The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-04-05
FANCYSLUCCINC
PROMISED in
BASEBALLSERIES
ExHlnIIIoss GIVEN By
TEAMS SHOW WONDERFUL
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MANY PLAYERS
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ASSOCIATED PRESS HEAD
QUARTERS, April SELF major
league batters can pile up aver
ages as handsome sss they have
been collecting in training camp
games. baseball fans are due to
see some fancy smuggling this sea-
son.
The New York Yankees, for in
stance, have been pounding the
pill in the southland limbering up
games to She tune of q $50 team
average. Gehring tops the list Of
the Yankee club wielders with
.444. Others with verbose records
are: Ening $50; Msusel .48S;
Lazerri .41e; Combs $50; Collins
1888, and Ruth .227,
Sundays exhibition games re-
vealeS some heavy smuggling by
other teams. The st. Louis
Browns, who have been making
some keen records with the bat
touched Chattanooga pitchers for
19s blowssin winning 1eto 2. Their
fellow-townsmen, the Cardinals.
pounded out ten hits for . six to
four. win over the Streets at Dali
las an incidentally annexed their
18th straight victory.
At Shreveport, the Chicago
White Sox collected IA blows for
four to two win over the Texas
Leaguers, and the Phillies, while
defeated at Baltimore, managed
to connect the ball and bat for
eleven hits. The Cleveland In.
dams also held the heavy end of
the batting controversy against
New Orleans, their eight blows
contributing to the g. to I win
ever the southerners. S
In the latter game. however.
good pitching, in addition to bat
ting. was the feature.
Ehmke and Zahniser, Of the
Boston RED Sox also had q
pleasurable day on the mound,
pitching almost perfect bah
against Louisville, only one bit be-,
ing obtained off the two. Behind
.this stight hurting the Rostonians
banked the Colonies, 2 to 0. At
4tlsg SAME time The Boyeon Braves
wsfo taking the measure of Jer-
sey City, hard seeking supplying
t.IE winning element.
Pull Up Stakes
Nearly all the big league aggre-
cations now have pulled stakes
from southern and western train
ing camps. Several moved out to-
day, including Chicago Cubs, who
left Los Angeles for Kansas City,
after rain halted plans for a fl
nal affray with the Pacific coast
team. The Cubs managed to col
Iect $4,000 bread and butter
money in 20 coast games in which
they managed to win Is.
/ The Detroit Tigers also start
ed their exhibition tour north
ward, playing at Atlanta today,
with later games scheduled at
birmingham, Nashville and Mem
phis. With games planned every
day until the opening of the
season, the northbound Cincinnati
Reds entered Georgia to meet
Rochester at Waycross today with
Mays slated for the full route.
Luque has rejoined the team af-
ter a weeks absence at the bed
side of his mother in Havana.
The Pittsburgh Pirates start
their last siege Of training today,
against Indianapolis at Hot
Springs, Ark. After being trimmed
s to 5 By the Columbus American
Association team. at Fort Ben
ming, Ca, Sunday, the Washing
ton Senator'S today begin . seven
game preseason series with the
Giants, playing five games in,
four cities on the way home, and
the last two at Washington next
Saturday and Sunday.
The Brooklyn Dodgers. having
lost six straight, hope to beat the