Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 145, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 June 1916 — BASEBALL NOTES [ARTICLE]

BASEBALL NOTES

“Fritz” Maisel is showing improvement in his outflelding. • ■ * ♦ Ty Cobb says that it Is easier to steal third base than any other. • • ♦ Napoleon Lajoie is convinced that Home Run Baker has not gone back. • • • Manager Jennings says his team will show marked improvement soon. * • * “Heinie” Zimmerman, the Cubs’ third baseman, has struck his batting stride. • • • Barney Dreyfuss denies the report that he contemplates retiring from baseball. • • • The big asset on Mike Kelley’s Saints is big Phil Douglas, when he behaves. • • • The record of the Red Sox hitters is really the best of the American league circuit. • * * If the transfer of Speaker is good for the game why not transfer Cobb to the Athletics? • • • All things come to him who waits — when he’s hitting against a pitcher who has lost control. * •_ * Jack Graney of the Cleveland Indians will be passing Tris Speaker if he keeps up the pace. “Mike” Kelly has added strength to his St. Paul outfield by signing Walter Cruise of the Cardinals. • • • Don’t get Markle of the Yanks mixed with Merkle of the Giants. The Yankee man is a pitcher. • • • Griffith’s Senators are reasonably certain to get a square deal as long as Judge remains on the job. ♦ ♦ ♦ Jimmy Johnston, who played the garden for the Cubs some time ago, is doing fine work for the Dodgers. • • « McGraw is dickering for a pitcher, named Worm. Maybe Mac figures he will make good crawling out of holes. • * * Lee Fohl’s Indians didn’t lift any scalps last season, but they’ve put on some hair-raising finishes this season. • • • “Terry” Turner, the veteran infielder, is about the liveliest member of the Cleveland Indians at the present time. * • • Pleh and Egg form the short-order battery for Newark. Pleh is not of the lemon variety and Egg is hard to beat • * * Pitcher George Dumont of the Washington team is now a real big leaguer—he has had his tonsils removed. Ty Cobb is great in every' department except one. He is the weakest player in the league wheq. it. comes to tagging base runners. Harry Coveleskie Is running Walter Johnson a close second already as a rescue pitcher. He is a truck horse for working overtime.