The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-09-09
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The Chicago, White Sox have been
asked to train next season at Biloxi,
Miss.
Pittsburgh fans think that Pie Tray
nor is easily the most popular player
in that league.
Adolfo Luque, Cincinnati Reds Gu
ban pitcher, has been sued for divorce
on charges of cruelty.
George Whitfield, former National
league player, coaches at Duke dur
ing the baseball season.
Buzz Wetzel, new Athletic hurler,
is no youngster in point of years. He
is twenty-nine years old.
Harold McKain, Council Bluffs,
Waterloo rookie pitcher, has been
sold to the Cleveland Indians.
Charlie White has been in baseball
for SO years. He is the first secretary
of the New York State league.
The Boston Red Sox have aban-
doned New Orleans for Atlanta, Ga,
as their training camp for next spring.
Despite the fact that the Red SoX
are in the cellar, the Boston fans like
'em because the team. is hustling al
ways.
Johnny Stuart, former pitcher for
the st. Louis Cardinals, has been ap-
pointed to the coaching staff of Mar
shall college.
There is a rumor that Miller Hug,
gins will make an effort to get Willie
Kamm away from the White Sox in a
trade next winter.
John "Hick" Meyers, outfielder and
captain of the Norris Harvey college
baseball team, has been signed by the
ST. Louis Cardinals.
There are now six players in the
major leagues wearing specs, more
than has ever been the case in the
history of baseball.
Jack Leroy, pitcher for Charlotte in
the South Atlantic league, is a skill
full violinist and performs with an or
chestra in the winter.
Two University of Alabama stars
Manter Q. Haynes, shortstop, and Emil
Barnes, outfelder-have been signed
by the Washington club.
Chester Falk. southpaw pitcher,
who three years ago was considered
a fine prospect, has been sent to the
Buffalo International league team.
Gehrig was the leading home-run
hitter of the Eastern league in 1924,
and Lazzeri made 60 home runs with
Salt Lake City the following year.
Many of the most famous batsmen
in baseball annals broke into the big
leagues as pitchers. Babe Ruth and
Iris Speaker are included in the list.
The fiagpole sitting business has
reached the limit with both the Cubs
and the Pirates scrapping to see who
perches on the National leagues pen
nant pine.
Moose" .Clabaugh, who estab-
lished a home-run reputation a few
years ago In Texas, has been the lead
ing hitter of the Piedmont league all
this season.
The Cleveland outfield problem
caused by the loss of Speaker has
been settled for the present at least
with Jameson, jacobson and Summa
acting as regulars.
Tom Hess. old-time New Orleans
pitcher and batting star, once hit a
home run to the top of the fence at
Nashville, Tenn, and the ball struck
between two palings.
The Johnstown (Penn.) baseball
club of the Middle Atlantic league
operates an 1S-passenger motor bus
for transporting the team to the diff.
ferent cities of the circuit.
Everett Scott, former Yankee short.
stop and holder of the record for hav.
ing played more consecutive ball
games than any other player. has been
given his unconditional release by the
Baltimore club of the International
league.
Owner Charles Comiskey insisted
that Ed Walsh be worked overtime
when he was starring with the Chi.
cago white Sox and thereby cut short
his career many years. 1t seems the