The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-07-06
REAL FOOD FOR
BASEBALL FANS
Interesting Gossip About Old
Time Budding Stars.
WHAT THE CRITICS SAID

One Declared That Willie keeler Look
cd Too Light For Fast company-An-
other Said That outfieIder Billy Sun
day Intended to Open Billiard Room
When He Quit Baseball.
Going back about twenty-five years.
an eastern sport writer rece1tly dug
| up some baseball gems of th yo.st that
In the light of history are q, unusual
interest. Items which then were jot-
| ted down as idle gossip, to be forgotten
the next day, make more interesting
reading today than accounts of modern
pitching duels or slugging matches.
He found that:
Amos Rusie was winning regularly
for the Giants.
Bid McPhee, Cincinnati's second
baseman, still plays without glove.
Baltimore critics say that Third
Baseman Muggsy McGraw has made
good and will cover the position regu-
| larly.
Brooklyn has offered Center Fielder
Mike Griffin to Cleveland for Jimmy
McAleer, but Pat Tebeau will not con-
slider the, offer
Baseball is growing. Nearly 10000
were at the Polo Grounds when Amos
| Rusie shut out Boston. Extra ticket
windows were opened.
A critic predicts that Cy Young, the
fn1 Of ha nd
team, will not last two more seasons
because he is curving himself to death.
| There Is much wisdom In this asser-
ton.
Pop Anson is almost thirty-five years
old, but he can still hit. The big fel-
| low raped Theodore Breitenstein for
| two singles, a double and triple In
the recent series.
Manager Bill McCloskey of the Louis
vile team has issued a denial that he
WAS going to sign a certain college
pitcher on the nine of an eastern uni
versity. Bill says he has no time to
bother with the "rah, rah" boys, and
every body ag'ees with him.
Charles Nichols of the Boston team
Is a wonderful pitcher, but few fans
think ne is worth $500 season. This
is the salary he held up Boston for
Connie Mack is catching regularly
for the Pittsburgh team now. This
tall chap has good whip but does
not seem to be much of a general be-
hind the plate. Manager Al Bucken-
berger is working hard to make
thinking ball player out of him.
1t is reported that the Philles are
! going to let out Lave Cross. who no
Doubt will go to the minors
Baltimore is trying out new right
| fielder named Keeler. He once played
with Brooklyn. He looks too light for
|. fast company.
Chicago has offered $4,000 for AL Sell
BACH the star outfielder of the Wash
ington team. This was tempting Of
fer, but Washington decided to keep
him.
Chris Won der Abe says that his
catchers have discovered Ed Delehan-
tvs weakness.
Outtielder Billy Sunday says he will
open pool and billiard room when he
La through with baseball.
ASiCh' tho plS pllCHeT OI the Cl1CaRO
team, has quit baseball. Foolish move
when he could have picked up from
$1,000 to $1,000 Of easy money for sew
eral more years to come
Pitcher Hank O'Day Of the Wash
ington team complains that he is get
ting a raw deal from the umpires.
What Hank thinks of umpires would
not look fit in print.
Ban Johnson, sporting editor Of the
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, writes
that the collapse of the brotherhood
means that never again will there be
any attempt to establish second ma
Jor league Johnson is right.
Members of the Cincinnati team are
kicking because of the new rule which
prohibits them from drinking at the
park bar while in uniform.
First Baseman Charley Comiskey is
said to be sucker for curve high on
the inside