The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-07-08
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Under, the guidance of Del Pratt,
Waco's 20-year first baseman, Art
Shires, Is Towering forth as star.
Columbia university boasts an I'M
defeated freshman baseball team this
season for the fourth successive year.
| Pat Moulton of Mobile, who pitched
three years for Auburn, reported to
the Boston Red Sox June 1 for tryout.
Superstitious fans appealed to the
directors of the Kinston IN. c. base
ball club to bar members of the team
from playing music.
Perry Mccoy of Drumright, pitcher
and first baseman, has been elected to
captain the Oklahoma A. and M. col
lege baseball team for next year.
ting Pitcher Byron Specie back from
Pittsburgh. He went to the Pirates
from the Hoosiers late last season.
Pat Malone, Minneapolis pitcher, ere
Gently struck out six batters in row
one short Of the worlds record-but
was beaten by the Milwaukee club,
6 to 8.
Ivy Wingo is glad now that Kensie
Kirkham, outfelder, refused to Join
the Evansville club, for he is back
with the Senator's and larruping at a
400 clip.
Dudley Lee is hitting at better clip
than at any time since he Joined the
Hollywood team The former Red Sox
shortstop is also playing strong field
ing game.
Sam Agnew, veteran catcher, re-
leased by the San Francisco Seals, has
hooked on with Hollywood. Agnew
had been a member of the Seals for
seven years.
"Ham" Hyatt, a deputy sheriff at
Aberdeen, Wash, will manage and
play first base for the Aberdeen Black
Cats In the Southwest Washington
league this season.
Ernest Orsatti, Houston's rookie out
| fielder, from the st. Louis Cardinals,
has hit the apple with such feIocity
that he has displaced Hack l1iller
from the regular lineup.
Hazen Cuyler, Pittsburgh's star out
| fielder, went out Of the game indefi-
nitely when he broke small bone in
foot when sliding to third in one
of the st. Louis games.
The hitting Of the Cincinnati Reds
Is improving steadily as the season
progresses. Now If only the pitching
| would strike its true form the club
would certainly begin an upward
lICuu III AdPlO 1ooiiiOh.
Although he pitched hitless ball for
nine innings, Al Wicker of North Car
DINA State college saw his team de-
feated by Wake Forest college by the
score of to A. due to wildness on his
part and errors by his mates.
Paul Wanninger, former Yankee
and Boston Red Sox shortstop, has
been purchased by Cincinnati from
| the st. Paul club of the American as
ISOLATION. Only recently he was re-
turned to st. Paul by the Boston club.
Ping Bodie, veteran outfielder, who
was a free agent, has been signed by
the San Francisco Seals. 1t was sort
| of a homecoming for the roly poly
| one. 1t was In 1909 that the Seals
won pennant and Bodie was the
hero of the season, with 20 home runs.
1t was not long thereafter that he
was sold to the Chicago White Sox.
/ Our only objection to double-head-
ers this summer is that six outfield
errors a day would be almost too
many.
| In 1911 the Toledo club went
through the entire season without WIN
ming single game on the Minneapo-
lis grounds.
/
There has been no scandal In base
ball so far this season and bad wealth
ell. has caused but few double-headers.
The. fans want better break for their
money.