Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 174, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1913 — Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

AROUND tv'.BASES Stallings keeps sending his Braves along at a wonderfully steady clip. • • • Bert Humphries is now z a regular member of the winning portion of the Cubs’ pitching staff. *•• . ■ Pitcher Klepffer of the New York Americans has been acquired by the Venice coast league club. • • * Brooklyn is in need of another good pitcher. Bill Dahlen has scouts out trying to land such a man. • • * Zamloch is the most promising youngster on the Detroit pitching staff, according to Hnghey Jennings. • • * <• Pitcher Tom McGuire and Outfielder “Silk” Kavanaugh of the Chicago Federal league team have been signed by the Cardinals. Manager Joe Birmingham of Cleveland says the Naps and White Sox are the real pennant contenders in the American league this season. • • * al Bridwell, the former Giant, Is playing a great game for Chicago. Besides fielding in clever style he has been hitting the ball hard and timely. A Boston critic is afraid Cleveland cannot stand the gaff, and expects her, without this ability, to blow up. in the stretch. Standing the gaff means conserving energy for the run to the wire.