The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-23

PHILADELPHIA Pa. July Is
baseball prosperous this year,? IS
question fired at me ak around the CIR
cult
st. Louis just spent $4,000 for y
pitcher" IS the answer l nave oeen HAN
ing lately tor this query.
That looks 10 me like sign or pros
n.rity. The Cardinals paid Milwaukee,
$4,000 recently for a twirler who had
been wearing the Milwaukee, uniform IN
the American observation-disclosures oS
name Next. I tried TO get line on TINS
birds assets as finger and started
little inquiry among the boys In tnat
league I always like to have an Idea
wha, sort OF timber my ball club IS
going to stack up against when they
star, a new one against US in the box
although. take It from me now. the
Reds. In their present batting MOOD
will make lot OF good pitchers look
very bad. after they once set kissing
that old pill
saw Joe Tinker and Cosey Dolan.
the latter once Of the New York ianks
and moro lately Of the st. Louis team.
in Chicago and asked them separately
for an earful. Each a. present Is min
Cling In the same league and were ia
mil!ar with the work Of Goodwin be-
fore his elevation.
Well. IN tell you." answered Joe.
giving Goodwin O "Saxey boost. This
fellow Is q pretty good pitcher in some
ways. but he won't be better than fair
In the big leagues. l doubt II he'll
Lass It's a tossap how he does at
best
This information from Joe relieved
he little And. for the benefit OF
any OF my readers not familiar with
the exact meaning OF "Saxcy boost
I will add II was originated by old man
SaXey. who always started out as II
he were going to speak well and highly
OF Il fellow on the pan and then final
IL kicked in with the but. After the
bat he opened up wide and knocked
th,. life out OF the target-bullseye ev-
esy time.
The sane night In Chicago. I met
Cosey Dolan. OF the indianapolis CLUB
OF the American association. and asked
him for sorne wireless news on the ex-
penetve purchase Said soy:
This fellow Goodwin is corker. He
is there"
However, little further investisa-
ton developed polan's club had played
against the pheoom the day before. and
the whole team made only three hits
off the Goodwin delivery. OF these
three cosey compiled two Of them
Therefore. anything nice Cosey could
say about Goodwin made him look gopd
! figured Cosey's boost might be due
slightly TO prejudice.
Anyway. St. Louis has spent $4,000
for him. and he IS subject TO draft and
NAV be taken into the United States
srmy any day now at the salary Of $50
and no-10oths per month and with the
privilege OF stopping bullets and shrap-
mel and the like OF that instead Of Ma
tional league ball clubs. It looks as II
baseball wers pretty prosperous, don't
It?
The home boys are complaining about
the Chicago grounds. claiming the con-
ditions there effect their hitting. l
mean the National league park and not
the whispering gallery Of the White
SoX. where scratch single SOUNDS ike
q home run to the crowd
Merkle was going good In his hitting.
especially on the road. up to about
month ago, when his batting suddenly
became enaciated with the usual result
of Fred being very much discouraged.
He seems able to take hold OF them
away from horna
These grounds arc awful hard to hit
on Natty." he said in Chicago the last
time we were there. The light Of the
fences or something gets on your nerves
after you've been looking at them for
a while It's the sarne with Larry.
haven't hit one on the nose since we
&c, back from the road. although I was
going fine, before that. Doyle hasn't
caught more than two or three on the
nose II this lot all season.
Neither Doyle nor Merkle were try
Ing 70 abb themselves. The grounds
are tough to collect q good batting av-
erase on when you play there regularly.
However. they did not affect my team
in our BRIEF stop in Chicago. We
c!ou,ed tho pill all over the lot.
That ball club OF yours Is hitting
then, pretty good here, Marty." remark
ed Larry 70 NO.
II you think this is good sticking
you ought 20 see US on some grounds
where tho conditions arc favorable and
sui, u.s." replied.
Il guess our pitchers wouldn't like
TO see cherc." came back Doyle.
Tho Boston Nationals are in a had
way and Stalitngs always reflects the
condition OF his team, only little more
acueely I understand Hank Gowdy
claims he Joined the army TO got lit
tie rest. and John Evers has now gone
ITO Philadelphia
had known for some time that
Erers and Stallings had not been get
ting along any better than percussino
caps and dynamite, but l did not care
TO say anything about 1t. because I
thought 1t might DO patched up. They
were very close and worked together
we'll while the Braves were winning the
worlds championship In 1914 Evers
has complained that Stalllnss rides his
team so hard that the players are al
ways thinking UP alibis. heard John
yell from the coaching lines once re-
Gently as o batter missed a strike:
Get your albt ready and put on the
boxing gloves"
Evers' transfer to Philadelphia may
bring Pat Moran good luck. John Is a
great boy to set aboard pennant win
ners, and Pat and he got along like