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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1913
Page
6
The report notes iM Ki manager Miler Huggins believes a young pitcher could star for the Reds. Various scouts and baseball figures name players and teams, with Milwaukee, Boston, New York, and Cleveland mentioned in this wide-ranging baseball bulletin.
A wild collage of notes on players and teams. Leslie Nunamaker impresses with headwork for the Red Sox while Boon shines for the Braves. The Giants travel with Mrs. Marquard as Stallings previews Myers at first. Cincinnati’s Marsnns attracts praise and the Reds show fight to the end as McGraw opposes cliques. Manager Chance backs the Senators to win the American League with Washington’s speed and aggression praised.
Arthur Shafer reports to the Giants at Martin this spring amid rumors of romantic pressure and scented notes from fans. He denies quitting baseball over the gossip, agrees to play shortstop, and vows to handle dating distractions by focusing on the game.
The column notes Jim Jefferies eyeing another ring return, Willie Ritchie open to a July 4 lightweight title bid if Priddy Welsh weighs 1273 pounds, and Tom Thorpe at Carlisle Indian School aged fourteen. It mentions Boston buyers for the A A U meet and Princeton undergrads Hobey Baker and Tal Pendleton earning two varsity letters. It also reports plans for English golf entrants Gladys Ravenscroft and Cecil Leatch to challenge in the fall.
Frank Fogarty recalls a tale about Chicago White Sox manager Jimmy Callahan on his thirty ninth birthday. The comic explains Callahan and George M. Cohan are close friends and notes how Cohan sends tickets for Callahan’s crew. recruits discuss baseball and forget to applaud, provoking Callahan’s sharp rebuke. A later hotel elevator chat jokes that tickets were bought and paid for, implying later indifference to applause.
Estimates place the Boston Red Sox salary list around 8000 dollars with manager George Stovall claiming the Browns are about 50 percent stronger this season. Shortstop George McBride has missed eight games in six years with Washington. Arthur Hofman returns for Fred Clarke as Hofman’s legs ail him. Sam Agnew of the St. Louis Browns posted a 100 game catching record last season with Vernon and passed no balls. Nimmo, a third baseman signed by Hreckton, arrives via Jack Klemow. Cone Mack plans to carry ten pitchers and Stallings of Boston touts a promising infield prospect bought in Italy. Friot of St. Paul to use Walter Rehg in the outfield. with Rehg and Miller in Saint Louis, O Toole Kelly deal stands. Four rookie gardeners nicknamed bunny include High, Powell, Letbold, and Brief. An Atlanta writer predicts Cracker profits from player sales, listing several veterans with prior trials. Lou O Griger credits Stallings as one of baseball’s best leaders.
Detroit announces the signing of catcher Russell Brieux from Louisiana University. He is set to report to the team in Juus and joins the Tigers for the upcoming season.
A survey of National League strike-out leaders from 1897 to 1912 shows New York clubs supplying seven of the sixteen leaders. Christy Mathewson tops the list with 267 strike-outs in 190? while Rube Waddell and Fred Beebe also lead in other campaigns. Western clubs produced few leaders, with most top pitchers from Eastern teams.
George Stallings of the Boston Braves sent a telegram to Chance stating he will root for the New York Americans. He praises the Yankees as the finest group of men he has met in baseball and believes they will work as hard as his former players.
A vivid, erratic verse recounts a fearless rider tearing through town. The speaker disregards police warnings and traffic hazards racing across bridges and streets while endangering others. The refrain repeats that men may come and go, but the rider tears on forever.
Readers discuss a poet named Bardsley whose verses allegedly earned him a living. The talk centers on a surprise fund given by a childless donor, intended to secure his independence, though some voice skepticism about the poet’s reputation and motives.
They say that the person who is dissatisfied with love should go abroad to gain a good opinion of his country. Algy agrees and says he once thought the country poor but after hearing it praised he became a real dead patriot.
A bystander suggests a poetic fix as a man stranded eleven miles from a charging station contemplates escape. The exchange ends with a quip about hitching a wagon to a star, reflecting a playful, old time newspaper tone.
Tired traveler Tred Treadwell and companion Sim-Wot recount meeting the same panhandler across multiple states. The piece notes how the encounter pattern repeats, underscoring a small world feel as each stop brings a familiar face.
A sharp exchange features a line about two made for every question and a woman’s clever twist. The remark plays on traditional moral clichés, delivering a quip about marriage and wit within a lighthearted bosom of social humor.
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