Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 127, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1911 — ON THE GUEEN DIAMOND [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ON THE GUEEN DIAMOND

Heine Zimmerman rapidly is showing ’’he is there.” Fred Merkle smashed out a longdistance home run at New Tork. Babe Adams appears to be pitching the brand of 1909 ball this season. Teams may win and teams may lose, but the Tigers growl on forever. Young Wheat of Brooklyn promises to give Frank Schulte a race for slugging honors this season. “The White Sox made nearly as many hits this year as they did in the whole season of 1906,” said one fan. Johnson, the Highlanders’ shortstop, who has been shy on the batting end, woke up and batted out a borne run off Hall of Boston. Scout Fred Lake of the Browns is gum-shoeing around the Eastern league at present, but he has not dug up any players as yet. The Philadelphia fans say • that Hans Lobert is a much better third sacker than Eddie Grant. It does seem that way in the score so far. Del Galnor, the new first baseman of the Tigers, seems to be a real ball player. He has made good with the Detroit fans and Manager Jennings. Altizer, who was such a phenom in the American association, has been unable to fathom the wiles of the major leaguers. Downey is now on the Job. An Amherst collegian who knew Henry as a catcher says that if it were not for the fact that Henry would grow too fat waiting for a chance to replace Street the youngster would be a worthy performer la hla old position.

Trying to kill the ball doesn’t kill it as often as it kills batting averages. Goode has a finished style In the outfield, judging fly balls well and making no fuss about getting under them. Thus far all the heavy hitting at New York teams has been done away from home—mostly in southern training. "Tris" Speaker, the Red Sox run maker, believes that the best kind of a batting average la one that la built while team on the sacks. Nashville, Tenn., is crowing over the fact that Sunday ball can be played there now. It la twenty-eight years since such a thing was possible before. The unconditional release handed Sam Leaver by the Pittsburg club marks the end of the big league career of one of the veterans who has done much far the Pirates. Anti-fat producers have been trying for years to reach Clyde Engle, but the handy man of the Red Sox has a treatment of his own. Hla early season speed is a testimonial. At least Fred Parent left Chicago something by which to remember him. His last game with the White Sox was: AB. R. H. SB. SH. P. A. E. Parent, 55..6 1 3 0 0 2 2 0 Suggestion for the baseball players’ 'brotherhood: As long as the White Rats refuse to appear on the stage with baseball players, why not get out injunctions preventing vaudeville artists from producing Alleged baseball plays and other sketches supposedly based on out of door aporta? .