Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 156, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1916 — NOTES of the DIAMOND [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NOTES of the DIAMOND

Cy Williams of Chicago is a real sensation this year. • * * Ty Cobb is not hitting the ball at his usual rate by apy means. * * • “Curses” Jack Dalton Is not doing much villainous work in the American league. • • s - Joe Berger is playing great ball for the Oakland team of the Pacific Coast league this year. • * a The rumor that Walter Johnson is to be traded to Cleveland has been denied by Manager Griffith. • * • Ward Miller is playing in the outfield for the Browns right along now and Tobin is on the bench. 000 y It is a good thing for the American league to have a change of leaders, as it is having this year. * * * A 1 Wickland is going back. He’s going further back each day. Nothing but the fence ever stops him. * * • Fans in St. Louis suggest that Fielder Jones call his Browns the Blues. That’s how the said fans feel these days. * * * The grand old dope says Lajoie is forty-one years of age, but you couldn’t make American league pitchers believe it. * * * Joe Tinker, manager of the Cubs, has announced his absolute retirement as a player, and this time Joe says he means it. • a * With Haeerman gone Fohl is now paying more attention to Paul Des Jardifen, who gets a daily workout in the bull pen. * * * Now that Chief Meyers has beat out an infield hit, it’s up to Oscar Stanage to make good by tripling to left and reaching first. * a * Roger Bresnahan’s scheme for speeding up ball games should also help to keep a fellow from getting in bad with the cook. • a * What’s the difference between a pennant race and a wrestling match? Answer: You can’t figure out the pennant race in advance. A* * * McHenry, the big pitcher recently released by the Cincinnati club to Richmond, has been winning consistently since he went to the minors. * a • “Now Some Bodies Have Leather Tops—Others, Ivory Tops.” This eightcolumn streamer on a page devoted to automobile news does not refer to Ping Bodie. • • * Grand Rapids has two former American association players in First Baseman Weinburg and Second Baseman Shevlin. Both are going at a major league clip. ■ ' .* m 0 r'ff-, ; While Bill Killifer was getting a shave in Pittsburgh the other day a man eighty years of age stole his overcoat a younger fellow might have made off with Bill’s shoea