Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1913 — Notes of Sportdom [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Notes of Sportdom

It’s a shame for major football teams to kept apart by minor differences. The first basemenin the National league made 146 errors during the entire season. Every time Ty Cobb made a bingle last season it netted him $39.65, according to figures of Herman Wecke. The only thing that looks bad for the Ball Players’ Union is the fact that the club owners are not opposing it. Manager Stahl has sold Hugh Bradley, the Red Sox first baseman, to the Jersey City team of the International league. President Garry Hermann of the Cincinnati Reds has re-engaged Trainer Dr. George Hoskins for the 1913 season. In an effort to develop a pitching staff "for the Cincinnati team Hank O’Day tried out seventeen twirlerß last season. Manager Callahan saysbe will stand .pefcwtth his iiip.-Jtßacfc^Ww ver and Rollie Zeider are sure of their regular berths. Frank Change has been hit oh the head thirty-nine timeß in actual games. Nobody can say how often he has been hit below the belt. Almeida and Marsans, the Cubans who played with the Reds last summer, are managers of rival clubs in Havana this winter. Walter Johnson, star t,wirier of the Washington Senators, says his team will win the pennant the coming season if it will hustle a little. \ Mike Kahoe, the Senators’ prize Bcout, says the Athletics look fine. He alßo declares that Connie Mack’s outfield will have bells on it Harry Wolverton, the deposed manager of the Highlanders, made an offer of $65,000 for the champion Oakland team of the Pacific Coast league. The Louisville club of the American association sold a box for the opening game of the 1913 season, and claims the record for an early advance sale. They say that Joe Blifalngham, the new manager of the Naps, is the daddy of them all as a kicker. Joe was a great goal kicker while at Cornell. Pitcher Marty O’Toole bad a bad year, but he has not lost heart. ‘T guhss I’ve lived down that high-priced reputation,” said Marty the other day. Owner Navin of Detroit says that if the players demand halt pay for the spring training trips, he, for on#, will not give bis team any training at aIL *