The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-27
Bits of Baseball From Big Leagues

Having disposed OF his stars Man.
ager Connie Mack now In disposins
of his lesser lights. Announcement
was made last week OF the release
Of First Baseman Pug Grimm, Catch
eF Bill Myers, Infelder Palmer, and
Pitcher Parnham.
Manager Christv Mathswson. OF the
Reds, has wound up his wanderings
and his wife and son having Joined
him. has taken a residence In Gin
cinnatf and declares he won't make
another trip out of town until tins
comes to go 10 training camp.
with Hergog off his mind and prac-
tica1ly all his players safely signed
Manager CeGraw, g the New York
Giants. last week started on his delay
ed trip 70 Havana, where he will bask
in cuban sunshine until near time FOR
the Giants to report at Marlin.
A space filler going the rounds
that Manager Miller Higgins. now
of the Yankees. is a quick jerker OF
fans In the Cardinal city one OF the
complaints against Higgins was that
he left wobnly pitchers in too long
John MoGraw's action in naming
Art Fletcher as his team captain Il
taken to mean in New York tina,
Larry Doyle is not expected to be a
regular on second base the coming
season. or that McGraw has doubts
that Larry eau fully come back, al
any rate.
JEFF Tesreau. first to sign a new
| contract with the Giants now has
i been the first to obey Manager Nc
! Graw's request for removal OF tonsils
I Tesreau had the operation performed
| in New York last week. Jeff evidently
means to stare a com eback this year
business Manager Bobby Quinn, OF
| the 81 Louis Browns. having taken
stock Of his outfield talent, finds that
Pill he has bats from the left side OF
the plate. whereupon ne announces
that he is in the market to buy or
trade for right-handed hitter who
also can catch files.
Pitcher AL Mamaux. n resident OF
Pittsburg and still there, IL filiine
Pittsburg pal e-s with stories OF how
he's going to- pitch his head OFF Ia
beat the Pirates next season. And
then they talk bout the home" club
in baseball and cheer the mercer
naFies who wear the name of the city
on their blouses.
In Philadelphia. where thew think
got the best OF IL in the Paskert-
Williams deal with the Chicago Cubs
they are printing reports that Man
ager Fred Mitchell let williams "a
because the two had falling out
last summer Some reason had 70
he found to satisfy Quaker city fans
that the Phillies got all the best OF
the deal.
Pitcher Waite Hoyt, the schoolboy
phenom, though he has failed for
two or three seasons past to set the
season afire. will get another chance
with John McGraw. Hoyt was taken
ION as n seventeen -year-oid boy sew
eral years ago and since then Me-
Graw has had him with various minor
league clubs in hopes of some day
developing him into major league
class
The Philadelphia Athletics and the
Pittsburg Pirates will play a practice
series in jacksonville, where both
teams will train. We don't know who
said it first. but we repeat It: What
great chance to prove which Is the
worst team IN tho major leagues,
The two clubs, though both train In
the same city. will use different ball
parks to work out in.
Tho two college pitchers the St
Louis Cardinals are reported an about
to sign for trials in the spring are
said to be Parker Twombley, Of Le-
high university, and Edward Lang
don. OF Pittsburg university. It WA
rumored early last fall that Lang
don haA agreAd 70 rive TIE cardtnAll
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