Show FRED MERKLE HAS SUCCEEDED IN LIVING DOWN FAMOUS BONER WHILE WITH GIANTS 4 A k r J A W ad r WIN ta LEADING SLUGGER OF CUB MACHINE the bone bonehead liend plays that players make live after them according to the baseball oracle but though bonehead plays may live the players who perpetrate them may live them down and this Is just what fred merkle Is doing fred merkle of the famous episode that cost the glants giants a pennant when he be forgot to touch second As lie he became a veteran in the service of the giants his playing over a stretch 01 of six or seven years over shadowed riia tha dowed the memory of that bonehead play and the rIOT novelty elty of kidding him about it wore off though the scribes often referred to it then came the season of 1916 which saw merkle on the decline or at least john mcgraw thought so for fred was traded to the brooklyn dodgers for lew mccarty and that day august 20 1916 was one of the blackest days of his career last season merkle bloomed out in the uniform of the chicago cubs having been sold to the combine in january of last year for a sum said to have been what did the cubs want with merkle asked the fans merkle was through or mcgraw would never have parted with him they figured but merkle through ne he had a fairly good season with the cubs last year tear just fairly good mind you yet he proved to manager mitchell that he was still a mighty valuable ball player to have hanging around today there Is not a question as to value lie ile Is the leading slugger of the cub machine rind and his playing around the initial corner for mitchell has been an inspiration to every member of the team should the cubs come through to a pennant this year work will be pointed to as one of the reasons why merkle has lived down his bis bonehead play ile he has come back as few players ever came back and he be deserves no end of praise P A 5 1 A L L is 10 P 1 E william J artz ariz Is a new umpire in the eastern league 0 0 so long as shanks remains the will have a utility staff when john mcgraw Is in doubt he calls on at al demaree and at al delivers a ed barrows greatest weakness Is a lack of reserve strength for his red sox charley alsberg Ills berg seem to be affected by the white sox sos slump this player has been hitting bitting the ball the idea that walter johnson was losing his smoke has been revised walter can buzz them over as fast as ever marty mcgaffigan got tired of being called a quaker and decided to go into the army along with the fighting irish the boston red sox have feigned ford an infielder from the tufts college varsity nine ile he Is a shortstop and second baseman the tigers will try out first baseman graham who played good ball with chattanooga in the disbanded southern association john beall the milwaukee man who lins IBS joined st louis has so much confidence in his ability to stick that he moved his family to the mound city kester june Is the name of a university of virginia pitcher who has been aaen taken on tor for a trial by the cleveland indians ue he Is a right hander fred mitchell MIt choll Is making a strong bid to swipe george stallings miracle shoes george has em tied in a hard knot and Is stepping out a bit himself the new london club has been getting some wonderful pitching itching rind and the ft average of runs scored again against s t it its S twirlers twirl ers Is the lowest in the eastern league walter brother brothe r of eddie loading leading slugger of the national league in 1917 and paul cobb brother of 0 the famous ty are both members of the united states marines team of quantico va 0 the french have taken a great interest in baseball and already have caught on to our set phrases and expressions pres alisser Gl Isser au an over means the runners runner slid id home foul Is translated poulet pou lct and fly by Is mouche 1 |