Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 225, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1916 — DIAMOND NOTES [ARTICLE]

DIAMOND NOTES

Ping Bodie may get another chance to come up into the big league next year. • * • Looks now as if it will be Public vs. Ticket Speculator in the big series next October. ■ ‘ _ Clyde Milan, K the chief slugger of the Washington team, is not hitting the ball at all. * • • “Jack” Ness, first baseman of the White Sox, has made a big impression on Chicago “fans.” * * * It’s only natural, the big leaguer’s say, to expect the beanball when they’re playing in Boston. • * • The veteran heaver Stoney McGlynn is still in the game and is now pitching for the Manitowoc (Wis.) team. • • • “Miner” Brown, veteran pitcher of the Cubs, has dispelled all doubt that he is still able to pitch winning ball. * * • Among the firms on the British black list are TVambsganss & Gandil, a Cleveland concern that deals in double plays. ♦ • * Christy Mathewson’s “fadeaway" may be less effective than of yore, but the Gaints’ fadeaway percentage is still on the job. • • • Wortman, the new shortstop of the Cubs, weighs 150 pounds, but he can cover twice as much ground as many fellows twice his size. • * * Harry Davis, the veteran, coach of the Athletics, confesses that he has a hard time remembering the names of all of the members of his team. • • • Capt. Johnny Evers of the Braves would lead a fairly happy existence if it wasn’t for baseball league presidents, baseball umpires and such. • * * With Tommy Leach, Arthur Devlin and Charlie Dooin pastiming with their team, Rochester folk can have a regular “Old Home Week” celebration. • * * Fred Luderus, the Phillies’ first baseman, is said to hit the ball as hard as any man in the game. But the fielders won’t allow Fred to hit ’em out far enough, f . .. ♦ • • Washington writer declares that the Athletics will finish last in 1917, but kindly enough holds out hopes for 1920. He hasn’t a word to say about this season. • • • Last in team hitting and without a single pastimer on speaking terms with a .300 swat average, the Braves certainly are making a grand fight for the National league flag. • • • Casting aside sentiment and telling the blunt truth, Hans Wagner isn’t the player he used to be. He covers one-thirty-second of an inch less ground than he did ten years ago. * • • If a baseball manager owned all the pastimers in the world he would still want “just one more winning pitcher” or “another good hitter” and he would win the pennant. ♦ • Manager “Smiling Bill” Donovan will have to rely upon his mascot and bat boy to bring home the pennant, if the Yankee’s stars continue to fall by the wayside as a result of. injuries.