Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 162, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1917 — BASEBALL STORIES [ARTICLE]

BASEBALL STORIES

A double-header In the capital city is a warning, not an attraction. * * * Johnny Evers is in the game, but he is not playing like the Trojan of old. * * * There is many a pitching corps that should be spelled with an “e” on the end. v * * * The Yankees are not out of the running for the American league pennant by any means. * — * - Haven’t had much rain fn Washington this season, and they haven’t had much baseball. * * • Pittsburgh critics are hailing Jake Pitier as the best double-play starter in the big show. * * * Rube Schauer and Ping Bodie are showing up well under the management of Connie Mack. * * * Red Sox made nine runs in one inning the other day. they call the Sox a weak-hitting team. * * * Cincinnati won a ball game from New York, which shows that the day of miracles has not passed. * * * Pat Moran still says that Niehoff of the Phillies, is the best second baseman in the National league. * * • •> Conscription can do a lot of the teams some good if any of the regulars cdme within the drafting age. * ■* And some of the American league tall enders seem to think it is pinochle they are playing, not baseball. * * * Watching the ticker from Shibe park is getting almost as exciting as unfolding the contents of a cream puff. * * * Even a good right-handed pitcher can’t undo all the harm perpetrated by a team of left-handed thinkers. * * * Crane, the Washington shortstop, Is kept on the team because the fans at home have soured on George Mcßride. * • .*. There Is some talk about giving the Washington franchise to some other city. Questipp is, “Who would want itr * • • The Pirates have gone to the Poles for recruits. Joseph Kowalski, a righthanded pitcher, who has beep physical director with St. Mary’s college, is the new man. Happy Felsch has not been hitting the ball as well this year as he did last summer, but it is a little early for the Milwaukee German to get in his best wallops. -