Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 148, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1920 — BASEBALL STORIES [ARTICLE]

BASEBALL STORIES

Puny batting has been the Giants’ biggest handicap. • • • Joe Kelley Bays that. Willie Keeler was the best hunter in baseball. • • • It Is not very difficult for an umpire to find an excuse for doing what he wishes. • • • Jack Quinn of the Yanks says he'll be as effective without as with it. , Connie Mack lias sent one of his catching prospects, Styles, back to the Atlanta club. . * *' * Bert Kinney of the Athletics Is developing into one of the best pitchers in the business. ♦ * • Manager John J. McGraw of the Giants has het n active in baseball thirty-one years. • * * Reuther; lucky last year, seems to have become heir of the jinx that tormented Jimmy Ring. Johnny Dobbs declares he is serious in his announcement that this will be his last year in baseball. ♦ * * The Brantford Mint league club has sold .Catcher Phil Carroll to Sioux City of the Western league. • •• « Jack Wisner, a lengthy youth, has a world of speed. He’s just wild enough to make the hitters stand back. * • • Players come and players go, but Johnny Austin keeps on holding down third for the St. Louis Browns. • * • Dowd, formerly on Connie Mack's payroll, seems to have cinched the middle sack on the Bison infield. * • * Some of the star hurlers were unkindly treated in the opening games, but their revenge will come Fater. * * * Arthur Devlin, coaching Fordham college, is said to have a wonderful young pitcher In a lad named Culloton.

* * • Al Schacht starred as a shutout twirler last season at Jersey City and he is showing the same form •in the majors. ' Casey Stengel is showing as much vim in a Philadelphia uniform as hie displayed when with the Robins or Pirates. _ • ■ • • Ross Young has invented a new bunt which consists of popping the ball about three inches over the third baseman’s brow. •■• • • The Athletics wore white elephants last year. This year they are green; but ’elephants are all right unless they are pink. • * ♦ Even the college nines are kissing the “spitter” goodnight. The West Virginia university team has ruled it out as objectionable. •♦ ♦ ■ Morris Rath is hitting terrifically. Looks as if he might realize his great ambition—to hit over .300 for a whole seas<A in the big league. * ♦ • Babe Adams deserves credit for quitting the old Missouri farm, even though wheat is away up. A guy who cnn pitch the w ft y Babe does has no place among the hicks. * * • Much of the sympathy-that was extended'to Kid Gleason just before the start of the seasmi by those who predicted dire things for his club already has been recalled. The White Sox are stepping along like real champions.