Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 245, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1911 — BALL AND BAT NOTES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BALL AND BAT NOTES

Ty Cobb will be a minstrel during the winter. The Athletics are all early risers and all of them retire early. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius McGlllcuddy in Philadelphia. Frank Farrell of the Yankees says John Ganzel will not succeed Hal Chase as manager next season. President Murphy of the Cubs ad' mltted in'New York the Reds are after Evers for manager next season. • Jack Coombs says the life of the average pitcher is ten seasons, back’s days as a pitcher, then, are numbered. Overheard in the stands: “I guess the world's series will be between New York and Philadelphia all right, all right” Bobby Wallace, manager of the Browns, says Jack Berry of the Athletics is as good a shortstop as there is in the game. Vean Gregg, who showed signs of a slump, has apparently recovered the form that made him the sensation of the early season.

Art Schwind and Dobbins, shortstop and catcher of the Roseland Eclipse, a Chicago semi-pro team, have been signed by the Detroit Tigers. Fred Clarke says he might have wanted Bransfield, but that he wouldn’t trade Vint Campbell for Bransfield and Luderus thrown in. The Boston Americans have claimed Pitcher Herb Byram of Sacramento and also Third Baseman Jimmy Shinn. Players will be given in exchange. Jimmy McAleer is quite anxious to secure Jack Flynn of the Pirates, for Jack is still young, and Jimmy thinks he has a good future ahead of him. There is nothing in the report that Billy Murray is to manage the Reda next season. Murray knows when he’s in soft which he certainly is at preaent. ' Mains, the pitcher secured by the Boston Americans from the Flint, Mich., team, is 6 feet 7 Inches tall. Beat it you Ix>udermllks and Falkenbergß. The story that Jennings will ask waivers on Moriarty is denied at Detroit, but it is admitted that Paddy Bauman is likely to upset the Tiger Infield plans. When it comes to playing doubloheaders Chicago will be up against the real thing, as the Cubs have been idle more than any other aggregation around the circuit. According to a Bocton paper Fred Lake is trying to buy a franchise in New England league- The story then, that he would manage the Browns next year, must be revised. In winning his tkrenty-seeond straight victory over Cincinnati Mathewson also made something of a record, for some one who kept count says he only pitched >2 balls to the. Red batters in the nine innings. McAleer has announced that Washington will train at home next spring and McAleer will spend the winter in the capital laying his plans tor ths 1012 season. He believes his prospects the best the Senators ever had, since the poMcy of getting a few youngsters wpa a‘Topped.