The mirror., 1919-07-31
Baseball Chatter
By F. X.
Wednesday, July IS.

Athletics and later with Brooklyn, has been let
out by the Phillies' magnate because of the poor
showing the team has made. It conceded that
L Jack had big job his hands when he took hold
of the team at the start of the He had the
Qhakers going pretty good the first month or but
they finally broke and slid to the bottom. The
players who had been doing about they pleased.
pulled off Bolshevki demonstration when it was
announced that Jack had been let go and it took
lot of coaxing to get them to play at all. Garvey
Cravath, demon sugger, has been put charge,
tho he has been trying for three years to get his
lease so he could play in the Pacific Coast league,
as his home is in sunny California. His first
to get Lena Blackburn from the Braves to play
third. He then traded third baseman Baird, and
pitchers Woodward and Jacobs to the Cardinals for
pitchers Meadows and Pauette. Both trades should
help the Phillies Meadows has pitched good ball
at times but his support has not always been of the
best Paulette can play any of the infeld or out
field positions and is handy with bat. Cravath will
manage from the bench and pinch hit. Many pit
cher is happy right now knowing he won't have to
pitch to Garvey four five times in game. but the
club will miss his heavy stick work. The Quakers
took double header from the Cards Saturday. We
wonder if they were batting against their old team
mates Woodward and Jacobs
After last Saturdays game, the fans were going
about asking each other, How Gomez A number
of weeks ago coacher was chased from the third
base coaching box because he did not have uni
form. Kien. local manager, put himself in as pinch
hitter with the sacks loaded and he was minus
uniform. hence the how Gomez
Old trick plays will bob up every now and then.
.On Sunday, July 13, the Saltwater team played
So ST. Paul. Bee Lawler was coaching at first
base. With man on bases Bee called to La Bison
iere, who was OH the mound for the Saints, and sad
Let see that ball" OF course when the pitcher
tossed the ball over, the coacher jumped aside and
the man on base ad 1anced. Red Kilhfer, man
ager Of the Los Angeles team pulled the same trick
some weeks ago.
Jack Barry has baked at going back to the Ath-
letics and Connie says he will try make deal to
send him elsewhere. Rather ungrateful of Jack
seeing that Mack is the one who developed Barry
and made him the player he is. The Yankees were
trying to make swap for him the same time Mack
was don't be surprised Barry goes to the Yanks.
The way the Yanks are losing they'll have to do
something.
1t always has been known fact that the Giant
moguls have just about had their way in the Nation
al league, and it that everything is fixed
to get that flag for the Giants way another.
1t is claimed that McGraws players can do most any
thing and get away with it while other players get
the gate If they word. In the last of the
series played between Cincinnati and Pitsburg it
agreed between the managers and jumps to stop at
certain time to let the Reds catch train. 1t hap
pened the game went six innings and the Reds were
in the lead Now the Giants protesting the
game which shows that they are afraid of the Reds
and fighting for everything. In game with
Boston the Reds had the bases loaded and Hinnie
Groh at bat Because he famed out at such criti-
cal moment, Hinnie started cussng himself and
chased to the showers by the jumps. The Giants are
also noted for making players dissatisfied so they
could get them the latest instance being Casey STEM
gle of Pittsburg. We know where wrestling and
horseracng have gone and that the boxing game is
just holding on, because promoters have used nefar
lous methods and fixed things. In fairness to the
public that supports baseball the Giants should be
suppressed and put the level with the of the
teams
The White Sox again lead the way by fair mar
gin and Cleveland is going good and is always with
in striking distance but the Yankees losing. The
National league teams have into wet spell and
just when an mportant series to be played be-
tween the Giants and Cincinnati. That double
headers later on which should tax the metal of the
teams to the utmost.
Since AL Manaux got married and settled down
he seems to be pitching better brand of ball for
Brooklyn.
Some weeks ago comment appeared in this
space concerning pitcher Whitehouse sent to Wash
ngton from Minneapolis. He's back with the Mil
lers again after short tryout. The Mlers have
also Obtained pitchers Reb Russell and Shellenback
from the White Sox. These three with the ones al