The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-25
Baseball Notes

4NOSS0i
Joe Tinker has only two more play.
and o'FarrelL
sts,ty.s debut my take plsts this
week n Boston town.
Kantichner bids fair to he n OF
the years hardluck pitchers
Bill Londen. the Pittsburgh member
! OF the Reds, on Saturday made his
first error OF the season.
outfelder Claude Cooper, with the
| BROOKLYN Feds last year, has been
| picked up By the Phillies.
pitcher Frank Allen. the former
! Rebel with the Stallings tribe. who
i has beer on the sick list with grip. ts
| recovering and will be out In uni
| form this week.
Sherwood Magee is watching the
Braves games from the stand. sher-
wood Is able to move the fingers OF
his cracked hand quite freely and ex'
poets TO get back within two weeks.
Pete Compton Is showing up 50 we'll
as a Boston ground coyerer and hitler
that some Of the ~bleacherites nave
christened him Speaker. Pete sure Is
~hammering the ball.
Catcher Mayer. OF the Chicago
iNhite Sox on Saturday was sent to
1.-The Milwaukee Brewers. Manager
ECiark has no been satisfied with his
~tcatching department all year, and will
welcome this latest visitor.
It is said that Bill Fisher will dis
| place Jimmy Archer as first catcher
for the Cubs. and he is likely to do
! most of the backstop work from now
on. He Il throwing we'll and is a much
better hitter than the veteran Cub
backstor.
The Braves management has chang.
ed its policy In regard to Issuing pas.
SEES to the clergy. Whereas formerly
several hundred books were sent out.
the rule this year is that no books
shall be given away. but that clergy
men OF any denomination will be ad-
mitted upon applying at the press
gate.
Unless both Buck Wheat and Char
ley Stengel start to pick UP in their
batting pretty soon. Jimmy Johnson
is likely to horn into a regular job.
Both Wheat and Stengel were away
OF in their batting all OF last season.
and neither has yet shown this year
that they are any better in the hit.
ting line.
David j. Hickman, the former Bal.
timore Federal league outf1elder. has
been released under optional agree
ment by Brooklyn to the New Haven
club oEtle Eastern league.
The release OF Hickman leaves the
Brooklyn team with only n extra
outficlder, Jimmy johnson, as Larry
Miller was also let out last week.
As the Robins now stand, Manager
Robinson is within the limit Of players
prescribed by the National league.
| Robinson now, has 90, but Buster
Mails is not counted, as he was re.
Gently placed on the disabled list.
Herb Kelly, former Pirate south
nav pitcher. has hcen released by
the Cleveland Americans to Portland.
| Ore, In the Pacific. Coast league.
Roger Brcsnahan, manager OF the
| Toledo Club. has signed Jack Fluhrer.
| outieldcr Of the Chicago Nationals.
Fluhrer was sent to Milwaukee on
option and was turned back to the
Cubs
"Don" Marion, pitcher, of Milwau.
kcc, with the Brooklyn Federals last
/ ycar and with the American Associa-
ton teams several years previously,
! has signed with the Bloomington, Ill.,
club OF the Three.I league.
Merkle balled lip a play. Look Out!''
! lie yelled when Cravath raised a foul.
| RarIden did so. but Merkle, too. step.
ped aside aud the ball fell to the
| ground between them. Just a sample
| or the Giants witless work and prone
ness to make things so wrong.
The attack Of tonsilltis which laid
low Lee Magee and Frank Gi'hooley at
one stroke may keep those two ath-
lctcs out or the game for a week or 10
| DAYS. during which time the fanks
will have to depend on the second
string G I..
The phillics are getting of to an