Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-02

OF IN" trenches, all right. but the
Federal League jumps seem to be out
VI Jobs.
Federal League owners thought Inc
tuition f"e excessive.
Somebody says the Feds won moral
victory. !"SsiDly true. for every body
winning moral victory Is s"undly
thrashcd
out "i nine starts last season. carl
Gilman beat the Detroits eight times.
put. 50 Tar. iioston fans have rendered
-" banquet 10 the ieft-hander
N"Ht Year it viii be discovered
wh"thel E"Mny kaun was the Ty Cobb
81 the Federal l.cagIc OF whether Ty
cobb was IN. Henny kaun OF the
American League.
\ study Of pitching records indicates
that Pitcher Williams. OF the Mime
aDOlIS American Association team, Was
the real IRON man OF 1918. Williams
hurled Sixtv-f"ur games. working ;il
innings. he won ,wenty-ninc starts.
lost sixteen "a percentage OF $40. and
worked in nineteen partial gaines.
Alexander the Great pitched 37i In
UinG& this year, whii" Walter Johnson
sent them over in $40.
Umpire Charley Rigier. OF the Ma
lea 10 :. bed in Il cleveland hospital
for seven weeks. lie lost th!rty-c!ght
pounds during his illness. II may DC q
Ir.:.n thing 10 say. but ball players and
fans doubtless viii De glad !" learn
that as :. result mis- chest measurement
Is considerably reduced.
charles NJ. Schw;,b. the stcd mag
nate. Vas much IN evidence ~ the
New York meeting Hs IS nn>ous 20
staN! la Bethlehem, Pa. a. entertain
mcnt Tor his s,eclworEers
KID" gleason. crstwhile assistant
"a l.n!uy Callahan as coach Of tn.
White SuN, may brcaE back into tue
game. los Angeles wants the Kid TO
come "u, there and manage the team.
Wiicn Jimmy Callahan accepted IN.
rittsoUreh tom h recommended Glea.
son 20 J"hnus Powers, ia" owner Of
tie Los Angeles club. Gleason Is Il
rca! live wirc. and The fact that ne
hn. been GU; OF Tho ZANE for year
should NOT l"sscn his vaihe as man
a"nr. Gleason Was on. Of the wiseSt
Smd ne mas heem q: urea, value to
managers lii;e Silly Murray ana Jim
luy callahan whom ~ carved as first
ii"utcnnnt FOR years
y now inpelder llas been added -
the Nationals list re i James Parks,
an amateur from Atlanta. Ga Ott"
iantn team ha- discovered the young
s,cr on III" lots around Atlantis. and
he picks him to become a real star.
Parks viii b. taken south In the
spring ana looked over. He is touted
as - good hitter and fas; runner.
wal,er Mccredic. or the Portland
Coast League team - out with
statement that he .iidn't win the pen
naut h"raHsg he had 20 turn away =
lot of nIeL-aalaried players who were
offered him. He says the Reavc.s
could have had Ert"r. Quinlan and
Breton for the asking. hu, lie refused.
as each had a contract Of SO" 4 month
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chief Chou;cau. the Indian outneld-
or "a. NiUita. Okla. may get "a chance
In organized bali next season az re-
suit oi good work he did with the Car
Isle Indians, travelling indepcndcu;
team. The mast wear In Ii6 games
played he hi, So stole ninetv-foUr
bases and made at leas; one hit 10
I'll" anne in forty-three consecutive
games.
Catcher George Gibson Of tho Pitts
hurgh Pirates, has tired of farmers
life. and II i again tn" h!r city for
ms Gibby has disposed Of his farm
near Mount BrydCcs, Ont, and has
purchased a house in London. Ont.
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