The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-23
A Few Hot Liners.

pixi. soon may, term Itself the land Of
estn.iasr: well III. ana ID, Of sotiGn
ing Americas greatest hyehasers. For the
past decade Ty Cobb Of Georgia iris
81 and cyds Milan o or
formed tho greatest quartet OF outnelders
IT, baseball. And now that Ty, Iris, Joe
most brilliant outGelder among the new
corners is Ross YounE. OF the Giants. a
Texan; without exception baseball men
iobb when Father Time DEGREES that the
Georgian shall turn over his crown to an
other. There must DO something in that
Southern atmosphere
Connie Mack 10 congrstuiatlnx himself
from the Browns. TO Rogers went the
only game won by the Athletics in the
last fortnight when he nosed out the
as though the Athletics lease for the
American League cellar will hold good for
another season.
Elmer Miller, former outhe!dsr OF the
Yankess' SIN Is rSanng true to form
American Association he Is setting the big
mid Western minor circuit on IRE with his
al around skill as a batsman and fielder.
the Yankees hrst got Miller from the
Mobile Club in 1915 he led the Southern
Association in batting and his fielding feat.
were equally spectacular. When he Joined
the Yanks that fall he showed absolute
iy no nothing hing ana could not hit ball out
Farmed out to Baltimore in 1915. h. i'm
msdiatey became the star OF that league
and was hitting close to 400 when the
began facing big league pitching again
he appeared at bat. He stuck around with
the ianks mediocre performer until the
present sprinE. whom he was sent to ST.
Paul where Elmer again has blossomed
forth in all his minor league glory,
Lieutenant Eppa Rixey. Of tn. Philli.s,
again has the pleasant satisfs elton of hav-
had been nine months overseas with an
Engineer outnt. and expects TO be mus.
tered out nsIs week, Jack ccombs, man
der. "e''0"' IPp- sign Tor the Lothian
Local baseball men intend To make tho
dinner TO Magistrate Mcouads at the Hotel
Commodore Tomorrow night one of
s ss S,sTs'i things Q! o Kind ever held IN
hard work that made Sunday baseball a
realty a here; and fans, PLAYERS, masnstes
Me0uade their appreciation.
Tho st. Louis Browns ,tni are at II.
Ihey defeated Walter johnson yesterday
after the famous Senator pitcher enjoyed a
four run lead up to the seventh innIns
sha n snSaSn,Ts the teams from the East
OF seven played with the Athletics, Red
sox and Senators Babe Ruth won that
contest with homer with the bases hlled.
Slim Love. tho former left handed
Yankee bean pole, won his hrst game Of
the season yesterday, defeating tho world !
champion Red SoN. Love Was the property
Of the Boston club for few months during
he had kept him.
That was a mighty tough game Jack
Quinn lost in Chicago yesterday. when
a pitcher holds 4 team to four hits aud
can't win there Is Jinx somewhere. But
II seldom failsi Whenever a bali player
Is the recipient Of gold watch, a dia-
mond stick pin or n bunch OF poslea ne
invariably loses N he 10 q pitcher and has
a hitless day II he plays another position.
There Ia considerable sentiment among
the players in both big leagues for a re-
worlds series receipts. BY which the con-
spells. As the players are the ones who
are directly interested II IL but fair that
they should be heard. plebiscits on the
subject by the big league players would be
an equitable way 10 settle tho question.
II would have required brave man N
have predicted fortnight ago that on
this date the 81. Louis Browns would have
higher percentage than the Boston
! worlds champions,
Big Fred Toney, the Tennessee noun
| taineer IL fast rounding into condition,
He viii probably face the 81. Louis Car
dlnals in one OF their games at the Pole