Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 179, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1915 — DIAMOND NOTES [ARTICLE]

DIAMOND NOTES

Heine Zimmerman is developing Into a real star as a second baseman. • • * The addition of Eddie Collins has done all that the critics predicted for the White Sox. • • • Dave Fultz, the president of the Players' fraternity, wants to speed baseball up a bit. * * * Max Carey, the outfielder of the Pirates, has made five hits in a game twice this season. • • • Pitcher Finneran and Shortstop Gaff nier of the Brookfeds have been sent to the Colonial league. * * * Jack Fournier says he believes the White Sox will win the pennant and that he will bat above .350 this season. • * • Ping Bodie must be busting fences again. At least the headline proclaims that the Italians hammered Goritz. • • • Jacobson, the Detroit utility player, is one of the tallest outfielders in baseball, standing 6 feet 3 inches in his baseball shoes. • • • What’s the matter with baseball? The owners: “It’s the players.” The players: “It’s the owners.” The fans: “Maybe you both are right” • * * Those Federal league schedule makers certainly catered to the players. Each team gets a week’s vacation sometime during the summer. • • * The fans occasionally roast Umpire Tommy Connolly, but this veteran remains one of the most reliable indicator handlers in the business. • • • Vean Gregg, the pitcher uploaded on the Boston Red Sox by Joe Birmingham of the Indians, has never been able to deliver for the rwston club. * * • An official scorer was killed at a ball game in Pennsylvania by a foul tip. Imagine the applause from the players had it happened in the majors. * • * When George Mcßride gets put out of a ball game for disputing a decision we commence to think, maybe, after all, there is something in Griffith’s kicks. ...» • * A well-known baseball critic remarks that , when Connie Black started to rebuild his team he should have kept Eddie Collins and sold the rest of flu club to Chicago- _