Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1917 — BASEBALL STORIES [ARTICLE]

BASEBALL STORIES

The average youngster in the big leagues is about one to a club. They used to call them “another Ty Cobb.” Now it’s “another George Sisler.” • • • The Newark International, league team hereafter will be known as the Bears. • * • Fielder Jones thinks he has an iron man in George Pennington, a recruit hurler. —- ♦- ■»“ W Sam Rice, Senator outfielder, is being made over into a first-sacker by Manager Griffith. • « • Matty doesn’t want to pitch for Cincinnati. He hates to see himself going back that far. « • • Take away George Sisler and Roger Harnsby and the two St. Louis teams would have to quit. ’ • • * When Benny Kauff is hitting he quits ordering bats and orders another new suit of clothes. • • • Warren Adams, Pittsburgh’s new first baseman, is a lad of distinguished South Carolina connections. ♦ *. * Reds and Cardinals would still be playing off the tie for last place if they were in the Class A Billiard league.

* • • One hundred St. Louis business men have bought the Cardinals. Sure of some one seeing the games, anyway. Ban Johnson gets $25,000 per annum for hiring the umpires. McGraw gets $50,000 per season for baiting them. The Athletics have bats, balls, uniforms, masks, gloves, a ball park, and everything, just like a regular big league club. • • • Christy Mathewson’s idea, it is reported. is to take a slice out-of the Reds’ pay envelopes for the time they are all at sea. • • • Speaking of conservation we observe that the baseball guides still refer to it as baseball, in spite of the high cost of white paper. . • • • Experts figure that seven clijbs In. the American league have a chance to cop .the pennant, but only one has -a- - chance to finish in the cellar. * • • There is one Tiger recruit who does not have to worry over the blue envelope. He is John Coua>. a pitcher. John and his five brothers own a 16,-000-acre cattle ranch in Montana.