Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-07-24
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Ray Caldwell appears to be much
better than early in the season.
Augusta rates Southpaw Masters,
acquired from Little Rock, as a find.
In the Chlcago-Washington game Of
June 10 the White Sox had but three
assists and all of these went to Eddie
Collins.
Seattle, II seems. had its choice of
Frank Woodward or Oscar Tuero from
the st. Louis Cardinals. II selected
Woodward.
Hugh Miller, eX-marne, has resigned
from the Texas staff of umpires. His
injured leg went back on him and he
had to quit.
In recent game the Houston Buffa.
Ices got 10 men to first base on hits.
walks and errors--and yet did not
score a run.
Cravath has placed Rawlings mt sec.
ond base and benched John Miller. who
started the season like riot and then
slowed down.
Bob Riggs, who has come back to
baseball In Texas rs a member Of the
Galveston team, was the demon slug.
ger of the league In 1911.
Charley Schmidt, the veteran man.
ager Of the Fort Smith team, has now
caught more than 1000 games since he
entered professional ball.
setting the coast on fire ut the start
Of the season, has lost steadily after
his first flash OF victories.
Cincinnati, Brooklyn, Chicago and
st. Louis are the favorites In the Nh.
tiOnal league now, with the odds
slightly In favor of the Reds.
II seems that the indianapolis club
had received I'm offer from u major
league club for Ollie ONIara just about
the time he jumped the team.
|
Bob Higgins, veteran catcher and
former field leader of the Atlanta
Crackers, has been engaged to manage
an independent team In Northern GeOr-
| gin.
/
New York Is not the only town that
| Is broken out with bad case of Ruth.
| tits. The fans caught II In Detroit
and Cleveland and are pretty sick
folks.
The Vernon chronlclers of events
say Manager Bill Esslck ''must oh
tain another catcher immediately" Al
DevOrmer isn't strong enough for the
first string job.
Notre Dame forfeited its baseball
game with Indiana university recently
because three members of the NOtre
Dame team were eating luncheon when
their train left and missed IL.
| Boston critics say that two many
hits are going between Menosky and
Tim HendryX In the Red SoX outfield
and they also note that Hendryx can
not throw like n Harry Hooper.
| -
A story had IL that Cincinnati had
made Oakland proposal TO send two
inhelders, n pitcher and cash in eX-
change for Oultelder Hack Miller.
The deal, however was called off.
|
OF course, John McGraw likes them
already seasoned bur don't fail to note
that he has made first string catcher
cut of young Earl Smith, and that
George Kelly also is developing under
the Little Napoleons tutelage.
| MOrdecai Brown, supposed to have
ended his pitching days because of a
dislOcated elbow, Went back into the
box for his Terre Haute team the 9th
er day and pitched fOur-ht game
against Rock Island.
| Judging from the way Dick Burma
swatted the ball when given a chance
to play first base for the Mackmen he
cause of Griflin's injury, the AS We're
not materially weakened by the acci.
dent to their regular first sacker.
Pete Johns, who quit the st. Louis
Browns last year and said he was done
with baseball, but who answered the
call of oil City coin this spring and