The sun., 1919-04-26
Picked Up On Big League
Trail From Far and Near

Hank Gowdy. the Boston catcher. who
mas been on the hshting front In France
on the L.viathsn and started at ono. for
Boston to sign with stsllinEs. Despite his
strenuous work In the trenches Gowdy
looked we'll. and said he soon would be
In condition to take his regular turn be-
hind, the bat.
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$ o s. Wireless code message from
Manager McGraw asking for pitchers.
II Jack coombs continues to give cy
lean Doy. ought to have quite a bat,.ns
average. In last wednesday's opsnins
game Grains, the GinntshLong cy eoisci %
handler pitched for the Giants on Thurs.
day, Williams had day OF. He was back
In the game YESTERDAY and knocked out
three hits in four times up. one q homer
seven b!nEles In nine times UP 10 . mean
batting average.
twics. but when the Tigers got started YES
terday they made good job OF IT. How
last rsason. won " we'll w 'As eltenes s "a game %.
from Stan Coveisskie OF the Indians.
pathy in Cincinnati, The REDS have licked
on three in a row. Remember what q hero
Hank o'Dsy was In Redland several years
May. But when the Reds started slipping
great was the fail OF Hank.
the Is5th Regiment tths old sixty-ninthl
next Monday, the baseball game between
the PhiIadeiphIa Athletics and the yam
KEGS at the Polo Grounds will not begin
until p. NJ that day.
a,sn :crs s;s are are sT.mGps ss
triple on a hit that rolled through sammy
vick IN the ninth innirs OF the opening
some local fans thought they gave Big
homer on the hi which drilled through
ton Babe save the sphere an awful swlpe.
one can't help him TO a hit every time
league outhe!ders are supposed TO stop
ground balis In tho outneld. no matter
Row hot they come
In a recent Pacific Coast League game
IN which Los Angeles defeated Vernon |
to 0 ono Crawford. right neld, OF the Los
ssnsIes " That's rt oId Ws va, sam. formeriy
Ser 'Hf legs si may Be going BACK on him. but
sam will continue 10 lombard the fences
II he plays until he's 80.
Though Scott Perry lost his nrst game
OF the season to Walter johnson. II will
wf to Circuit
| 10 Introduced as Mack's pitcher. Any
| pitcher who can 20 thirteen Innings be-
! fore a run Is scored on him, after get
ting his arm thawed out for three weeks
| in the blustry April winds OF Phi adel-
| phia, ought to be q pretty dangerous man
| after hs really gets limbered up.
We note such names as Frank Baker.
Derrili Pratt, Larry Kopf, Sherwood Magee
! and Jimmy Hickman In the big league
| box scores that come ticking in over the
wires IfmemOry recalls right all of these
! Young men were doing well as bank
| ers Importers. superintendents or statesmen
| last winter that they couldn't afford the
| tins 10 play ball. Yet they all came back.
! on the entire flock OF winter holdouts only
| polly Perritt, the Giant pitcher. was alb
! sent on the first day Of the season, and
| the lsnky LouisiHnian was weakening when
| last heard Of
| Old Derby Bill clymer Is getting on :"
i a had start in the Pacific Coast League
| Wis Seattle club has lost nine OF rs
| Nrst thirteen games. But Derby Bill VIII
he i'm among the leaders before long. He
| n one minor Lacquer they can't keep down.
! II Bill finishes below second he calls MS
, season failure.
! puek wheat. the new DodEer captain
Natioral League batting champion FOR
! jAis IL startirg on as though he intends
| IN defend hta lRursls. In the three BROOK
| tvn victories scored over ths Braves Zack
numped out four hits. including triple
| and a double, In ten times at bat, Tor an
| average ~ 400. That's the way to make
| -rarIev Ebhc's smile.