The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-07-10
BASEBALL
STORIES


Young men who can play baseball
are wanted in the marines.
Bill Killefer continues TO turn back
the would-be base stealers.
! Manager George Stallings shipped
| Outfielder Dixie Carroll back to Mem
phis.
! Ball players no longer jump to out
law leagues. They jump into overalls
at S1.20 an hour.
Young Dick Lotus, released by Gin
cinnati to Evansville, says he will be
back in the big show.
Boston has limited Sunday bali
games to 6 p. M, probably as pro-
lection for Sunday night beans.
Young Ben Allen, the Mint league
recruit, seems TO be doing pretty well
as a third baseman for Mobile.
John hobbs has versatile team Of
Pelcans. No less than six of them
can play more than one position.
Portland holds the record for open
ing day crowds in the Coast league
with paid attendance Of 1926.
Whitley Hensling will be field man.
ager and captain of the Okmulgee
team of the Western association.
Jimmy NcAuley and Beals Becker
are in partnership in running bill
lard and pool room at Lemoore. Cal.
Manager Robinson Of the Brooklyn
team has sent Pitcher Paul Schneider
to Lakeland of the Florida league.
Little Charley Fulton is a valuable
pitcher to have around. He pitched
shutout for Mobile the opening day.
Manuel Cueto Is in bad with the
Seattle management through his re-
fusal to answer letters or kilograms.
Johnny Mccarthy, purchased from
Columbus, has given the Birmingham
club final notice that he will not re-
port.
Arthur Devlin, coaching Fordham
college. is said to have a wonderful
young pitcher In a lad named Gull
lotion.
Bert Coy has come back to baseball
and signed to play the outfield for
the Wichita club Of the Western
league.
The veteran William Quickly
Holmes will own and manage an in
dependent team at Brownville, Neb.,
this season.
Gleason is more confident than
ever that the club that beats out the
White SOx will win the American
league pennant
Pitcher VIM Noyes. late Of the
Athletics and White Sox, has cast
his lot with one of the clubs in the
Idaho outlaw league.
Charley Deal takes things so eas
10 matter how hard the chance. It
ooks as though he never makes any
difficult fielding plays
Pittsburgh Is supposed to be the
lark horse in the National league
ace. Quite natural. Look at the
own they come from.
Connie Mack is described as deepjy
hOughtful, but not disconsolate. His
Youngsters have not, it is admitted.
'ome as fast as he hoped for.
Otto Koepping, second basemap ot
he Moline Three-I league team. has
luit organized ball and joined an in
dependent crew in Sterling, Neb.
.
Bill Hinchman and Manager Gibson
Copy the spotlight when the Pirates
re at bat. They station themselves
first and third base respectively.
The veteran Neal Ball will play with
he New Haven Eastern league team
his season and act as assistant an.
eld captain for Manager Chief Ben
er.
Hunter Hill as manager Of the Gal
eston team will make the umnires
rieve. says one critic. but it viii,
lean more life in baseball for Gal.
estOn.
After seeing Carlisle Smith perform
third base for Vernon In the ser;as
San Francisco, a Frisco baseba,,
crlbe says Meusel will soon be flor.
often.
Fred Bugs" Hersche, who twir,ed
'r the Toronto InternationaIs for the
Isl TWO years. is the latest acouisi.
on t0 I1ka