Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 195, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1915 — MALL NOUS [ARTICLE]

MALL NOUS

Lee Meadows is pitching winning ball for the Cardinals. * * * Fielder Jones says the Whales will be the team to beat for the pennant. • • * Jack Fournier talks like an honest fellow. He admitß he likes his base hits. • * * Stovall is being talked of as the next manager of the Cleveland Indians. • • • Lajoie is still hitting the ball as hard as ever, but has slowed up in his fielding. * * * The hoodoo that troubled the White Sox in former seasons on ladies' day has been vanquished this year. * • • It is said to be Christy Mathewson’s hope to last as long in baseball as Pap Geers in light harness racing. * * * Charley O’Leary, the former Tiger, but now with the St. Paul team, haa won a host of friends in the Saintly city. • * • New Orleans has released Jack Frost, pitcher, to Fort Worth, Tex. Frost in Texas, and at this time of the year. Gee whiz! i • • • Admirers of Russ Ford are wonder-, ing whit will become of the emery ball expert now that he has been re-» leased by the Buf-feds. * • * Jimmy Sheckard is back in the game, having failed to land a job of scout or umpire. He is playing with ah independent team in Pennsylvania. • ' - *