Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 121, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 May 1913 — STODIES OF THE DIAMOND [ARTICLE]

STODIES OF THE DIAMOND

They say Frank Schulte, the heavyhitting outfielder of the Cubs, breaks fifty bats a year. McGraw has pledged himself to follow a hands-off policy in regard to umpires again this year. Gonzales, the Cuban catcher, will catch psobably a third of the Boston Nationals’ games this year. President Farrell’s praise of Chance and his work is of the unstinted variety and pleasing to the fans. “The Browns will finish In the first or second divisions sure,” is the opinion of a well-known sport writer. Catcher Tony James, who was the only hold-out on the Kansas City roster, was sold to the St Paul club. Ray Keating, the |5,000 beauty secured from Lawrence by New York, has struck his gait and is showing a lot of stuff. Do you know that the greatest number of stolen bases was made by Harry StoveyT While playing with the Athletics back In 1888 Harry pilfered 156 sacks. Charley Comiskey killed a canard with these words: **l*ll release Fournier to Sacramento the same day I sell Ed Walsh to another minor league club.” Acosta and Calvo, the Cubans with Clark Griffith’s team, are remarkable judges of balls and strikes, and have not been known to offer at a bad one •Ince joining the Senators.