Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 200, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1911 — STORIES OF THE DIAMOND [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

STORIES OF THE DIAMOND

Tex Jones i< to get another tryout with the Sox. The Pirates have adopted a biack cat as a mascot Nap Rucker is after Grover Alex* Bader's strikeout record. Maybe Tenney believes in taking the old ones and making them new. Billy Sullivan's throws to second show the old man still has a whip. Pitchers ought to be striking their stride about this time of the year. • Christy Matthewson is the only star who does not occasionally give flashes of form. Athletics do not relish the old style baseball served up by James I. Callahan. Hal Chase recently had 21 pub outs at first base In nine innings. The record is 22. . . Giannini is the name of a San Francisco college boy signed by Boston. He third-bases. Keefe of the Reds has the Jinx on the Giants. Ho has beaten them three games this year. Stuffy Mclnnis is a real live wire on first He stope everything that comes bls way and digs up a lot of loir throws. '