The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-06-01

at the ball grounds batter up disap-
pears from the kitchen griddle.
About the most useless thing in a
great crisis is a shoestring catch
that misses by a sixteenth of an inch.
George Edward "Rube" Waddell, ia
nous American league pitcher. died
April 1, 1914, at the age of forty-two.
Harold Wiltse, Red Sox southpaw
pitcher, has been traded to the st.
Louis Browns for Walter Gerber,
shortstop.
Jack Stein of Buffalo, N. Y, who
hasn't missed an opening game in so
years, started his record when he was
sixteen.
Alfred J. Reach, former baseball
player and later sporting goods man.
ufacturer, left a fortune of more than
S1,O0O,000.
One Iowa high school baseball team
defeated a rival, 100 to 0. The score
keeper is said to be doing as we'll as
can be expected.
Andy Cohen, well-known New York
bat and ball artist, once hoped to
carve his way to fame. He wanted
to become a surgeon.
Baseball again asserts itself as the
great American safety valve-some-
thing to talk about without mNh
chance of starting fight,
Should the Yankees win the Amerf-
can league flag this season, Manager
Higgins will equal the record of Con-
ME Mack, who has won six pennants.
"There's a lot of speed on my club
and that speed is bound to go long
way toward Winning ball games." says
Manager Ray Schalk of the White
Sox.
The Cincinnati Reds sent two rock
les to the American association, Jack
White, infielder, departing for Toledo,
and Kenneth Ash. pitcher, going to Co.
lumbus.
Lou Gehrig's first home run of the
season cleared the fence at Philadel-
phia, sailed through an open window
and knocked down a picture of Benja-
min Franklin.
Jimmy Dykes, with the Athletics, is
believed to be the most versatile play
er in the big leagues. He played every
position except that of catcher last
year with the Macks.
with the Detroit Tigers, seems to be
living up to the tradition of Detroit
outfelders. He has hit well in all
games he has played.
Pitcher Red Sweeney was released
by the Cincinnati Reds to the Peoria
club of the Three-I league. Sween
was sent out under option and is sub
ject to recall at any time.
The Pittsburgh National league
baseball club released Boburn Jones
of Fort Rayard, N. NJ, infielder I'M
der option, to the Bridgeport (Conn.)
club of the Eastern league.
Although his fielding was said to be
much better than his hitting ability,
it has been Chalmers Cissell's batting
in the early weeks of the major league
race that has created attention.
Josh Billings, bespectacled Tiger
hurler, threatens to become one of the
sensations of the majors this season.
His showing is all the more remark
able since he was a collegian a year
ago.
George Dauss, the grand old right
handler who served the Tigers for so
many years, is said to be through with
baseball. Dauss, who is on the re-
tired list. is now recuperating from
nervous breakdown.
From the time he became active in
major league baseball in 1915, Babe
Ruth has appeared in 1,496 games and
he has been walked 1,214 times, or ex
actIy 20 miles and 1,640 yards. The
home-run king knows every first base
man in the league.
Paul Hopkins, twenty-two-year-old
pitcher, obtained by the Nationals
from Albany of the Eastern league.
has been sent to the Montreal club of
the IL .Tnationa! league with option to
reca"