Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 229, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1911 — STORIES DIAMOND [ARTICLE]

STORIES DIAMOND

The slump of the Pirates has peeved Fred Clarke very much. Jim Delehanty of the Tigera has had the best season of his career at ..bat, Bob Harmon of the Cardinals is the life-saver of the Cardinals, as Mordecai Brown is for the Cubs. Roger Bresnahan says that he does not know whether he will be at the head of the Cardinals next year. Roger Bresnahan predicts that Hannon of the Cardinals will be the best pitcher in the game next year. > According to some one who has kept count, the Cubs have been ousted out of first place 10 distinct times this season. President Ban Johnson of the American league denies the lively ball of the early season has been replaced by a deader ball. / Nap Rucker used to bp a type sticker in Alpharetta, Ga„ before he was lured to the diamond by the promise of a big salary. ; Walsh is the third of a short but Illustrious line of no-hit pitchers tor the Sox. Jimmie Callahan and Frank Smith were the others. The Austin team of the Texas 7 league has broken all worldfe records tor consecutive victories, by winning twenty-four straight games. ' y Ten Million, the center fielder from toe Victoria team of the Northwestern league, secured by the Napa, is a son of Judge Million* of Seattle. FJrst Baseman Baker, sent to* Brockton by the Red Sox as part-pay for Henriksen and Lonergan, has been released by the New Englanders. President Dreyfuss of the Pirates is said to be a bidder for the Dea Moines club in the Western league, which he will use as a farm tor the Pirates. Catcher Mike Simon of the PlrafM. has been having a sad time o fit. His wife had Just recovered from a long illness when his baby took sick and died. fi,;.Ralph Mattie,, the Richmond Colts* bustling young left fielder, the youngster who is leading the Virginia league as a slugger, has been sold to Washington. Bradley Hogge, who has been with Haverhill, has returned to Boston, with an “e” added to his name since he has been, sojourning in the New England league. It develops that Chicago gets Zimmerman from Atlanta in exchange tor Pitcher Foxen, who was sent to that club. So the Cubs may yet have something to shoe* for Luderua. Cincinnati after looking over Short stop Joe French of the Ashland-Cat tlesburg team concluded he was too small and he was sold by the Mountain States club to San Francisco. The Boston Nationals, it is sajd, will get Bill Schwarts, manager and first baseman of the Nashville team of the Southern league. Will he be a candidate with EUng and Donlin tor the Job of bossing the team? Pirate Steele’s feat in allowing but one hit in Brooklyn was a wonderful performance. He gave no bases on halls, but *8 men faced him; twenty sixth. who was Erwin, singled In the ninth and was the only man to reach first Too had Erwin got that wt ■ • •• -