Evening star., 1915-03-11
BASE BALL BRIEFS.

The annual story about Lou Drucke
trying to come back with the Giants
would be funny if Drucke didn't mean
1t SO seriously. He is reported at ap-
pearing at Marlin and announcing that
he has regained his old pitching form
The New York Americans finally have
completed the deal by which they OBJ
tain Third Baseman Paddy Bauman
from the Providence Grays Bauman
Is comeback to the American League.
for he played second base for Detroit
for a while.
President Heinemann Of the New Or
leans club is making an effort to book
the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Cleve-
land Indians for exhibitions in New
Orleans April and 5. 1t would mean
big jumps from camp, but the New Or
leans people offer to guarantee ex-
penses.
Again the scribes inform us that Con-
nie Mack's problem is chiefly one of
pitchers. In spite Of his other losses.
Last year they told US it was a cues
ton of whether the veterans Plank and
Bender could come through. Now they
say 1t Is question of the youngsters
delivering.
Report comes from Paso Robes, the
camp of the White Sox. that Pitcher
224 to 20s in one days hiking over the
hills. If this is sample of the speed
that Manager Rowland mas been talk
ing about. then other teams may as
well surrender.
George Han1an. son Of the famous
oarsman of that name, Joined the
White Sox team in California expecting
to get trial as an outfelder. but his
eyes were found defective and an ocu-
list advised him that he never would
succeed as ball player, so he quit the
camp without getting into a Uniform.
Larry Doyle goes to the Giants train
ing camp at Marlin declaring his
shoulder is as good as ever He spent
the winter at Jacksonville, Fla, nurs-
Ing the injured shoulder, steering an
automobile being part Of the treat
ment given 1t, though massage, thinks
Larry. really did the business.
An eastern writer thinks the reason
Roger Bresnahan let Tommy Leach
and Bill Sweeney go was that he fear
ed If things did not break right for
him one of them might succeed him as
nanaser. This writer evidently has
forgotten the sort Of a contract Bresna :
han has with the Cubs.
Pitcher Joe Benz Of the Chicago
White Sox. who went to the Pacific
coast month ahead of the team to
recuperate from an attack Of typhoid
fever, has gained twenty pounds by
the time he reported at Paso Robes
for practice. and Manager Rowland
Immediately put him to work taking
some of it of.
Cincinnati Is understood to give
Tommy Leach one-year contract for
$4,000. with no ten-day clause. and
| $4,000 of IT In advance. It would have
! cost the Cincinnati club $4,000 to claim
Tommy on waivers, SO that really he
| is cheaper ball player than many q
youngster who Is much more doubt
| full experiment.
| Charley Somers Of the Cleveland In
| dians having congratulated himself
| on the elimination of the disloyal ele-
| ment In his team. 1t now is up to Joe
| Birmingham to go out and win. with
| players and even a new name are of
| fered Joseph. 1t Is up to him and him
| alone.
The release by Detroit of Outhelde,
| Fred Nicholson. who goes to San An
tonic, means that Baby Doll Jacobsen
| is sure of berth with the Tigers, al
| Jennings has left but four outfielders
Cobb, Crawford, Veach and Jacobsen
| Big Jake will break in just as soon Al
| thumb on.
It's a war risk that the Lloyds hardl,
| would gamble on to insure that a mino
| league club would finish season. al
the United States Fidelitr and Guaran
tee Company has learned. This com
| pany went on the two-thousand-d -dolla
! bond of the Wilmington Tri-Stat'
| League club last year. and then WI
mington tlunked and tne league had t
take over the team. Suit was brough
against the guarantee company, ant
judgment for the $1,000 and interes
has been awarded the Tri-State LeaGu
by q Pennsylvania court