South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-06-06
SMITH IS AF TER
HITTING FIELDER
Ed Wants Somebody That
Can Drive in Men When
They Get On.
BY Ed. y. Murray.


Does any one in the audience
know where there is a hard hitting
outfielder who is "A free agent. can
be purchased stolen. borrowed or
held for ransom until after Septem-
Der 6?
If there is, will be kindly get word
10 Ed smith. manager of the local
baseball club2 Ed will appreciate
it, For I'd has been hunting for
many days and il is needless to say
is still hunting.
There were a couple of gentlemen
Ed wanted. You know both of
them. one is out in the Western
league and the other is in the south
ern league. but it appears neither
is for sale. The one in the South
ern league is going to be kept by
New Orleans He is going TO be
used as a pinch hitter ard a pitcher.
Didn't you know Jimmy was a pitch
er? Why yes ne hurled the first
year he was out. And Jimmy is
fair hUrler.
smith still Hunting.
These two chances are gone now
wants is a man who can hit around
800. He would like TO have hin
hit better than 800. but the main
thing he wants is fer him to hit Will
men on the bases. That is what IN
local team needs. They can get men
on the paths almost any time the
feel like II, but its one great jo.
for them 10 get the men around IN
circuit
Smith on Monday picked up
new shtorstOp. The your man:
name is Herman Blank and he held
down second base for the Battl>
creek club in the Southern Michigan
league for a time last season. Blank
is rated as a good shortstop. but
has never hit the ball very hard.
Hensling is playing the outheld.
but is not hitting the ball as an out
fielder should. In the few games
he played at short he looked good so
chances are that in case an oUttield-
er is landed Hensling may be
brought back to short if il is found
that Blank is not the better man.
Lees Hits Timely.
About the one bright spot i'm the
present gait the Benders are travel
ing is the timely hitting Of Lee Tan
nehill The Bender third sacker has
been driving in quite a few runs and
seems to be about the only consist
ent pinch hitter DonnelIy has driV-
en- several across, but the rest of the
gang seem 90 be lacking when il
comes to that timely punch. All of
them occasionally send their men
over. but they are not consistent per-
formers which accounts for the To-
Gals loss of four games 10 Grand
Rapids.
There is a new deal on in the Cen
trail today The locals journey over
to Muskegon for four contests and
will he back home on Saturday for
four games with Grand Rapids and
four with Muskegon. Booster day
has been set for sunday and of the
5000 tickets supposed to be sold here
only about 1000 have been disposed
of While the team is not going any
too well, Smith is entitled TO a large
crowd Sunday in appreciation of his
efforts TO pat his club up in the run
ming. Ed is not gutter and will
have a team before he gets through.
but Il must be admitted that cor
railing a bunch of players in the
Central is harder job and costs
more than doing the same stunt in
the Southern Michigan.
Dayton opens at Evansville this
afternoon. This is the first time
these clubs have met. The Evas
have taken on a couple Of new men
since they played here and are like
~ 10 make things interesting for the
Vets. Should the Vet hurting staff
take a slip. things might he different
in this league. The chances are that
the Vet hurlers will and if they do
Nee's gang is due for a drop.
lAIII Al our Mo DITTO