Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 155, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1912 — STORIES OF THE DIAMOND [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

STORIES OF THE DIAMOND

It seems as if Rube Waddell Is about “all in.” Bert Whaling has been sent back by Cleveland to Seattle. Manager Bill Dahlen is not satisfied with the showing of his pitchers. Newark has released Bill Bergen, the ex-Brooklynlte, outright Bad habits! Baseball would be just as good a game if it were separated from its silly superstitions. Having rid our era of bull baiting and cock fighting why not inaugurate gibeless baseball? Big Ed Reulbach is not ready to be Oslerized yet If you don’t believe it look up the box scores. . Ted McGrew has succeeded Bill Clark as manager of the Columbia team in the South Atlantic league. John Ganzel’s Rochester champions have come to life and are now making the International league teams behave. It gladdens us to hear that Germany has taken up baseball. American fans are running short of names to call the umpire. Chief Meyers* batting slump Is not due to Inability to see the ball, but failure of pitchers to put it jrhere it can be hit. - - The Reds are playing as If they have absorbed the pluck from Manager O’Day. Hank proved his gameness when he was an umpire. Weaver, the Sox shortstop, surely is the prodigy. He is a good ground coverer and has a great arm, and isn’t poor with the bat, either. 2 The Chinese baseball team visiting in our midst is not likely to break Into the world’s series. There is not a Tl Cob or * 81 Yung in toe whole outfit. President Kavanaugh is said to have dropped a, hint that the attendance does not justify toe double umpire syatern and that aa a measure of economy he may cut his staff to one man to the game. «