The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-02
Brief Notes of the Sport World

I Harvard university baseball squad.
| He will be in charge of the freshman
and informal" teams next spring, &C
cording to the announcement, which
| might indicate the varsity team viii
be in other hands.
The Cincinnati Reds hit an awful
slump in the winter league a few
days ago when they slipped from first
place to the bottom of the first div
sion. It's tough luck when they had
the pennant all cinChed-in the winter
league. The enlistments of Rath and
| team hit a better stride and went
ahead to second place when Russell
Blackburne was signed.
According to a report from Cincin-
natl, John McGraw has offered to
trade Charley HerZOg to the Reds for
Heinie Groh. 1t is said the friendship
of years between McGrAw and Math-
ewson came near being ruptured when
Matty heard McGraw's proposition.
Jerry Akers, veteran pitcher, once
with Washington and after that in
various minor leagues, has enlisted in
the aviation service.
With so many more serious propo-
sitions before baseball the mere mat
ter of clarifying the rules, putting re.
striCtions on freak deliveries, etc,
seems to have been passed temper
arily.
Big Ed RueIback says that he is
through with baseball for keeps and
announces his final and well consid-
cred retirement.
Stanley Oefty) Baumgartner. 1or-
mer Philadelphia National league
pitcher, who coached the Delaware
college football team the past season,
ha of
council to also coach basketball and
baseball
If the Boston Red Sox keep on en-
listing in that particular branch of
the service the navy will be well sup
and Loren Bader, both pitchers, are
the latest to take the yeomans oath,
according to reports from Boston
No other major league club has
been as hard. hit as the Brooklyn
Dodgers when ii comes to pitchers
going into service. Galore, Smith,
Mllius and Joe Pfeffer have gone from
the club. No wonder President Eb-
bets refused to consider any deal for
RUDE Marquard.
Chief Bender, whose remarkable
pitching with the Phillies the past
6EdHOIl As sui the SEIAbdLAQh wherever
baseball is discussed, is one OF the
best trap shots in the country, and
the Chippewa may be located at the
Beideman club traps in Camden, N.
j., several afternoons each week.
Bender with Harry Davis, captain Of
the Athletics, and Christy Mathew |
son, manager of the Cincinnati Reds, |
and Otis Crandall, now hurting in |
the Pacific Coast league, toured the |
country several years ago as a trap |
shooting squad and their perform
ances awakened interest Of other
ball players to the sport.
Bill Killifer ought to put lot
Of fight into the Cubs This pep
perry catcher won't stand for any
tagging on the part Of his team
mates when he is behind the bat.
1.-THE sale Of one ball player fire.
quently makes the season a success |
for a minor league club, when the |
loss of the money involved means i
failure, remarked prominent In /
ternational league man recently. |
Take the case Of Newark and Wal i
ter Smallwood for example. Small
wood was the only player sold by the |
Newark club, the Yankees purchas- i
ing him. One of the conditions of \
the transfer. however, was that in /
the event OF Smallwood being draft
ed the deal was of SmallWood re- I
ported to the Yankees, was caught i
in the draft and left to join the ma
tional army SO the Yankees did not i
have to pay the price decided upon. |
If Newark had realized the amount /
involved in this deal the club would |
have closed the season with a bal 1
ance In the treasury. II got nothing /
and ended the campaign with a def
cit"
Clark Grifath gravely announced I
recently that the Washington club 1
haa -nnun.a .hnthnn ana Ivan from I