Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 135, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1914 — Among the Baseball Players [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Among the Baseball Players

Joe Sugden, the old catcher, is chief scout for President pledges of the Browns. • • * Jean Dubuc has been with the Detroit Tigers only a short time, but he is now the veteran of the stkff. • • * Miller, Wilson, Butler and Dolan, all former Pirates, are delivering in great style for the St. Louis Cards. • • • A Cleveland (O.) sporting writer, Frank Rostock of the Press, picks Washington as a possible pennant winner this season. * • • Bobby Lowe, the veteran inflelder, who retired some years ago, is coach of the Washington and Jefferson university baseball team. • • * John Brodie Williams, the Detroit Tigers’ Hawaiian pitcher, never had a pair of shoes on his feet until he was sixteen years old. • • • Dave Gregg, the younger brother of Veran Gregg of the Naps, has been turned back by Manager Birmingham once more. He goes to Spokane. • • • President Thomas of the Cubs has announced that the Cubs and the Philadelphia Athletics will play an exhibition game at Toledo on June 23. *• * • Frank Gilhooley, for whom President Farrell of New York paid Montreal |12,000, will be given every chance to show why it was a crafty spectylation. • * # ■ Jack Dunn, manager of the Baltimore Orioles, has gathered up a fast bunch of players this year and believes his team will outclass the Baltimore Fed outfield. • • * Maurice Rath and Chink Mattlck are former big leaguers playing with Kansas City. Both ex-White Sox have greatly improved and may return to the big show. * * • Dick Egan had the distinction of playing before the king of England and the squire of Flat bush within two months. No other player in any league can lay claim to any such record. • , • * Scott, the Red Sox inflelder from 8L Paul, has had batting marks of .266, .267 and .269 for the past three seasons at Youngstown and St Paul, and has fielded for .949, .947 and -953. Pretty even work.