Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-06-05
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All teams look alike to Walter John

The Cardinals, are weak before left
handlers again this year
The Feds are bears at producing
that one-to-nothing brand of ball.
Some Of the baseball magnates are
now litigating over 300 per cent
The Fort Worth club has signed
Catcher Bill Rapp, late OF Sioux City.
Baseball managers want fresh" re-
cruits, the self.confident. noisy kind.
Otis Crandall, Of st. Louis, and Karl
Crandall, Of Indianapolis, are brothers.
Johnny Evers Is beginning to hit the
ball and will strike his natural gait
soon.
st. Louis papers say that Lee Ma.
gees real name is Leopold Hunsch-
meyer
A Washington paper refers to Cleve'
land as "the suburbs OF the American
league"
Tinker to Evers to Chance: How
much income tax did you fellows have
to pay?"
Doc Gessler Of the Pittsburgh Feds
says that his league doesn't need any
more players.
According to the Kansas City critics
George Stovall has assembled . band
of demon sticker.
Mike Doolan is making plays in Bal
timore which recall the shortstopping
Of Hughey Jennings.
Say, isn't it about time for the Bos-
ton management to make its annual
change of managers?
Jack Coombs. the Athletics iron
man, is going to assist Ira Thomas In
coaching the pitchers.
Sam Crawford and Ty Cobb both
are working steadily with the Tigers
and are hitting the ball.
Mordecai Brown to date 10 Q much
more successful manager In the Feds
than his old pal. Joe Tinker.
Shortstop Corhan OF San Francisco
made four hits in four times up on
Pitchers Peet and Salveson Of Port
land.
How would you like to be an umpire
and have to announce Mr.. Oeschger Of
the Phillies - the pitcher Of bat
terry?
The st. Paul club has arranged to
secure Shortstop Dee Walsh from the
St. Louis American club In the near
future.
Third baseman Kelley. star of tho
Yale team, will In Ill probability be-
come a professional when the college
term ends.
The Haverford club has signed
Pitcher James Crawley, an eighteen
year-old southpaw. hailing from SUI
field. Conn.
Connie Mack is growing extremely
radical In his remarks. He says: Il
wouldn't be surprised II we won an.
sother pennant"
George Walsh, who played football
and baseball at Fordham college. ID
trying to win place In the outfield
of the Superbas.
What q cinch Charles Herzog 10 90
ing to have this season. All he has to
do is to talk" an inferior ball team
into the pennant.
This is tho life." chuckle tho Fed
eral league hackers. az they recall the
dtreful predictions of the organised
baseball magnates.
Manager. Bill Carrigan. Of the. Red
sox. Ike Jim McAleer. ranks Iris
Speaker a. the greatest ball player In
the world, not even barring Tyrus
Cobb.
st, Louis il we'll stocked with NIL
lers. The Feds Of that community
have w. Miller ana the Mats Jack
Miller, Charles Miller and . Miller
Higgins.
st. Louis scribes say that Bill James.
now with the Browns, has come back"
with flying colors. James made two
efforts with the Maps and was sent
back AZ . failure each time. /
The New York Sun well says: In
giving the winning records OF the
American league pitchers foot note
should show how many times the
pitcher in question drew Walter John
son for his opponent"
"Caruso" Beck is going so handsome
" at Chicagos first base that he
thinks he'll continue to earn his liv-
ing playing ball instead Of singing at
the movies. The movie fans may take
this az good news or not.
Manager Griffith resents the idea
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