Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1913 — Gossip Among Sports [ARTICLE]

Gossip Among Sports

Hughey Jennings had only three players who batted .300 or better last season. Mr. Ritchie wants reasonable time in which to recover from those fouls before assimilating more such wallops. The Providence club has sold Catch* er Wade Reynolds to Sioux City and Infielder Jimmy Gillespie to Chatta nooga. Robert Hedges, president of the St Louis Browns, says he is satisfied with George Stovall as manager of his team. It is reported that John J. McGraw, the Giants* leader, has been given a life contract with the New York Na tionals. Pitcher Walter Leverans, the youngster Manager Stovall drafted from the Coast league, is being touted as a great find. Instead of firing all his umpires, Tip O’Neill may sign a few more to keep his Western league magnates within their limitations. Mathewson’s automobile and shooting trips have interfered seriously with his usual winter studies into the science of checkers. Cincinnati offered Larry McLean to Indianapolis this fall and Mike Kelly turned him down, thus eliminating another source of winter dope. Danny Moeller, the Senators’ young outfielder, says Boston won’t repeat in 1913. He looks for the Washington team to put up a better fight. Making wrestlers go to a decision is about as hard on the referee and faithful scribes who remain to the finish as on the grapplers themselves. Manager George Stallings, the new leader of the Boston Braves, says he will play Bues at third base next season. This puts Arthur Devlin on the minor list