REDLEG PITCHERS HAND IVY WiNGG FINE
BOOST FOR PATIENT WORK BEHIND PLATE
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Ivy W/rr^o
Ivy Wingo, Cincinnati catcher, may
not be regarded generally as a star
receiver, but since Cincinnati won the
National league flag and then copped
the world’s championship from the
White Sox, he has two boosters who
never pass up an opportunity to sing
his praises. The boosters are Walter
Ruether and Jimmy Ring, members of
the Cincinnati hurling group.
Ring and Ruether both declared
Wingo has been cheated out of his
share of publicity for his work behind
the hat. They say Tvy does not court
publicity, nor does be expect any, and
consequently he is overlooked by the
scribes.
Best Work Never Seen.
According to Ring, Wingo’s best
work is never seen by the fans, be
cause he is most valuable as a help to
pitchers. “A pitcher never worries or
frets in a critical situation when Ivy
is behind the hat.” he said, “because
Ivy knows how to encourage a man and
dwarf the danger of the situation re
gardless of what it may he.”
It seems Wingo is one of the pre
cious few big league catchers who
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never seem to lose patience with a
hurler, and when the hurler gets into
a tight place Ivy tries to think of all
the kind things he can say, instead
of yelling at the flinger and otherwise
exhibiting a full-grown peeve.
Praise From Toney.
Fred Toney of the Giants recently
declared he never saw such a patient
receiver as Wingo, and this confession
was made before Ring or Ruetlier
broke into- print with a good word for
Ivy. In every assignment in the re
cent world’s series Wingo acquitted
himself with great credit, exhibiting a
grand throwing arm, directing his
pitchers with rare judgment and re
sponding with a wallop as often as
such could be expected from the ordi
nary receiver.
Umpires are all strong for Wingo be
cause he never fusses' about decisions.
He fights for everything he thinks is
his, but he withdraws from the battle
when a verdict is rendered. Pat Mo
ran has a pair of stars in Wingo and
Ilariden, and a genuine comer in Allen,
who had little chance to show his abil
ity last year.
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j GOLF CALENDAR \
4 Trans-Mississippi, for men, 4
* ltock Island, 111., June 7 to 12. *
* Women’s Eastern, Philadelphia $
\ C’ricket club, June 7 to 11. *
* Western amateur, for men, 4
\ Memphis, Tenn., June 12 to 17.. J
* National open. Inverness club, 4
4 Toledo, O., August 10 to 13. J
J Professional Golfers’ associa- *
4 tion tournament, Chicago, 111., 4
\ August 16 to 21. *
4 National Amateur for men, 4
\ Engineers’ Country club, Roslyn, *
* Long Island, September 6 to 11. 4
4 Western Amateur for women, J
* Oak Park club, Chicago, 111., Au- 4
4 gust 23, 28. \
National championship for *
4 women, Mayflower Country club, 4
* Cleveland, O., October 4 to 9. *
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Outside of the catching department,
the Pirates don’t look half bad.
* * *
Babe Adams looks as good as ever,
and that is saying considerable.
* * *
Pitching is always a gamble, but a
bet on the Cleveland staff this year is
a good bet.
* * *
Bobby Roth seems to be happy in
his new surroundings with the Wash
ington team.
* * *
A star catcher is just as necessary
to a ball club’s well being and prog
ress as a clever pitching staff.
* * *
The Boston Red Sox are still in a
rut. The sale of Rnth to the Yankees
didn’t help a had situation any.
* * *
John Kelleher, shortstop for the St.
Joseph team of the Western league,
will manage the team this year.
* * *
The Cleveland lots have graduated
so many players to the Indians that it
may be called Tris Speaker’s farm.
# * *
Jnfielder Goldie Rapp of the Cincin
nati National league team has been
sold to St. Paul, American association.
* * *
Jimmy Burke has a peppery bunch
of Brownies to start off another sea
son, but he hasn’t strengthened to any
extent.
* * *
Cleveland fans believe that this is
Cleveland’s year and decline to change
the view because the Yankees grabbed
Babe Ruth.
* * *
The cellar was never a very popu
lar position for a baseball team to oc
cupy, but we presume it wall be dif
ferent this year.
* * *
Pitcher Ad Lynch, formerly of
Washington, who refused to play with
Wichita this year, has been trans
ferred to Des Moines.
* * *
Rube Bressler, though showing good
form in a couple of essays, is getting
back to pitching form after a season
spent in the outfield.
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The Boston Red Sox had an idea
they could buy several stars with the
money received for Babe Ruth. It
was a great idea, and it’s still a great
idea.
* * *
Fans at Kansas City are trying to
dope out a shorter name for William
de Connaucourt, the big right-handed
pitcher from Canada, who has joined
the Blues.
BAR GELDINGS FROM
BIG RACING STAKES
Expected to Increase Number of
Horses for Breeding.
Present-Day Demand for Stallions
Needed at Remount Stations Is In
sistent—Purchase of Good Ani
mals Is Difficult.
* The fact that geldings will be in
eligible for some of the most valuable
racing stakes of the future, is expect
ed to increase the number of horses
for stud purposes in the United States.
While there is a strong undercurrent
against the movement to bar the geld
ing from some turf classics, neverthe
less the plan has the support of many
progressive turfmen, who believe that,
while the gelding has his sphere in
racing, he has no right to participate
in the greatest of tests which are
given for the guidance of the breed
ers of the country.
The gelding is unknown in many
foreign countries, and some years ago.
when C. K. G. Billing’s champion trot
ter Uhlan, 1 roS1/^, was shown In Rus
sia, the breeders of that country were
indignant at his spoliation, and want
ed to know who had dared to deprive
future generations of the qualities of
such a splendid horse. Stallions and
mares work in the same teams the
year round in Russia. Usage has
made the males tractable, and it is
a rare thing to find a vicious horse.
The present-day demand for stal
lions of the type needed at the re
mount stations of the federal govern
ment is insistent, and members of the
commission having in charge their se
lection are unceasing in their search
for the right type.
The fact that there has been but
little money available for the pur
chase of good horses has made the
task of the commission exceedingly dif
ficult, and most of the best horses se
cured to date have been gifts from
breeders and turfmen in sympathy
with the movement to improve re
mounts, and also from the Jockey
club, whose chairman, August Belmont,
gave the nucleus of what is now the
Front Royal Stud in Virginia. Given
nn appropriation such as Count Lelin
orff of the Royal Prussian Stud had
at his disposal and the result would
be easy, as there are horses racing
every day on metropolitan courses that
would be ideal for the purpose. It is
related that the count, while on a vis
it to England, saw the famous sprinter
Lollypop in action with big weight up.
“Just the horse to give our German
cavalry horses more speed,” was his
comment, and he straightway negoti
ated the purchase of the animal for
$20,000. It was the same spirit, back
ed by plenty of money, which caused
him to pay almost $100,000 for the
English Derby winner Ard Patrick.
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