Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 240, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1912 — Scattering Notes of the Diamond [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Scattering Notes of the Diamond

McGraw is using Devore In the outfield again. Buy your world’s series tickets early if you’re Interested. Ted Easterly certainly js going great guns for the White Sox. Williams, the Notre Dame youngster, is making good in the Cub outfield. Hendrix of the Pirates Is not only pitching good ball, but he is hitting right along with 1L Jeff Tesreau’s first name Isn’t Jeff. It's Charles; but that doesn’t make any difference in his pitching. New Ybrkers Bay the attendance at the Polo grounds this season has aw eraged about 10,000. Not so bad. Pitcher Walker, a Washington semipro player, has Ween turned loose by the Naps. He ctmldn’t stand the pace. The Chicago Americans will give Pitcher Harry Smfth of the Lincoln Western league dab a tryout next spring. President McAleer of the Red Sox says hlB purse and trading blocks are dosed for this season. He’s going to stand pat Pitcher Walker of Bristol, who is to get a trial with Brooklyn, was pitching amateur baH a year ago. His rise has been rapid. Garry Herrmann .is .still .talking about trading some of his ball players, bat the trouble is he cannot find anyone to make (he trade with. Manager Holmes of Sioux City thinks he has a find in Lynch, secured from the Pacific Coast He has done great work as a substitute for Dick Breen and before going lame was a whirlwind in the ontfieldl