Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 264, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1912 — Notes of Sportdom [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Notes of Sportdom

Not much, of a come-back, this Bill Papke person. This Brief of St. Louis does not seem to be due for a brief stay in the majors. There have been over sixty extrainning games in the major leagues this year. Suggestion to young golfers: Why not choose for yourself the nickname of “Chick”? President Hedges of the Browns has picked Waco, Tex., as his spring training grounds. It took 710 runs for the Red Sox to win the pennant. Their opponents scored 381 runs in these games. Barney Dreyfuss said nix on the scheme of working any of the Pirates in on a post-season trip to Cuba. Eddie Santry, the former featherweight, who was a star in his day, is said to be stricken with paralysis. There- were 139 times at bat registered in the nineteen-inning game between Washington and Philadelphia. The Naps made the Red Sox look foolish In their recent series, but of course that doesn’t count for anything now. Hank O’Day says old pitchers make the best mhpires. Well, aren’t there plenty of old pitchers around the country? Gray, who played first base for the Pirates, is a pitcher, but he is built for the Job at first because of his tremendous reach. Mrs. Jake Stahl was opposed to her husband returning to baseball last spring, but she is not sorry now that she finally gave her consent. Baseball promoters of Hutchinson, Kan., are trying to purchase a Western league franchise to give Hutchinson class A baseball. Can you beat it? New York is first in the National league and last in the American; Boston is first in the American and last in the National. Chicago never has gone through a football season yet without naving had a good scare or a beating. Which game is it going to be this year? to--