Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 148, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1913 — Scattering Notes of the Diamond [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Scattering Notes of the Diamond

Walter Johnson beat every team in the league before he lost his eleventh game. ‘ f • • * Billy Gilbert is a Giant again, but only nominally. McGraw has made him a scout. • • • Clark Griffith thinks Mullin win be the deciding factor for him in winning the pennant • • • Shortstop Ireland turned back to the Phillies by Sacramento, has been sold to Rochester. • e •» Manager Chance has put a damper on the Bermuda talk by saying the climate there is too damp. • • • According to Umpire Silk O’LoughUn, Reb RusseD of the White Sox is going to be a gnat pitcher.

Harry Hooper, never considered a great hitter has been whaling the ban at a remarkable clip lately. • • « Toledo heads the American baseball association at the wrong end. The worms do not care for baseball. • • • Inflelder Ona Dodd, who refused to go to San Francisco, has been satisfied with a berth in the class B league with Columbus. • • • , Bob Harmon’s two-bit game against the Giants was a great stunt, but it'must be remembered that Hub Perdue did the same. • • • Williams went and broke Yale’s long winning, baseball streak. Williams alumni best have no dealings with exYale men for a few days. • • • As recompense for dropping the whole series in Chicago the Yankees were paid for an attendance close to 75,000 for the four day stay. • • • Jack Herbert begins his third year as manager of the Pekin team of the Illinois-Missouri league, which is some record in a class D circuit. - —----- O Hugh McKinnon, who had a threeday fling as manager of the Lynchburg team of the. alleged United States league, announces that he will go to Paris and put baseball in France on a real sure enough basis.