The Alaska citizen., 1915-07-12

In March Bresnahan was prevent ed from releasing two pitchers be cause they had long term contracts. and now these two are pitching the the Cubs into the lead
 Those Wards. Of Brooklyn. are not down in the mouth because nobody sees their games. They know they can recoup their baseball losses by jumping the price of bread to 6 cents the first cold snap next win ter.
 Manager Jennings of the Detroit Tigers has adopted policy of cut ting down his squad to the lowest possible limit in keeping with which he shipped Catcher Peters to Chat tanooga. Pitcher Smithson to Scran- ton and Pitcher Karr to Mobile.
 Changes in baseball are so ka- leidoscopic that it is hard for even writers at times 10 keep pace with the shifts Some call Gus Getz of Brooklyn a recruit, when as a mat ter of fact he played with the Bos- ton Nationals about five years ago.
 MokO Hall an eight-year-old brown stallion by Walnut Hall 2:0S4 out of Daisy Wilkes, by Moko is the first new 2:l0 trOtter of 1915. He gained his record of 2:10 at Wood- land Cal, on May %, by a perform ance against time. His previous record was 2:114. The late L. V. Hardness of New York. bred the horse.
 Walter McCredie, manager of the Portland team of the Pacific Coast League, asserts that he declined the management of the Cleveland In dians. owner Somers says the po sition was never offered McCredie. Take your choice of answers
 IL seems that even m hard times and bad weather in the midst of general decline of interest in baseball circles. Charles A. Comiskey goes on drawing we'll against double competition and making money. He has kept faith with the public and the public eXempts him from the n,I,.y club owners.
 The war in Europe seems to be benefitting all branches of sport on this side of the water. Requests have been received by some of the lead ing yacht clubs in this section to arrange special races in which craft coming East might take part. Many yaChtsmen who usually cruise in foreign waters for at least four or five weeks during the summer have put their boats in shape and have signified their willingness to partici pate in almost any kind of races that may be arranged, provided they are assured of lively, clean sport number of motor events during the season also.
 John F. Madden has sold his two year-old Stellarina, by StarShoot Ballerina, to the former well known and successful jockey. George Odom. As the nucleus of stable which Odom will shortly have in training Stellarna should prove a bread win her.
 Bobby Wallace, recently uncondi- tionally released by the St. Louis ican League umpire next season. If he makes as good as an umpire as he was ball player he will be valuable addition to Ban Johnson's staff;
 The University of Pennsylvania has had many famous athletes, but no one of them has ever been more respected for his personal character than Ted Meredith The evidences of appreciation which are showered on him represent not only respect for his performances on the track, but the kind of popularity which is founded on something better than the record of the stop watch.
 Dan Murphy, once with the Ath- letics but now with the Brooklyn Federals says that Connie Mack had intended to send him to the St Louis Browns when he jumped to the Feds, from whom he says he is receiving s6500 per annum, on e-year-contract. Murphy has only good words for Mack, however.
 Baseball is certainly getting it good and plenty. On top of the European war, baseball war, trade depression, golf boom and five and ten cent brand of weather, smallpox has de veloped in the American Association.