The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1918-01-11
BASEBALL DOINCS
OF Is YEARS AGO
MODERN FANS WILL, NO DOUBT,
FIND SOME FAMILIAR NAMES
IN THESE NOTES OF THE NEW
YORK SUN.

A reporter of the New York Sun
recently going through the files OF
his paper, discovered some baseball
notes published 25 years ago which
should prove interesting to the mod
ern fans
AT that time John McGraw and
Willie Keller were just breaking into
the game, Connie Mack had just won
berth as a regular catcher for
Pittsburg, John X Tenner had an
nounced his retirement from baseball,
Ban Johnson was sporting editor of
Cincinnati newspaper and Billy
Sunday was one of the stars of the
game and was planning to open a
! pool and billiard room when he got
through with baseball
Some of the notes are as follows:
Amos Rusie is 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
! regularly.
Brooklyn has offered Center Field
er Mike Griffin to Cleveland for
Jimmy McAleer. but Pat Tebeau will
not consider the offer.
| Baseball is growing. Nearly 10000
| people were at the Polo grounds
when Amos Rusie shut out Boston.
Extra ticket windows were opened.
| A critic predicts that Cy Young,
! the youthful phenom of the Cleveland
| team, will not last two more seasons,
| because he is curving himself to
| death There is much wisdom in
this assertion
| Pop Arson is almost 35 years old,
but he can still hit The big fellow
raped Theodore Breitenstein for
two singles, double and triple in
the recent series.
Manager Bill McCloskey of the
Louisville team has issued a denial
that he was going to sign a certain
college pitcher of an eastern uni
versity. Bill says he has no time
to bother with the "rah, rah" boys
and everybody agrees with him.
Charles Nichols of the Boston team
is wonderful pitcher, but few fans
think he is worth $500 a season
This is the salary he held up Boston
for
Connie Mack is catching regularly
for the Pittsburg team now. This
tall chap has good whip, but does
not seem to be much of general be-
hind the plate. Manager AL Buck
enberger is working hard to make
thinking ball player of him.
1t is reported that the Phillies are
going to let out Lave Cross who, no
doubt will go to the minors
Baltimore is trying out new
right fielder named Keller He
played once with Brooklyn. He looks
too light for fast company.
Chicago has offered $4,000 for All
Setback, the star outfielder of the
Washington team This was tempt
ing offer, but Washington decided to
keep him.
Chris Won der Abe says that his
catchers have discovered Ed Dele
hanty's weakness.
Outfielder Billy Sunday says that
he will open a pool and billiard room
when he is through with baseball.
Tener, the big pitcher of the Chi
cago team, has quit baseball Fool
ish move, when he could have picked
up from $1,000 to $4,000 of easy
money for several more years to
come.
Pitcher Hank O'Day of the Wash
ington team complains that he is
getting 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 estab-
lish second major league.
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