Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1915 — STOWES OF THE DIAMOND [ARTICLE]

STOWES OF THE DIAMOND

Manager Lee Magee has swung the ax on Felix Chouinard, Harry Juul and Oscar Peters. * * * The Braves will open the season in April. Last year they didn’t open the season until July. « • • * George Davis, the Boston Braves’ pitcher, has set a' new mark for strength at Harvard. .* • * Ban Johnson admits his remarks about the Feds “may be tinged a trifle by prejudice.’’ Impossible! V* •• ■ Ig Marty O'Toole has gone back to the minors! The press agent can make and the press agent can break. • • • Now that the Athletics have lost two big dreadnaughts, they will hate to make a submarine fight of it. • • • Lee Magee will not allow the Brooklyn Tip Tops to play poker this year. Hap Myers, therefore, is shedding tears. Little Ray Chapman has been honored by Manager Birmingham of the Naps by being placed in the cleanup position. • • * Hugh Fullerton has picked the Braves to finish one-two. Bettors can now devote their time to picking the winner. • * • Pitcher George Foster of the Red 9ox is another who fears only Chicago in the race for the American league pennant. • . • * It is said that the work of Billy Hart, National league umpire, has been so satisfactory that he has received a raise in salary. • * * Tris Speaker says the Red Sox are the class of the league. So did Ty Cobb andf|he’B busy now explaining to Hugh Jennings. * * * Eminent medical authorities, after an exhaustive examination, staggered the world by saying that there is bone In Nap Rucker’s left arm. * • • Manager Phillips of Indianapolis has no first baseman capable of filling the job to his satisfaction, and he is going to give Rousch a crack at the corner. The St. Louis Feds now declare they do not want Roy Corban, the Pacific Coast league star, whom they claimed to have signed, but who denied that he had. « • • • It is said that the work of Billy Hart, National league umpjre, has been so satisfactory that he has received a raise in salary. It- might be well to point out that Heine Zimmerman isn’t president of the National .Jeuoft- ’ v :r-~r "