The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-08-24
BASEBALL. e.
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Benne Oosterbaan, Michigan's IA
nous athlete, batted 1863 for the Ann
Arbor collegians this year.
Greater love hath no man than that
he continue to refer to a home town
tail-end ball team as Our 3o-5.
Elton Langford of Des Moines last
year continues in his batting slump
and has been benched by the Indians.
Mel Harder, eighteen-year-old re-
cruit of the Cleveland club, is the
youngest pitcher in the major league.
The Boston Red Sox released Pitch
er Cliff Garrison, on option, to the
Portland club of the New England
league.
Harry Seibold, pitcher, with the
Reading Internationals, lost only one
game while winning fourteen up to
mid-July.
Roy Carlyle, Birmingham Southern
association Outfielder, got seven hits
in nine recent trips to the plate as
pinch hitter.
Fred Heimach, former major league
hurler, had won sixteen games while
losing six up to mid-July in the
American association.
DiXie's big league club The Wash.
ington team of the American league.
has II of 25 players on the roster
hailing from the Southland.
Nick Borelli, Muhlenberg star, who
joined the Athletics recently, com.
piled sos batting average for his
undefeated college team this year.
Lefty Jamerson, released by Hart
ford was taken on by Waterbury and
annexed victory as relief hurler on
his first day in Brassco uniform.
Luke" JohnsOs, captain and star
shortstop of the 1923 Northwestern
university aseball team, will join the
roster of the Cincinnati Reds next
season.
One Cleveland sports writer thinks
this will be the last season for Joe
Sewell as regular shortstop for the In
dams. He says old age has claimed
Sewell.
The Frederick club of the Blue
Ridge league at a meeting of the
board of directors authorized sale of
it's franchise to Cleveland of the
American league.
A New York Giant catcher ran
head-on into concrete dugout with
out injuring himself or the dugout.
Just another example of the wonders
Of modern architecture.
Dale Alexander of Toronto and Dick
Porter of Baltimore are waging a hot
duel for batting honors in the Interna-
tional league this year, with the for
mer having the edge to date.
His injured knee failing to respond
to treatment, Billy Mullen, who sew
eral years ago was one of the great
est third basemen in the Texas league,
has decided to quit baseball.
George Moriarty. poet-umpire-
ball manager, has found that kind
ness to his players doesn't pay. He
tried poems on the lads, but found
them too empty even for blank verse.
Speaking of rubber watches, which
are now the rage on the beaches, who
remembers the first quarter of the
Michigan Marine football game some
years back, that stretched out to 80
minutes.
Farmer in Idaho was saved from
death by lightning when hoe he was
using formed ground contact. Many
persons will gain some satisfaction
from the fact that a golf club might
do the same thing.
The House of David baseball team
is again out on the road, making
"good will trip" under the direction
of Francis Thorpe. The star pitcher,
Mooney, who has turned down various
professional offers. is still with the
club.
Bob Steele, southpaw pitcher who
jumped the Indianapolis club in 1919.
has wired a formal request for re-
instatement in the American associa-
ton to John Farrell. chairman of the
Minor Leagues association at Auburn.
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