Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 135, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1916 — DIAMOND NOTES [ARTICLE]

DIAMOND NOTES

Bill <Tfym.er's team, te acre living up to Bill’s name. * * * "Mike” Mowrey has become a big favorite with Dodger “fans.” * * * “Hank” Gowdy will play better ball than ever this year, it is thought. * * * Miller Huggins says he has given up hope of making his pitchers good bunters. , • * * In the National league the Pirates threaten to give the Giants a tussle for last position. * * * It looks like Larry Lajoie will have the “just one more great year” he wants before he quits. * * * The Indians have made a wonderful record on their home grounds this year in drawing out the fans. * * * o ... „„ “Bill” Louden, last year with the Buffalo Feds, is the talk of Cincinnati, where he is playing second base. * * * There must have been a flea in the ointment that John McGraw mixed up for the Giants at the start of the season. • * • Connie Mack says thp Athletics will make ’em step some just as soon as they acquire the habit of using safety razors. —* — . —— George Stallings overcame the danger of letting the wrong ope go when he released the Shannon twins at the same time. * * * b Terry Turner, who was given up for a dead one several years ago, is about the livest member of the Indians at present. , • * ' * If they ever increase the width of the plate about twelve inches, Lundermilk ought to be the greatest pitcher in the world. * * * “The greatest general of them all” released Jim Thorpe, who since leaving the Giants has been hitting .667 for Milwaukee. * * • “Bill” O’Hara, who played the outfield for the Giants a few years ago, and afterward for the Toronto club, is an aviator in the British army. Felix Cboiiinard, “Al” Halt and "Jim” Delehanty of the now defunct Brookfeds, are %ith Beaumont in thfe 'Texas league. Delehanty is the manager. , .