Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 243, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1912 — Among the Basebaĺ Players [ARTICLE]

Among the Basebaĺ Players

Tesreau seems the only regular winner on the McGraw staff. In a recent Central league game the battery for Grand Rapids was Smith and Schmidt. j Manager Wolverton says Del Paddock, his Dubuque recruit, will be a fixture at third base. George Stovall, manager of the Browns, is the latest golf recruit from the baseball ranks. Atlanta of the Southern association has had nineteen pitchers on its roster since the • first of the season. The White Sox now have four playi era named Johnson on their pay roll Will it be '-a case of “Too Much Jdhnson?” Any space given to anything except what bears directly on the pennant race is velvet for the recipients these days. Bobby Wallace is playing ball like a youngster and is responsible for many of the victories that the Browns are making. \ Ted Easterly alone is keeping up the batting average of the Sox these days. As a pinch hitter he has few if any equals. Captain Lord is developing into a first-class outfielder. He can go back or come forward on a hard drive as well as any of the stars. Tommy Leach makeß about as pret-‘ ty a sight as the fans want to see when he is racing around the bases trying to beat out a home run. Harry Davis is still undecided about his future plans. The chances are he will be able to get another job as a manager before the start of next season. Topsey Hartsell. who is making a good record as leader of the Toledo team this season, is most likely to be appointed to manage the Naps next year. Umpire O’Brien says the Job of umpiring in the major leagues is easy. That’s the reward an umpire gets when he does good work. Others please take notice. J Manager Griffith of the senators will have Walter Johnson and four other members of his pitching staff operated on for the removal of their tonsils after the season is over. With the release of Choainard and Curtis Des Moines has an entirely new outfield, in Collins, Morris and Wetxel. Curtis has gone to his home In Philadelphia. Choainard may be back next year If his health permits.