Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 212, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1910 — NOTES of the DIAMOND [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NOTES of the DIAMOND

Manager Chance is in a bad way now for left-handed pitchers. Davy Jones and Ty Cobb are going along in a peaceable manner again. Jack Coombs has already won more games this season than he did all last year. He is proving to be the best man on~the Athletic’s strong staff. Manager George Stallings of the Highlanders, still thinks the Tigers are to be in the running for the flag. That is saying a lot for a manager that expects to be there himself. Big Ed Walsh, the star twirler of the White Sox, Is disheartened. The reverses that the “Speed Boys” handed him recently, have rendered the former spit ball wonder bereft of his old-time effectiveness. Manager McGuire is planning on another switch in the Naps and putting Lajoie back on first. Turner will go to second in that case and one of the youngsters, Peckingpaugh or Knaup, will goto short. The average baseball scout earns his salary many times over by keeping his club from signing dead ones. The general opinion of a scout is that he is sent out to pick every player that is recommended to him. Fred Clarke is far from being too o»d to play the game yet. In Saturday’s game between the Pirates and tne Doves the Pittsburg leader made two two-baggers, a triple and a single, Not so bad for an old fellow. —Danny Shay is bolstering up his pitching staff in Kansas City very materially. Frank Owen, the old Sox pitcher, was secured recently and now he has secured Bill Rowell from the Pirates. Dusty Rhoades was with the Blues all season. The Cleveland team has added two more youngsters to the list for 191 D Outfielder Burns of the Danville Three I league team and Outfielder Callahan of the Eau Claire team of the Wiscon-sln-Minnesota league were purchased the other day.