Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-07-31
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MULES
Ray Caldwell appears to he much
better than early in the season.
Augusta rates Southpaw Masters.
acquired from Little Rock, as a find.
In the Chicago Washington game Of
June IL the White Sox had but three
assists aud all of these went to Eddie
Collins.
Seattle, It seems. had its choice Of
Frank Woodward or oscar Tuero from
the ST Louis Cardinals 1t selected
Woodward.
Hugh Miller. tx marine. has resigned
from the Texas staff of umplres. His
injured leg went back on him and he
had TO quit
In recent game the Houston Ruffa-
Ices got ~ men To first base on hits.
walks and errors-aud yet did not
score ii run.
Cravath has placed Rawlings at sec
ond base and benched John Miller. who
started the season like riot and then
slowed down
Bob Riggs who has come back to
al al In
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
Carl lIollIng of the Oaks, who was
setting the coast on fire at The start
Of the season. has lost steadily after
his first flash of victories.
Cincinnati brooklyn, Chicago and
81. Louis are the fnvorites In the Ma
tional league now. with the odds
slightly In favor of the Reds.
II seems that the Indianapolis club
had received IN offer from major
league club for Ollie O'Mara 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 Ge0r-
gia.
New York is not the only town that
is broken out with bad ease Of Ruth
tits. The fans caught il in Detroit
and Cleveland and are pretty sick
folks
The Vernon chroniclers Of events
say Manager Bin Essick "must OBJ
tain another catcher Immediately" Al
Dcvormcr isn't strong enough for the
first string job.
Nore Dame forfeited It's baseball
game with Indiana university recently
because three members Of the Notre
Dame team were eating luncheon when
their train left and missed It,
Boston critics say that two many
hits are going between Menosky aud
Tim Hendryx in the Red Sox out6eld
and they also note that Hendryx can
not throw like "a Harry Hooper.
A story had It that Cincinnati had
made Oakland proposal 10 send two
infeders, pitcher aud cash IN ex-
change for Outhelder Hack Miller.
The deal however, was called off.
or course John McGraw likes them
already seasoned but don't fail to note
that lie has made first string catcher
out Of young Earl Smith, and that
George Kelly also is developing under
She Little Napoleons tutelage
Mordecal Brown supposed to have
ended his pitching days because Of
dlsl0cated elbow, went back into the
box for his Terre Haute team the otH-
er day and pitched a four-hit game
against Rock Island.
Judging from the way Dick Burns
swatted the oa'l when given chance
10 play first base for the Mackmen be-
cause Of Grifiin's injury, the AS were
NOT materially weakened by the acct
dent to their regular first sacker.
Pete Johns. who quit the st. Louis
Browns last year and said he was done
with baseball bug who answered the
cali Of Oil City coin this spring and
joined that independent team. has
quit again.