The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-04-11
LARGE TWIRLERS
MACK'S WEAKNESS
Veteran Leader Can Never
See Small Man on Mound.

summer Connie heard that there was
big moundsman working at the Ben
edictine college in Savannah. He stood
feet inches, had reached the inter-
esting age of nineteen years and
tipped the scales at 1S5 pounds.
The veteran leader of the Mackmen,
who never could see small man
working on the HILL did not ask what
the big fellow had in the way of pitch
ing stuff. His name is Reginald Ba-
ker, they told Connie, and he is this
tall and that wide, indicating the
physique of the hurler. Sign him."
said Connie, and the other day he
joined the worlds champions. He is
so tall that his size alone impresses
the sideliners. He has had little eX-
perience in the pro ranks.
New England light harness fans who
like to ship their steedS to the mari
time provinces welcome the announce
ment that new organization has TAX
en- over the charter of the st. John
Driving club and will erect a stadium
and modern track at cost of $780,
600. Steps have been taken to include
the club in the membership of the
Maine and New Brunswick circuit.
Good news for baseball hungry
kids"
AS a part of an organized campaign
to rewaken interest in baseball among
boys, all major league clubs may per-
NIT them to see four or more games
each week free during the 1890 season.
Chicagos major, league clubs, the
Cubs and White Sox, already have
agreed to have four kids days" a
week and may increase the bargain
TO every day except Sundays and
holidays.
Lefty Grove is this years highest
priced baseball pitcher. He is to re-
ceive $4,000 for the year. Dazzy
Vance, who received that amount last
year, has taken a cut.
Old-time pitching stars didn't fare
so well. Walter Johnson got $4,000
at the last. Christy Mathewson drew
$4,000. Ed Walsh received $500.
Cornell and Yale boxing teams met
at Ithaca, \. Y, recently in a seven
bout exhibition program in which no
decisions were given, no knOckdowns
allowed and no team score compiled.
1t was the first boxing meet ever held
under the auspices of the university.
Otto Vogel, former Illinois and Cub
outfielder. who is baseball coach at
Iowa, apparently retains his old slug
ging ability.
During skull practice" of his Hawk
eye nine the other day he asked Elmo
Nelson, sophomore catcher: "Nelly,
how would you sign pitcher to pitch
to me?"
High" replied Elmo, "and out of
reach"'
Do the ball players like Ruth?
Yes. Emphatically, yes. The play
ers believe that, in the business of
drawing great crowds through the
turnstiles, Ruth has helped baseball,
and anything, or anyone that helps
baseball helps the players, they figure.
Also they believe the Ruth, in his
ability to earn big salary, has in
directly proved an influence in ad-
vancing the salaries of the players
generally.
Fritz Crisler is the first of the new
"life-term'' football coaches. Having
been appointed to full professorship
at Minnesota it is assumed that he is
perfectly safe as long as he cares to
remain football coach and athletic
director.
He is beyond the reach of the
alumni.
Whether it proves good thing or
not probably depends entirely on Girls
ler's ability to produce. If he pro-
duces winning teams it will be a
great system.
During his baseball career Roger
Bresnahan has been an Oriole,
Giant, a Red Bird, Cub, a Mud Hen
and Tiger. Beat that and take the
animal crackers.
Forest Sackett, twenty-year-old
left-hander who has done well against
the Tigers in exhibition games in the
South, was purchased by the Evans
Vile club for the highest price ever
paid to the Tampa club for a ball
player. Sackett will travel north with
the Tigers until they reach Evansville,
a Detroit farm. If Sackett develops
as he promises to, he will eventually
become the property of Detroit.
Jack Kearns believes the present
crop of heavyweights is the worst
since the years Immediately following
the Johnson-Jeffries fight, when the
entire world was busy trying to dis
cover white hope capable of regain
ing the championship from the Gal
weston stevedore.
Kearns thinks Jack Sharkey and
Max Schmeling are the best Of the
lot, the others being too small for good
heavyweights or else lacking the
punching ability needed for real
champion of the class.
The busiest second baseman in the
National league last year was Fresco
Thompson of the Pills. He had 800
putouts, 512 assists and made 80 err
rorS.
Not since the famous Waners came
ND to make their marks in a big way
have any pair of brothers broken into
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