Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 218, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1916 — Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

DIAMOND • NOTES Ray Caldwell’s work has shown a improvement of late. * * * The Central league is In the best financial condition it has ever been in. * * • Pitcher Barnes of the Braves has as much speed as Alexander or Walter Johnson. * • * Joe Judge, first baseman of Washington, may never be able to play baseball again. * • * Ray Schalk, star catcher of the White Sox, still outclasses all of the big league backstops. * * * Luther Cook, the former New York outfielder, has been benched by the Oakland club for poor hitting. * * * Next to Grover Cleveland Alexander, Ed I’feffer of the-Robins has no equal iu President Tener’s circuit just now. * * Del Howard, former manager of the San Francisco club, is in with Orvie Overall on the purchase of the Oakland club. * * * In spite of the fact that Tillie Walkper is hitting and fielding Well, it is impossible for the Boston fans to forget Tris Speaker. ** * ■ Comiskey paid SII,OOO for Eddie Murphy to Mack and $6,000 for Nemo Leibold to the Clevelands. Both are bench warmers now. * * * Colonel Ebbets declares that if Rube Marguard can hold his own in future the pennant chance of the Brooklyn team will be increased 25 per cent. * * * John McGraw, the Giants’ boss, employs an effective though heartless method to make his pastlmers behave. He threatens to trade ’em to St. Louis. • * * John McGraw says he has put over some very important deals in his life, hut he never put one over that meant as much for him as the one he just made for Herzog. • # * With so many of our very best tossers drawing suspensions for rough stuff during the cdol days It is to be hoped that the hot weather will (ay off for the remainder of. the season.