Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 231, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1916 — NOTES of the DIAMOND [ARTICLE]

NOTES of the DIAMOND

Sam Crawford does not look to be all in by any means. , * * * Ira Thomas has been signed to coach the Williams College baseball nine. * * * Fred Beebe has joined Ban Johnson in his petition against pinch hitters. # * * Eddie Plank, the Gettysburg gunner, is tlie gent who put the art in artillery. * * * Sam Bice, the little right fielder of the Senators, is some batting sensation. —* ——; : ■ An expert rises to wheeze that the average shoestring catch is made off a tight lace. * * * To be successful on the diamond a player must not only catch flies but swat ’em! • * • Ollie O’Mara, Brooklyn shortstop, started his career in the Trolley league of St. Louis. * * * Stealing third with the bases full is one of the fractures Bonesetter Reese can’t set. * * * Eddie Plank Is forty-one years old and says he will keep pitching until he Is forty-five. • * * Larry Lajoie is playing a good game at second for the Mackmen, but Larry cannot win a ball game all alone. * * * Witt, the young shortstop of the Athletics, and Pick, the third baseman, lire certainly playing a whirlwind fielding game, * Although a batter of small denominations, Wortman is proving a regular gilt edge government bond in the field for Chicago. * • * Mel Wolfgang has been pitching grand ball all year and Is now one of the most reliable members of Rowland’s crew. * * * Baseball managers might do 'well to sign up Jockey McTaggert for duty on the coaching lines. As a rider he’s second to none. * * * The Texas league teams are Staging a corking good race, with Waco, Houston and Fort Worth packed in together at the top. # • * John Evers was put off the field for kicking on one of the umpire’s decisions. (Note to make-upman: Keep this line standing).