The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-17
Bits Of Baseball From Big Leagues

Years OF CoHeEs ana Independent pu@S-
bail
Sam Crawford. wintering in Los An
Eeles announces that among the Of
fers Re has received Ia one from the
ST. Louis Cardinals. but no says he
sveters 10 play ln the american league
aid Is holding or for chance 10
catch on with some club in that
laa.. us.
The Fttsourg club announces that
= has 2rop' ~ closed the deal fer
49,, Stdppf as far as Il ia concerned
IL has deposited tie sale money nnd
viii let Spokane aud Oakland. which
both claim rights to the player. fight
- ont to sees y hlch gsts the coin.
stump Is 70 yet trial at shorl stop
and Mans ger Be1dek believes he can
make good.
First Baaeman Walter HoIke, OF the
New ork Giants, was one player who
60t Il hig boost in salary from his club
for this year II wac based on the
good work he did in his nrst full sea
sor for John Ac3raw ~ not the rnan
@aer who falls TO recognize the worth
I or player to his team. Hoikes In
crease is sail to have been an even
: 900 over his 1917 contract
Leslie Mann. outhslder of the Chi
cage Cubs, who has been doing Z. ii.
Z. A athletic work with the soldisrs
az Camp Logan in Texas. has 2or~
hally applied for release from this
I VIC ", 80 hat he can rejoin the Cube
/ IN time to go TO California with them
on tie training trip. AS Mann 10 not
+ an enlisted man he expects no trouble
/ Ii getting his 'fu-loL sh."
/ The Boston National League club
SEN out inquiries 10 all It's players
after tbs fashion or the army cues
Tic -7aife. Dick Rudolph was among
the 0rs 10 answer. lie stated his
home address as West Nyack, n. ",
business raising chickens for market
AMI that be had been placed in cIasr
Iof The first draft because Of wife
ana two children dependent on him,
The Red Sex lost No. IL to Uncle
sam last week when Outfielder Jimmy
Walsh Joined the navy. He enlistx "a
a machinist and with full knowledge
mat he won't get any furlough Il
play ball this year Walsh had abou,
made UP his mind 70 quit baaebal
anyway and aome time since secured
a position with the Syracuse fire de.
par tnant with the idea Of making II
his permanent employment.
III" first box score of the season
appeared in st. Louis papers last
week. An IL ioor baseball game was
played Tor war fund and It drevg
q gate OF $4,000, Among the play,
era who Do 81 their services were
Walter Holke q the Giants, George
sisl%r OF the Browns and John Iavar
OF the Washington team The news.
papers Of the Mound city gave much
space 20 the game. hence the 'pos
score
while Manager Pat Moran admits
he has been damaged by thu loss Cd
Alexander and Rixe4 and YjlYifer. h.
stir thinks his team will ba strons
outside the battery department. HI
points out that with Luderus. Whit
ted. Niehstf, Bancroft and Stock 70,
infeld duty his inner works In strons
and he thinks williams. Cravath
Fitzgerald and Meusel will give htr
a strong outfleid, According 10 ali
reports from the West MeuseI is ,
coming asar.
Third Baseman Jimmy Austin o
the ST. Louis Browns had one O
those war time" contracts that n,
got to keep him In line in 1918, i
called for about $4,000 year. Aus
tins contrast for this year, the olt
one having expired, was about -. 00(
nenf ard wrote in a CHEEKY MESA 2
TO HIS club that he would ha on tn,
JOB trying as hard as ever. The story
is that Zee Magse. who haf a con
tract hanging over from FEDERAL days
that netted him about $4,000 sea
son, was cur TO $3,590 and there II
strong intimation that there will b.
no great grief If he refuses 10 accep
that.
Boosting the best inreId in tn,
American league since his acquisition
Of Derrill Pratt. Manager Miller Tug
gins OF the New York Yan@ses ha
now set out TO make his outhcid on
~ class He has his lines out FOR Z
man who viii give him all he desire.
IN that particularly Du. when II Gomez
70 Affirming reports that ne seelAs r,
, Cobb or Iris Speaker. Huggins ask
the interviewer not to be silly. Mar.
. SANE and Gil'' ooley are men he de-
ponds on TO start the season for him
! lie wants a third man TO play lsr
field. Huggins may learn, after h.
gets TO Macon. that he has more out
field talent 'han his gra.ndstand man.
J ayers have told him about. There
are others on his list besides Mar
sane ard Giihooley. IF there were
J not lie might as well quit