Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1917 — DIAMOND NOTES [ARTICLE]

DIAMOND NOTES

For the ball players all schooners are in the barred zone. * * ♦ Some day the players, youths and vets, will catch fly balls on bayonets. • * • Only seven clubs now stand between the Reds and that long-coveted pennant. * * * As for that, there’s many an umpire who spends the whole season in a trance. The White Sox win the pennant in the spring as often as the Reds used to. * ♦ * The New Orleans club has secured Infielder Howard Baker from the New York Giants. * * * . Some day, maybe, baseball clubs will start playing in the summer, instead of in the winter. * * * John Covaleskle, brother of Harry anfP Stanley, will himself take to pitching this season. * * • Understand that Connie Mack is going to dock his players for the time they are down in the cellar. ♦ * ♦ Latest move of the magnates to reduce expenses is to dock pitchers for the time they are up in the air. * * * Jack Warhop will help to increase the batting in the International league. He is going to pitch for Baltimore. One difference between the spring and the autumn is that only two major league pennants have won in the autumn. ♦ » * When ballplayers go to war, Certain twirlerS should be placed ‘in the dynamite squad. They know all about blowing up. *♦ • . If it should ever be necessary for Uncle Sam to cdlj ballplayers to the colors, all he’d have te do would be to ring a dinner bell. • • • Pat Donahue, catcher, who has been out of the game for a year or two, is planning a comeback with the Dayton team of the Central league. •' V ♦ ♦ ♦ If Snooks with the Phillies Walter Maranville will have a close run for the distinction of being the smallest infielder in majors. • . / . '*• * / The Milwaukee Brewers claim to have one-of the fastest baserunners In captivity. He is Ralph Heatley, a recruit. Ralph negotiated the distance between the home plate and first base in 0:03 4-5 seconds.