The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-08-03
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Garland Buckeye, pitcher for the
Cleveland Indians, has been released
Internationally.
Art jain, outfielder or the Phillies,
has the biggest hands in baseball. He
can hold six balls level in one hand.
Hooks Walker, Highlander, who
pitched for the University of Penn
sylvania, has been signed by Washing.
ton.
The San Francisco Seals have
clinched the Pacific Coast League
pennant for the first half of the split
season.
National league has a professor Of
umpiring" in Bob Emslie, who teaches
the young arbiters to call them as
they see them.
Ty Cobb, member of the Philadel-
phia Athletics, is forty-two years old
and has been playing major league
baseball for twenty-three years.
Oklahoma City, leaders in the West
ern league, is the youngest club in
Class A baseball today, the teams
average age being twenty-three.
Uncle Wilbert Robinson is one Of
the few managers in baseball wearing
specs. Maybe they are double vision
and make his Dodgers look twice as
good.
Paul Easterling, Detroit's young out
fielder, has been released on option to
Toronto of the International league.
He may be recalled on a moment's
notice.
The Eastern league will this year
offer prize to the man adjudged the
most valuable to his club. The selec-
ton will be made by group of
Scribes.
Tom O'Hara, boss of the Denver
Country club caddies and dean of this
country's caddie masters, has trained
approximately 10000 boys in his thirty
years of service.
AL Fons, star pitcher of the Holy
Cross baseball team will play no more
college baseball, having signed to
play with the Milwaukee Brewers of
the American association.
Not being able to find a landing
place for Hubert Atkinson, after plac-
ing him temporarily in the Southeast
ern league, the Washingtons have
handed the youngster his release.
Earl Stanley, pitcher for the Steven
son Diamond Ball team of Minneapolis,
struck out twenty-one players In a
seven-inning game with the Bubbles
Safe team of st. Paul. winning ] to O.
Willie Kamm has emerged from his
batting slump and is hitting the ball
hard once more. few years ago he
specialized in twO-baggers to left-cen-
ter. Now he is banging singles down
the left field.
Before the game of June %, Infield-
er Howard Freigau of the Brooklyn
Robins was released to the Boston
Braves on waivers. Thus, Hornsby
gets another former Cardinal who
played with him at ST. Louis.
The new press box at the Cubs
park will be the finest in the majors
when it is completed 1t is suspended
just under the upper tier and is be-
ing constructed in such manner that
it will be entirely inclosed with glass
paneling for cold weather, such as Is
encountered both early and late In the
season. Steam heat is to be another
welcome feature.
Cleveland rams are laying plans Tor
a "day" for OutfieIder Charley jamie
son. They say his good and faithful
work over a long period of years en-
titles him to some special recogni
ton. A Cleveland newspaper has TAX
en- up the idea and the plan is to put
over Jameson Day" as a big event
later in the season.
Although the spitball was ruled out
of the major leagues nearly ten years
ago, there are seven of the old play
ers who use the moist sphere-Jack
Quinn, Stan Coveleskie, Burly Crimes
Urban ShOcker, Red Faber, Bill DoaB
and Clarence Mitchell.
Philip 81. Strubling II of Phil
adelphia, who was elected captain of
the 1929 Princeton baseball team, is
the only man in the history of Prince
ton to win letters in three major
sports. He has won letters in base
ball, football and hockey.