Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 203, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1917 — BASEBALL STORIES [ARTICLE]

BASEBALL STORIES

Ed Walsh has made a come-back. Boy, page Frank Isbell and Johnny Kling. Griffith has made a star shortstop out of Howard Shanks, who also is a .300 hitter. ' • * * Fred Mitchell has bagged Pitcher Vangilder of the Three-I league. The Detroits were after him. * * * Ban Johnson says that the American league will play ball next year. So will the National league. ♦ ♦ f Frank Baker Is playing third base below the usual standard. But he still Is hammering the old apple. ♦ • * Muggsy McGraw has gone into the movies. Wonder if they have a picture of him slugging Lord Byron? « • • A Chicago woman has sued Owner Comlskey of the White Sox for SIO,OOO because a foul ball struck her in the face. • * * Philip Ball, owner of the Browns, Cenies the report that Fielder Jones will be supplanted by a new manager next year. ♦ • ♦ John T. Powets, organizer and first president of the Federal league, aspires to be an officer in the new national army. • * * - Hans Wagner says his greatest ambition is to lead the National league in batting again before he retires from the game. • * « The army drill practiced by ball clubs should come in handy to Dick Hoblltzel, who has volunteered for the dental corps. • ♦ • Manager Bezdek of the Pirates has a number of very promising young players who will develop into stars if properly handled. • • ♦

In spite of the slump of the Cincinnati Reds, averages show six members of Mathewson’s surprising team hitting .300 or better. • • * Mathewson holds the world’s record for pitched balls in a single game. He scored a victory several years ago with 68 in nine innings. A campaign against the throwing ot “pop” bottles at umpires of the Southam league has been started by President R. H. Baugh. La wton Witt is the first big league player to be called by the draft. Playing with the Athletics should be sufficient cause for rejection. Two St. Louis Browns have enlisted in the army. Probably figuring that the trenches could be no worse than working for Fielder Jones. The Giants have so many doubleheaders to play that McGraw may nee€ more than seven pitchers to keep aj the average winning percentage;