Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 March 1914 — NOTES of the DIAMOND [ARTICLE]

NOTES of the DIAMOND

The Boston Braves will wear real mackinaw on the field this season. - * * * Eddie Plank is said to have designs on Gotchls title for sporting retirements. • * • Frank Chancqja quoted as saying that no one with rod blood in his veins can work for Murphy. ♦ * * The man who described a certain player as bone of contention doubtless didn’t mean it in technical Bense. * • * A Cleveland scribe says Johnny Evers was ousted so quickly he never had a chance to touch second. ♦ * * Branch Rickey has already put the clamps on the Browns by ordering them to cut out the poker games. * • * The Federal league team in Chicago is sure to make money if, as alleged, Joe Tinker is the Federal league team. ** • ■ Ty Cobb led all the major league' stealers in copping home. Ty peTformed the trick on eight different occasions. * * • Henry O’Day has the edge on the others who have tried to manage the Cubs. Hank always can go back to umpiring. • • Mike Doolan, at present touring the world with the Sox and Giants, says he will jump to the Feds unless the Phillies meet his terms. • * • Jess Tannehill is dickering for the mapagement of tho Maysville club (Ohio). Tannehill was one of the truly gfeatptrchersoThistime. ~ *• • k Del Galnor has signed a Detroit contract after reporting that he ..had turned down a two-year document'with the Feds calling for $20,000. * * * The Brooklyn Feds will hav9 to build-a new park, as the wooden structure at Washington has been pot under a ban by the Brooklyn officials. Ping Bodie may be a slow runner, but he has it on many of toe major stars. Ping pilfered home twice last season. That's going some, eh, bo? * * * - Baseball pl«- ' a lot of satisfaction from • ed 'on someone's all-star u what tickles their fancy most is u ue picked for a raise. ,• * '<3arry Herrmann is always breaking, into print. He now comes out with a statement saying the Federate han’t last. But he gives no reason why they can’t last -