Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1913 — GOSSIP AMONG SPORTS [ARTICLE]

GOSSIP AMONG SPORTS

Louisville fans want Jack Stansbury backs with the Colonels. Ira Plank, Eddie’s brother, was shot in the face recently while hunting. It is reported that the Pirates will drop Simon if Bresnahan is acquired. Nap Rucker, the star southpaw of the Brooklyns, has signed his 1913 contract. The baseball show opens April 10, which is near enough to set the fans thinking and “doping.” George Stallings and President Gaffney are trying to get Tim Jordan to play first base for the Braves. They are playing auto polo in New York. The next harmless pastime will probably be aeroplane croquet. Steve Yerkes, who scored the winning run of the world’s series, has attached his name to his 1913 contract. The Kansas £lty Blues of the American association will erect a new baseball park. The structure will cost $50,000. President Jim Lillis of the Jersey City team says Jack Knight, the former Hillman, will come back next year. George Stallings will never manage another ball club, he says, unless he makes good with the Boston Nationals. < Thanks be to the National league—the sport scribes have had their annual opportunity to spring the Lynch law joke. A good fight manager is one who can steer shy of the hard ones and still keep his man in the limelight—no easy feat. Catcher John Henry of the Washington Senators has been ordered ,east to have the floating cartilage removed from his knee. The Ohio State league may admit Huntington and Charleston. W. Va., in or,der to form an eight-club circuit for next season. , ■ Now they are getting Ed Konetchy's name in the papers. It is reported the “Big Train” will go to the Pirates with Roger Bresnahan. The ticket offices of the Dodgers’ new park are located In an immense foyer, so that standing in line will be Inside the building. The Chicago judge who declared the motorcycle a deadly weapon might have included the auto in the same class, especially when the chauffeur happens to be loaded. Slim Salee is working on a new ball —a reverse slow ball. His idea is tc start it slowly and to have it gain momentum until it whizzes past the batter too rapidly to be hit -4