Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 169, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1915 — NOTES of the DIAMOND [ARTICLE]

NOTES of the DIAMOND

Manager Fred Clarke now persists that the Pirates will finish in the first four. • • • Heine Zimmerman Is neutral In everything except when it comes to fighting. * • * Jack Coombs is said to have done much to restore harmony among the Dodgers. • • • Pat Donovan is one of the few baseball men never released as manager of the Cleveland team. * * * Getz supplanted Schultz at third base for Robinson’s men because the latter is said to have lost his nerve. • • • So far Ty Cobb hasn’t missed a game this year. He is keeping out of scraps when away from the ball field. • * • Manager Herzog refuses to speak to Umpire Rigler. He will publish a red book justifying his attitude in the matter. • * • “Umpire Rigler is weak on curve balls,” charge Cincinnati players. “So are a lot of Cincinnati batsmen,” agrees everybody. • • • This Mr. Dale of the Reds seems to be coming along. He shut out the Braves last week and the previous week he beat Alexander. • • • * ' Pat Ragan has done nothing to help the Braves and President Ebbets says thpt he acted wisely when he asked waivers on the Irish-Mexican. • • • The International league games are drawing such small crowds that the baseball sharps fear that something direful will happen before midsummer. * • * The failure of the St. Louis Browns to take a prominent position in the race is a hard blow to Branch Rickey, who Is said to be on the verge of nervous prostration. * • , • “The White Sox,” says Griffith, “are playing far beyond their speed.” So everyone said about the Braves last summer. But you may recall what happened under the strain. • • * Every time Seaton of the Brookfeds is knocked out of the box President Baker of the Phillies thinks of the SB,OOO salary the once famous pitcher Is drawing from the Wards. • • • John Lobert has written an article on £olf- There may be difference of opinion regarding wae of his statements, but everybody will agree with him when he says, “A golf ball is smaller than a baseball.”