The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-05-04

Deal had their respective Opt,
And then when Marty kru
eago Cubs and put in charge,
ting far from pretty with the
three fellows in question.
It's no secret IN Los Angeles
baseball headquarters that those
three Fellows each wanted to lead
the team
And when krag henehed Deal for
a few days in Portland last week
the reports .grew stronger. altho
krug gave Il out that Deal wasn't
hitting and that was Why no was
henched.
Then Krug broke a finger and
hen be out OF the lineup for about
five or six weeks. Marty viii man.
age the club from the teneh in the
meantime
With al OF his attention on his
team instead Of having TO play and
lead his men. too. Krug may be
able 10 straighten things out Krug
is a pretty smart leader and has
had experience before with men.
having won the pennani for Omaha
N the Western league In 1915.
na-rsIe WILL Ea. - a. -
a number OF years In assists from the
eutficld. The other day In Oakland
there was runner on first base and
the hitter lined out TO Jack knight
AT second base. Knight had a world
OF time 10 make the play At firs, base.
and so he threw the ball to Willie In
right field and Willie completed the
play at the bag. II gave him an I'M
earned assist. There Is nothing in
the rule book that gives tho official
scorer the right 10 omit tho assist
from the records. Such tactics make
a joke out tho game. and the scorers
should have the right 20 strike the
assist from the records
Chief fellowhoTse. the Pawnee In
dian. hurting for Sacramento. has lost
three games In the toughest kind OF
luck. one In the ninth and two extra
inning games. The fast-hall hurler
thinks he's linked. Once nc starts TO
getting the breaks he may be the
man 70 pitch Sacramento into the
FIRST division
Detroit has an outfielder named
Fothergifl Playing left field. who is
new TO most baseball fans out this
way. He played with Rochester in
the International league and led the
league in hitting last year with
mark around 400 He's a heavy
weight. weighing around zoo pounds
He has replaced Bobby vcach Ia the
Tiger outficld for the present, and as
vsach Is one Of the best In the ma
jors some sort OF a line on the new
comer's ability can b obtained from
this
OF the three players salt Lake OBJ
tained from Philadelphia on the
Heinie Sands deal Nick Williams
thinks John Singleton, the right
handed finger. Is the best Williams
was scouting for san Francisco last
year and saw Singleton pitch couple
of games for the Quakers. williams
says he seemed to have a lot OK stuff.
Word comes from Oakland that
Outfielder Wetzel is out for the sea-
son with a fractured leg. He came
to the Oaks from the Texas league
and he was hitting the ball pretty
hard
vernon's chances for the pennant
have taken an awful sock on the chin
thru the release Of Ray French.
shortstop. and Jesse Doyle. right
handed pitcher. French has devel-
oped into quite an infieider, while
Doyle was good pitcher, II not
sensational one. II breaks UP Yer
mons infield and doesn't do the
pitching staff any good
Los ANGELES. CAL May g.
Pay French. former shortsiop OF the
Vernon Pacific Coast league team.
made free agent by Judge lands,
today accepted terms with the
Brooklyn National league team for
the remainder Of the season. French
was given a bonus OF $4,000 on
signing with the Dodgers.
Del Howard. business manager Of
the Oakland team. acted az agent
for the fasteners in signing
French. French win be used as a
regular. II Is said. He will leave
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