The Alaska citizen., 1916-05-29
IN BALLOON

 in the big show. will not he a major leaeucr this season Tommy haH been professional twenty years. and in lS9S left the sticks ,o join the Louisville club of the old National league. Later he played with the Pittsburg and Chicago teams, and last season with the Cincinnati Reds. Ed ReulbaCh. leading twirler when with the Cubs but who later joined the Feds. ma return to his former love.
 There are three old fayorites who will figure Tn the 1916 campaign First there is "Heinie" Groh oi the Cincinnati Reds. who finished last season as the best second basemar in the National league and twelfth in the batting averages. Recently Joe Tinker. the Cubs new mana ger. offered 10 trade thirty pay fs for little Henry, but despite the fact that this was a record offer. it vas refused This was a some what different circumstance irorl few years ago. when Manage: McGraw. of the Giants. threw Groh m as boot in trade for player. Then there is Sam Aknew, a mighty fine backstop. who was purchased by the worlds champion Red &oA from the Browns Sam never had a chance to really show his worth with the eyer-lagging St. Louis a@t with the great Boston team he Will obtain the opportunity to shine which he deserves Ty Cobb has just celebrated his twenty-ninth birthoay Since he came into the American league in 1905 he has participated in 1895 games. been to bat 5,248 times scored 1019 runs and cracked out l.937 hits for an eleyen-year batting average of .369. He has made 30l doubles. l52 triples 52 home runs and stolen 5Sl bases. To date TyIus appears to have been a fairly busy youth
 When Percy Haughton recently paid $1S000 for First Baseman Ed Konetchy and Pitchers Knetzer md Allen and added them to his Boston team, he emphasized the fact that by-Eoncs are by-gones and that the hurts inflicted upon the national pastimc by the Feds really had heaa ed. Knct2er was the first player ta jump to the outlaws" He hoppel from the Brooklyn outfit two yaa.- ago, and \ len followed suit rom r1= same club when a salary raise was not forthcoming "Koney," after To. ing with the Cardinals for years was sent to Pittsburg, but a hitca over pay caused him to leap. The trio did excellent work with tEe HOW defunct league and should strengthen the Braves.
 And now We come to Eddie Col lins. second baseman extraordinary. who has been devoting his Sunday afternoons to telling the youth of the land how they should conduct themselves to live clean and useful lives Eddie's striking Rules Of Life" are: Safeguard your honor, don't use intoXicants. don't overeat, b. good loser, smile, keep eood hours, have courage to do right, don't think you know it all, be prompt and think clean thoughts Any boy who hopes to become a. great a ball player as the White SoX initial sacker, or any non-per- forming fan. can follow these tips to his advantage. In the present season Charlie Herzog, of the Cu- cinnati Reds, will be the only play!I,r manager in fast company, Millvl Huggins, of the Cards, having de cided to direct his team from the bench How different from few years ago when such famous team directors as Chance Clarke, Duffy, Bresnahan, Jones, Carrigan, Stahl and others also wore the spangles.
 Home Run" Frank Baker, who quit the Athletics last season be cause Mack would not give him the salary increase he asked, has signed a three-year contract with the Yankees, his stipend to be BIO 00O annually. He Is a natural 300 hit ter and a great cleanup man. His best batting was in 1912, when his average was .347. Chief" Bender, one of the Athletics old guard which won severa! championships, ha; been signed to assist Pat Moran $ boys this summer He jumped to the Feds when Mack asked waivers upon Plank, Coombs and himself but after winning four and losing sixteen games, he was let out in md-season by the Baltimore club If the Indian will keep in trainirg z he may come back. Louis Evans, familiarly known as Steve" hur- dled to the outlaws" from the Cards and thereafter played the best ball of his career Next sea, son he will be with his home town outfit, the Cleveland team. Charley Hall, often referred to as the Roar.