South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-10-28
BASEBALL RUMOR
LEAGUE TO HAVE
A BUSY SEASON
Several Teams Have Been Sold
According to Its Dope.
Jack Adams is Another
Lucky Bird.
BY Frank G. Mcnke.

NEW YORK. oct. ZS.-The 1916
56 season OF the Baseball RumOr
league has opened quite auspiciously.
It's just a few brief days ago that
the curtain was rung down on the
last world series battle. yet since that
time Heinie the Zim has been
traded" 10 the Giants. John McGraw
has sole" the Chicago Cubs,-en-
tirely without the knowledge Of the
Cub owners.-one writer has placed
the St. Louis Cardinals. cincinnati
Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates "one
sale" Ban Johnson hds announced
that the Feds are ~ nippcf To a
FRAGILE" and at least 30 players nave
been slated" for release sale or
trade
Business in the Rumor league Ger
tG!nly is brisk
Adams Didn't Want TO Go.
Jack Adams is another one Of these
Unlucky birds. Jack is catching
person who was a third string man
with the Giants i'm 1914. When he
was thrown in as the Ito boot" part
OF the PhilIy-Giant trade he yowloG.
RE didn't want 10 go to a club that
was a certain tail-ender; he wanted To
stay with the pennant- possibilities
the Giants But Jack went and got
gard part of the Phillies' booty
Concerning Hurry Up" NOst.
Hurry Up" YOst occupies the
unique position Of being the only foot
ball coach who ever played with his
charges in regular championship
game.
Yost started coaching in 1897.
handling the Ohio Wesleyan team His
squad had game with Michigan and
YOst took along his whole aggrega-
tion-12 men During the game. two
Of the Wesleyan players were injured,
leaving Yost with an incomplete
team.
Either the game has got 10 stop or
you've got 10 let me in said Yost TO
the Michigan officials
After a conference il was decided
20 let YOst play-and he did. He
rallied the team. He stiffened the
backbOnes Of his weary linesmen and
he hammered the maize and blue line
to a near-frazzle every time ne ran
with the ball
Wesleyan went 10 Ann Arbor with
the expectation of getting a terrific
beating. 1t probably would have been
without 'YOst in the lineup. But YOst
got in and the game ended 90, with
Michigan considering itself mighty
fortunate that it wasn't beaten.
YOsts showing as a coach and
player in that game opened the eyes
Of the Michigan folks and just as
soon as It could it hired Yost to
handle its~teams.
\ Big job for Ban.
Ban Johnson, We are told. is going
to Philadelphia at some very early
date TO kick out the Shibe family
from part ownership in the Athletics
and to sell their holdings 10 some
body else Ousting the Shibes may
not be a hard job because they are
in a mood. but Ban may have quite a
job on his hands trying 10 find an
angel"
Baseball has become an extremely
hazardous proposition and nothing
but a bargain price viii bring new
blood" into the financial end of the
game.
Kilbanc No Longer an Idol.
Johnny Kilbane has ceased TO be a
drawing card. The listless exhibitions
of the featherweight champion, and
his practice of picking pugilistic
lemons has soured the fight fans.
Even in his home territory ne has be-
come unpopular and Johnny faces the
alternative OF lighting someone over
the 2O-rOund decision route in the
very near future or losing all of his
former Irestibe.
Wilson MiSe-That's All.
Probably Fred r. Wilson spent