The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-23

! from the grandstand, has come out in
the open and put on Phtlly uniform,
announcement being made that he had
reached an agreement" on salary.
Manager Moran made room for him
by releasing Outflelder Claude Cooper
to Louisville and sending. Shortstop
McGaffigan to Richmond. The latter
played great ball while subbing for
Bancroft, but Moran concluded he had
toe many infielders hanging around.
Dick Ching, the new Pittsburgh
pitching tryout, is not Chinaman.
That is his right name. Last year he
played under the name of Allen in the
South Atlantic league, in order to
preserve his college amateur" stand
Ing. He has just completed course
so he is willing that the world should
know him under his right name. Ching
is lefthander.
Mngr. Lee Foil, of the Cleveland
Indians, is firm in his belief that the
Sox twirlers is a violation of the
rules, and he means to keep agitating
until something is done about IL. He
has collection of balls used by Chi
cago pitchers that he says Is an ex-
hibit no one can get around. Each
ball carries the tell-tale black spot
showing where 1t has been shined by
the use of some foreign substance or
other.
Some sport writer has been keeping
track of what the able athletes do on
their birthdays, hoping that some
eminent pastimer would pull George
Mullin and do something out of the
ordinary. George, you will recall, on
the 32nd anniversary OF his arrival on
this earth, kicked in with a no-hit
game. Guy Morton, OF the Cleveland
Indians. has come nearest to the Null
lin class. He celebrated his gath
birthday in Boston on June ] and the
celebration took the shape of q one
hit game against the Red Sox, whose
one hit was made by a person who
can hit-George (Babe) Ruth,
Duffy Lewis. Larry Gardner. Jake
Daubert and Joe Evans all hit above
par on their birthdays.
Larry Cheney, OF the Robbins, did
some nice little birthday celebrating
this year, when he was rounding his
31st milestone. That was on May q.
Unable to win against the Giants,
Lawrence did not lose-he pitched a
gave two runs and eight hits ana
passed nine men.
The day that Cheney was 81 eyears
old, Eddie Collins was 80, and he
made a festive occasion of II just as
Cheney did. Columbia's best known
graduate batted .667 against the In
dams. getting a single and a double,
and 1t was his sacrifice ny In the
fifth inning that defeated the Dunn
men.
The Phillies have yet to be shut
out. When 1t comes to the pinch
they manage to get over one run, and
sometimes win with IL. Also they
have the best record for consecutive
victories this season. with ten in q
row. The New York pitchers have no
terror for the Phillies. Not one of the
boxmen who started in the recent
flve-game series lasted his game out
The Phils got forty-three hits in the
FIVE games, Cravath getting ten OF
them, one q homer.
The pitching in the Delaware Coun-
ty league must be remarkably, good
when a big league veteran like Char
ley Doom has a Batting average of
only .045. In seven games the sorrel
thrush has been at bat twenty-five
times and made only one hit, 1t will
be recalled that even ]. Franklin
Baker did not find the Delaware coun-
ty pitching so easy during his career
in It.