Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 244, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1910 — NOTES oF THE DIAMOND [ARTICLE]

NOTES oF THE DIAMOND

Four triple playes have been mad*, in the National league this season. Kid Elberfeld turned his ankle and ■was not spiked by Ty Cobb in the recent series between the Tigers and Senators. President Ean Johnson is after the' owners of the tail-end clubs in the American league and wants them to get busy signing good players. Oldring. of Philadelphia Americans has the record for helng at bat the greatest number of times. His recoid is 476. Lajoie is' next with 473. Cobb is credited with only 442 times at bat. Dan Murphy of the Athletics is said to have the season’s long-distance batting record. He will have to keep traveling pertty fast If he wants to keep out of Schulte’s way from now on. Pat Livingstone is touted as the star catcher of the-Athletics. He will likely do most ofcthe backstopping in the world’s series, but he will have to travel some to get an even break with Kling. Catcher Ainsmlth of the Senators is touted by the Washington scribes as a wonder. The new man is filling a hig hole in the team just now on account of the crippled condition of Charlie Street Umpire “Bill’’ Dlneen, who used to be a major league pitcher, says twirlers do not recline on flowery beds of ease. Winning or losing, they do more woryring than other ball players, Bill thinks. "Bull” Perine, the American league umpire, who has been officiating back of the plate for seven years, says umpiring is becoming easier. The rowdyism of former years has been almost entirely eradicated. Lee Ford Tannehill thinks that the Cubs will be bothered more by Cy Morgan than by any of the other pitchers of the Athletic staff. “There never was a team that disliked a spitball pitcher more than the Cubs do,” said Tanny. Cobb is the champion run getter of the American league with 92 tallies to his credit. Owen Bush of the same club has 82; Milan of Washington has 74; Speaker of Boston 73 and Eddie Collins of Philadelphia 72. Wolter of New York afdte has 72. Dubuque and Rock Island played a nineteen-inning game the other day in Rock Island, and Pitcher Cavet of the Rock Islands made a new season’s record for the Three-I league by striking out 23 men. Shortstop Darrlnger of the Dubuque team had 12 assists without an error. Clarence McDonald of the Terre Haute team of the Central league missed being a Cub by 20 minutes. He was sold to President Murphy of the Cubs on the final day of the purchasIng, period, but there was not time tc notify the national commission by the time the sale was completed, to Me Donald did not become a Cub