The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-06-29
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Brooklyn has two of the greatest
pitchers in the major leagues in Jess
Petty and Dazzy Vance.
Pitcher Jim Robinson, from Macon
in the Sally league, has joined the
Brooklyn Robins at Cincinnati.
Visiting American league teams may
enjoy the nights in New York, but the
afternoons are said to be terrible.
Jimmy Reese, Oakland star who is
owned by the Yankees, was once
hailed as the worst infelder in the
old Appalachian league.
William Dickey, tall young catcher
of the New York Yankees, has been
released on option to the Buffalo club
of the International league.
Pitcher Charles Barnabe and Out
fielder Randy Moore of the White SOx
have been released on option to the
Waco club of the Texas league.
Whitley Oberc, formerly of Pittfeld
of the Eastern league, has been re-
leased and is playing Independent ball
in the outfield for Pottstown, Pa.
Complaint is heard in American AS
ISOLATION circles that the games
played take up too much time, and
there is demand for speeding them
up.
One critic sums it up in a few
words for the Pirates when he asked
what fun they would have if they
only had to face their own pitching
staff.
Charley Hall, who helped to pitch
the st. Paul club to four American
Association pennants, has played pro-
fessional baseball for twenty-four
years.
A resolution adopted in 1910 by the
National Association of Baseball Clubs
prohibits the playing of more than two
games in one day by minor league
teams.
Outfielder Art Weiss and Pitcher
Bill Ludolph are recent additions to
the Little Rock Travellers, having
been obtained from the Missions of
the Coast league.
Leo Casey, tired of sitting on the
bench with Newark, asked for trans
fer. He was then released to New
Haven in the Eastern league, subject
to recall at any time.
Toledo cut down on the rookie
crop when it sent Guy Jones, Leroy
Parmallee and Jack Mundy to Stuffy
McInnis' Salem club of the New Eng
land league on option.
Baltimore's pitching staff was in
creased when Dallas of the Texas
league returned Pitcher Cliff Jackson,
taken from the Birds just before the
start of spring training.
Ernie Nevers, the great football
star, has been sent to the minors by
the st. Louis Browns. 1t seems that
the big leagues weren't in the need of
touchdowns just now.
In his earliest baseball days, Will
bert Robinson, manager of the Brook
lyn National League Baseball club,
had quite a reputation as a wrestler
as well as ball player.
Five major league clubs are inter-
ested in the eighteen-year-Old short
stop, Stevens, with New Haven in the
Eastern league. His work has fea.
tured for New Haven this season.
Max Carey, Brooklyn outfielder, who
has been tearing around the base
paths for 20 years, has led the Ma
tional league in base thefts ten times
in the past fourteen years and has
been second the other four times
Pitcher Stan Lucas has been cut off
the roll of the Toronto staff, but Man
ager Billy O'Hara thinks well enough
of him to hold strings. He has been
optioned to Syracuse of the NYP
league.
First Baseman Ted Jourdan of Jer-
sey City was lost to the team recently
when he fractured an ankle in a col
lision with Dale Alexander of Toronto.
The season so far has been just one
round of trouble for Manager Frank
GilhOOlev