Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 238, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1919 — BASEBALL STORIES [ARTICLE]

BASEBALL STORIES

Catcher Art Wilson of the Boston Braves is nursing a cracked rib. ♦ • * jAr -■? <’ It may be true that a crowd likes hitting, but it wishes the home team to do it « ♦ ♦ Ferd Schupp says his arm is as strong as ever, but that he just can’t get control. • » ♦ And if anybody thinks Eddie Cicotte has blown at 35, take a look at the pitching record. • • ♦ Hy Myers, the Dodger center fielder, has a batting average of .340, and Wheat is clubbing for a .320, for some time, has recovered and rejoined the Pittsburgh Pirates, * * • International league club magnates voted down the proposition to increase the player limit from 16 to 17. * * * The veteran Al Schweitzer, who was with Jersey City earlier in the season, has been taken on by Rochester. • * • Hal Chase makes great plays with wonderful ease and grace. The same goes for the errors he executes also. ■* • • Pitcher Dick McCabe, released by Binghamton and taken on -by Newark, has been a great winner for the Bears. * * * a No mean factor in the recent recovery of the Brooklyn Dodgers has been the work of Hi Myers, both at bat and in the field. • * • 1 “Cactus” Cravath, Phil manager, declares that there is no chance for the Giants or any other dub to get Eppa Jeptha Rixey. • ♦ • Rumor has it that Casey Stengel is tired of playing in Pittsburgh and is trying to get, his release so he can join some Eastern team.

• • * Providence has sold Fred Brainard, and Danny Gearin to Oakland of the Pacific Coast league. Brainard recently returned from France. The veteran Bill Crlstall, recently released as manager of the Bay . City team of the Michigan-Ontario league, has signed with Moline to pitch. • * ♦ With two third basemen in Milton Stock and Doug Baird on his hands, the president of the St Louis Cardinals is expected to ship one away soon. • • • The Chicago White Sox will try out Eddie Forster, a frora Brewster academy. He is an outfielder and in college made a reputation for fleetness it toot. "