Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 208, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1910 — DIAMOND GOSSIP [ARTICLE]

DIAMOND GOSSIP

Boston Nationals have made 1* home runs this year, and the team 1«1 .in last place. , ■ Heine Peltz, the deposed manager of the Louisville Colonels, Is now managing the Lancaster team In the P-O----league. Artie Hofman,. center fielder of the Cubs, Is batting .316 in 83 games. Magee ofq Philadelphia Is batting .322 in. 92 games played. Fred Tenney is the latest addition, to the authors among the ball players. He will become a full-fledged writer after the baseball season thia fall. Snodgrass of New York is leading the league in batting with .392 In 3T games played. Campbell, former Cub, is second, with .383 In 50 games played. Jerry Downs, who was a member of the Senators before going to the American association, Is slated for a berth with the Cleveland team for next season. Bill Burns reads magazines between. Innings to keep his mind off the game. That is one of the reasons, he says, that he has been able to pitch so well since he joined the Reds. Patsy Donovan of the Red Sox says the fight for the American league flag Is to be a four-cornered affair. All of them seem to think the Tigers will be in there before the finish. Beecher of Cincinnati has stolen 39 bases and Paskert of the same team has 38 to his credit. Magee of Philadelphia has stolen 28, Hofman of the Cubs has stolen 19 and Chance 12. Ban Johnson, president of the American’ league, has signed J. H. Colllflower aS -Q regular league umpire* He comes ftom the South Atlantic league, and formerly a pitcher. Paul Smith if the Canton (Ill.) team has been signed by President Murphy: for the Cubs. James Murphy, who is scouting tor the Cubs, discovered the youngster and san that he 1* a> wander. •