MarGuard's
lack Of singing ability.
There IL said to be no objection what
ever on the part OF the Pirate manage
ment against Hans Warner playng
BASKETBALL dur nS the Writer and IL u
practically an assured fact that rhr
Tsuton will be seen on the. doors Of tie
West PEN circuit Hans likes thu
iloor game but the mHnaEenent oil
lot encourage him to play H.