Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 247, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1916 — NOTES OF THE DIAMOND [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NOTES OF THE DIAMOND

John McGraw denies the report that he contemplates retiring from baseball. ■■ —* * * Babe Adams was turned loose by the Pirates just when the Pittsburgh fans were beginning to call him Pop. * * • With seven teams in the hunt, the American league race bids fair to be one of those battles that keeps the fans in their seats until the last game is played. # * * Connie Mac£ has only Amos Strunk, outfielder, and Stuffy Mclnnls, of his world’s famous combination, remaining with the squad he is trying to reconstruct. .—, * * * —7- — Manager Joe Tinker and Pitcher Mordeeai Brown are the only remaining players at present members of the famous Cub outfit of a few years ago. * • * F.ighteen pitchers have been secured by the Cleveland American, league club for next season. It is expected many more will be added from which to finally select the staff. * * * President Heinemann of the New Orleans Southern leagne elub has announced the sale to the Cleveland Americans of Pitcher Clarence Smith, Catcher Henry De Berry, and Outfielder Milo Allison. * * * Clarence Mitchell, the Cincinnati southpaw, is one of the best hitting pitchers in the major leagues, and Mathewson Is said to be considering the idea of converting him into an outfielder. , „ * * * Irving Kantlehner of the Pirates is the real hard-luck pitcher of the year. He has lost nine games this season In which not a run has been scohed by his team Abates. In one of these games he allowed but four hits. • * * Lew McCarty 'may not be a satisfactory first baseman, but he certainly has shown the batting punch this season. In 60 games, according to one set of averages kept. he has batted .328, ?hus being the leader of hls league with the stick. * » * Among the players recalled by the New Yorks is the veteran backstop, Ed Sweeney. Sweeney has been catching finely for Roger Bresnahan’s Toledo team this year and is counted among the real come-backs of the season.