The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-06-21
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] a. W. prvlntse- 90 - hlg year Tor
re ssTss % men 10 arr sisyaus 80 tss es
-. -e-lsons - regulars In the Ban
ssss a. circuit ssss been ysry eonsPle.,
sssn almost oontinuaIiy since ne can
rse.n, year in ~hieh the juSsails. nave
maze such a stir.
3oth chissgo ana Detroit. which have
slrNlNed The actd test u long road
~ psisn and returned 90 their hofre
stamping grounds lsadiug the PROCESSION,
performance 81 their rscruit. 20
not mean thst the aids" have don. n
so,h tSss. sis5s ss SS ne r I'' sS, %
rl re- ssr, ~ risS,ns sensational oslL
I ne iaet tenaSlns. however. ,hat II the
tasks exceptionally veil. nsither the RI
Esrs nor The soN would - where they
spes king OF IN. chicago club. no
tee that Ran johnson. Mr.. Cornisksy.
I then.sivss 10 assurn. Ia ~ ch opon
"a ths White sox with sign stealing In
! my article last week. Mr.. johnson svsn
would driv. me ca, Of bSsssai ma Hs H.
hasn't done this ~ TO cate. however. and
days. II the isssus president i wi i'iH
year ,s;,s'atrAet calls Tor. viii Dc perfect
| " ,Nlllins 20 take a vacation AZ that. FOR
thlrEs that baseball inferferes with
burst vas iiiimed ss s S1hs SRs e osf-
fsred enough through indiscrsst talk by
its executives and owners-not 10 saw
that The bali players themselves nave az
| lines been guilty Of bad Judgment In
iheir public utterances. The public IS
% be thrown. out % the game or hans,
ed; drawn and quartered.
White sox nor any other cub. as any
one who read my article must admit.
What ! did say was that a strong ru.
! reiterate that statement right here
Manager Jennings thought the report
players for plain clothes duty In the
bleachers, and he also wrote Manager
warning we had received and caution
see the signal tipping report was not a
matter OF sufxcient ssriSn 10 O war.
rant an Investigation by our manager IN
willing 70 stand by the statement along
20 Mr.. Donovan. II Mr.. Johnson - go
ing 70 order my baseball demise Tor
hearse FOR any convenient hour
When 7 get ready 90 make any direct
erican league. viii come right out and
name 10 and will have the evidence 10
Is mia; 30 f sS5 ySsSssD ,b win
proofs. This Is not the FIRST time that
there has been rumor Of signal steal
troit club secured proof that New York
wns getting them some years ago and
asss S Sgsh wasn't 20 M .5y J9 2sSr
about putting somebody out Of the game
theu, however. on the contrary. the
4 Ny article last week certainly did
not warrant any such tempest IN n tea
going on In his league that might r' az
up a whole lot bigger fuss II investi-
rated. and n Mr.; Johnson e 90 anxious
around a little.
who have been burning things up. Pep
young. DetroitS second hSseman. has
Positfon. lie tried a wnois no noek '" es
All bad some Weakness ihaJ seriously
and always have been hard bat
ting club. They never have had any
but their defense has been weak. Parti-
icularly around second base. the quality
lof play has been below the big league
Young is not such a very strong hit
ter on what he has shown 80 far.
occasion He is wonder on the de-
tense. however, and that e. what we
wsnt In ne,lding ground balls he ess
killed dozens OF smashes OF the SOFT
that We used 70 see 60 for safe hits. In
clubs, he saved us on more than one
occasion by a sensational stop.
Mckee and Baker. are two young
cstchsrs also did some splendid work.
Neither OF these men o. exactly new
conner on the club; as Bsker was with
But this spring Is the frst time that
We have been able 20 use them regular
81 some o. tho most important gameS
notably the last series We played with
Chicago. and the two younger receivers
sTsst tlonaI style. -
chicago can thank several % her
van. 6uinian ana Feisch. the two new
outfieiders. have performed Ia "a very
satisfactory manner. while Breton ard
Roth have done some good work on tho
infisld.
New York. another fret division club
has TO thank waite Pfpp for q number
Of It's Victories. This is his first year
A. a regular. though be went south with,
tho Tigers In 1914. tie has been fielding
league AMI ihs hits have driven IN a
lot OF runs Tor tho Donovan club.
Lutte Boone ~ another boy who is
vas with the CLUB Iast season and play
/ ed second toward the Close ~ the year
but this - the frat campaign 80 which
he started out As a regulRr. he u play
inE a very clever game M the field. aud
though he isn't 500 hittlr, gots a
or rather one ON which ull tbs play
.ot1er than pitchers have had AZ least one
Of tho recruit pitchers. iH DONG fairy
well. particularly a. o. hitter. This big
fellow seems 10 be a natural Elugasr
AMI he has won Eet erHi gameE through
ME ability 70 whale the bait.
/ Run has o. tuke OF his hat g. Key
Caldwell when Do comes 20 DetuE tho
champion piuoE-hittirE pitcher how
lever. The NtW hurk star made what
probably b. worlds record a short
time aao when hc Eut o. home run lu
three succonsffa days. It8 fret two %
those he secured in the rola % emery
|eury batter. while the other was iu a
same that he was lttcblu..
NuHhlu Etuut like NuafHu. fH using
practically the same team that Dr. had
ltst year. 10 recruits cannot b. hsnd.
Hny tliuu fDr ltH Showing CleveIauI
rad r. mob ~ recruits and O. ualu. .at .
.srU of them right along. sUIthaurfb.
The recent acquisition fro IttEr NfI.rI.
can As4ociattou. seems tu br H strong
uIHf ~. hay emit seen hIu work. but
he papers have been filled .ItI bis s4od
. fielding and herd hitting
Hrruru h."EHE 'H fHUIrE howard aud
IrH walsh handy. Howard WAS uIrb
him iaFf year bur didn't E.t much ~ "a
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