Ogden Evening Standard | 1911-07-29 | Page 10 | Baseball Bunts

t t I Baseball Bunts I i Ty Cobb's j'oungcr brother, Paul, who Is plajlng with tho Lincoln club of tho Western league, stands a fair chanco of being given another trial in fast company ono of these dajs Paul Is hitting llko a fiend this season, and no doubt somo manager will take a chance in the hopo of developing him into a plaj'er something llko his Illustrious Illus-trious brother Paul Is a right handed hitter, fairly fast, but several years Tj's Junior. Ho batted ocr .300 last jcar, but his fielding was so poor that ho was not given a trial with any of tho major league clubs. This j'ear ho seems to ha e greatly Improved his field work. Manager McAlecr thinks ho has picked up a great ball plajer In Catcher Catch-er Henrj', the former Amherst amateur. ama-teur. If McAleer Is a prophet then he ought to hayo ono of tho best catching catch-ing staffs In tho major leagues. Aln-smith. Aln-smith. who is batting above .350. was a big find for Washington. A catcher who can bat is a raritj. Manager Fred Tonny of tho Boston Nationals says that many young plaj'ers plaj'-ers do not havo a chanco to provo their worth In big league company because be-cause pf too much competition. He names Eugeno Goodo and BrlHcoo Lord as notable examples of athletes w ho have been crowded out only to return and star as regulars. Clark Griffith of tho Reds regrets thors arc so few pitchers in tho modern game who can hit llko those of twenty jrarB ago. Tho team that ha3 a ramming ram-ming twirler and a hard hitting catcher catch-er Is sending nlno sluggers against seven sev-en men who can hit but who aro handicapped hand-icapped bj two almost certain outs. Kid Elberfeld says he Is only thirty four, but itt. Washington wrltor doclaron on oath, that; he saw ie kldj plfcyjag semi-pro baU twont-flyo jqara agpJf, true It sefs Elbcrfeld's entry into tho gamo dt nine 3 cars 0 age. It nas al-' .aja been in the rcoord that ho began at tho mature ago of eleven. Captain George Morlarty of the Detroit De-troit Tigers doesn't drink, smoke or swear and Insists on his ball players going to church on Sundaj'. :f s t ' -