The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-26

cisco, Los Angeles, Sacramento and
Redlands also have municipal links.
The New York state game conserva-
ton commission in issuing licenses In
future may require every gunner to
state in addition to his name, resi-
dence, personal appearance, etc, the
amount of game that he killed under
his old license.
Yankee boxmen now wearing the
khaki Of Uncle Sam. but likely to be
mustered out before another season
opens, are Bob McGraw, Ed Monroe
and Walter Smallwood, the last named
being called into the army before the
players went South for training last
March. Monroe is to be let out OF
service very soon, but the two others
are supposed to be in France and their
return may be delayed. Smallwood was
a star in the International league be-
fore he was taken by the Yankees.
The deal which sent big Pete Schnei-
der from the Cincinnati club to the
Yankees adds one more iron man" to
the pitching force of the American
league. This feature undoubtedly had
much to do with Miller Higgins de-
cision to annex the big Highlander to
closed the 1918 campaign without one
of these very valuable pitching assets.
Schneider has the youth and the phys
lque for an unusual amount of work and
since coming to the majors he has an
nually been among the leaders in point
of activity on the mound
Schneider was not as successful in
his 1918 endeavors as he had been in
the preceding campaign. In the 1917
season Schneider was n Of the few
major league boxmen to account for 20
victories. Fred Toney and Schneider
did most of the pitching while Matty's
team was making such a great fight
for the pennant that year In view of
his success only a season back and the
fact that he is now only rs years Of
age, Higgins believes he will prove a
consistent winner in the American
league. He regards the 1918 record as
nothing more than the mark for an
off-season when baseball conditions
were so unsettled.
President Phil Ball Of the st. Louis
Browns has confirmed the general i'm
preston of the fans and complied with
their wishes as well when he let 1t be
known that Jimmy Burke would be re
tanned as manager of he Browns. Burke
is entitled to the honor and the conf
dence placed in him, and his friends
are confident that with a real chance as
a major league manager he will make
good. Burke was put in charge OF the
Browns last July after Fielder Jones
had thrown up the job. Burke .founc
! the team disgruntled and disorganized
and weakened also by injuries to sew.
eral players and loss of others who hao
gone into the service, but he pulled the
remnants together, got their heads VI
and had them going fast when the enc
OF the season Came Labor day, There
Is no question that he made good ther
and there should be every reason tC
expect him to make good under better
conditions next season.
Add to the list of pitchers enumerat-
ed above the boxmen acquired by the
New York club near the close of thu
recent campaign who are yet to joir
the club. Though most clubs did nc
buying or drafting this year because
of war conditions Col. Jacob Rupert
: of the Yankees, believed that the enc
t was in sight and he went out to CORA
: any promising talent that was avail
able. The New York club drafted Pitch
| err O'Doul from san Francisco and made
two purchases of pitchers-Nelson from
Memphis and Carpenter from Toledo
: Their purchase of Jack Quinn, which
| had been made early in August, wa
officially promulgated by the nationa
commission late in the month afteI
! Chicago had put in a claim for hi,
services. Quinn became a member o
) the Yanks and Jack Fourier passed
10 lle 1llS COA So ldlt III lI6 yea
5 that neither was asked to make tn,
change.
Higgins will try to use some OF thii
2 surplus pitching material in trades foI
: outfielders, at present the greatest neeC
, of the New York club.
The end of the war will mean tn,
return of several pitchers who wer'
= in the servic cor doing essential work
= Shawkey and Fisher head this list, an,
it is reasonable to expect that boil
men will be retained. They played con
siderable baseball last season and bot
are in as good condition today as whel
= they laid away their major league uni
S forms. Higgins remarked many time
e last season what a difference it woult
= make if he had a Shawkey or a Fishe
to call upon when his pitching stat
S was cracking, Another boxman VIII
e comes back will be Herb Thormahlen
the sensational young southpaw, VIII,
t made such a great start last season.
Two pitchers counted upon heavil
e at the start Of the 1917 campaign lief
the club during the season and the
e will be ready to return to the gam
e in the spring. They are Ray CaldweI
t and Allen Russell. 1t is understood
}. that a pronounced GOODNESS exists be
a tween Higgins n both players be
Z, cause they did not give him motto
that they were quitting the team, a
he had asked all players to do. Hug
= gins took the stand that a player de
string TO quit the club had a perfec
e right to do so. but lie insisted on be
n ing given notice, and these two play
ers, also Robinson, hurried away to
: fast. They may figure in some deal
g during the winter.
= James Cruisinberry, Western spol
IS scribe, tells an interesting story abou
Lieut., Quinn Williams of the mote
transport detachment located at Val
paradise, Ind. Says the writer OF viii
liams: If he hadn't enlisted with tn
khaki clothed forces OF Uncle Sam an
taken active part in the rugged thing
connected with army life, he woul
have sought a station at the window {
his fathers bank at Decatur, Tex.
Having had months of experience i
the rugged life before the Huns wer
suppressed, the bank window didn't ar
peal to him. Consequently Lieut.. Guin
Williams presented himself at the offic
of the Cub ball park recently and for
mally applied for a job as outfielder fo
: the National league champions.
Quinn was received by. Vice-Presider
Veeck, who listened to his story an
Immediately forwarded all particular
to President and Manager Mitchell. S
1t seems not at all improbable tina
Lieut.. Williams will be IN aspirin
rookie with the Mitchell forces on tn
spring training trip.
Here lis the dope on him: He's sti
under 90 years old. He's 6 feet 9 inche
in height by. preference, He was
whale of a college baseball player, foot
ball player. long distance runner an
weight thrower. He played on the SAN
ball team with Ross Young, Giants out
, fielder, at the Marshall training sch,
In San Antonio, Tex.
!, Last spring when the White Sox wer
training In Texas, Williams presente
] himself to Manager Rowland an
worked out with the Sox squad, II
N was so strong that Rowland would haN
ir brought him North with the team, b,
parental objections to profession,
Z baseball spoiled the chance.
= Young williams figures now thf
Pater Williams will offer no objectio
n following the experience of army trair
. ing camp and additional age.