Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 172, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1917 — DIAMOND NOTES [ARTICLE]

DIAMOND NOTES

Hugh Jennings has reduced the Tigers’ roster to 22 players. * * * The White Sox are wearing khaki off the field and look like real soldiers. * » • —. Fred Mitchell, must have finally convinced the Cubs that they are a poor ball team. Weaver has scored more runs than any other player in the American league this year. Ty Cobb got five hits in a ball game the other day, which shows thatjTy is showing up. • The Dodgers are not only playing Olson at shortstop again, but he is the lead-off batter. * • • Stuffy Mclnnis still is hitting all kinds of pitching. He is the big card at Shibe park. * * • Grover Alexander was the first boxman in the major leagues to suore ten victories this season. * * * The Giants will miss McCarty’s heavy batting, but Rariden is a more reliable thrower to bases. * • * Jesse Tannehill, old-time major leaguer, has been let out as an umpire in the International league. Manager Rowland of the White Sox rises to remark that. Pitcher Cicotte is not guilty of using the emery ball. *♦» _ ■ T.‘M. Murchison is the name of a college pitcher from North Carolina who will join the St. Louis Cardinals for a trial. —♦—*—♦ ; Probably the weaklings of both leagues would have more success If the first three batters didn’t always sacrifice. Fielder Jones isn’t saying. a., tvord these days. But if the Browns suddenly .brace up he will resume his daily talks with St. Louis scribes. • * * Harry Wolter Is finding the National league pitching far more difficult than that of the Pacific Coast league, where he was wont to bust fences for several seasons past