Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1918 — BASEBALL STORIES [ARTICLE]

BASEBALL STORIES

The Little Rock club has sold Outfielder Howard Baker itp San Antonio of the Texas league. * * • The Peoria club announces the sale of Pitcher Guy Hoffman to Houston of the Texas league. * * * Memphis has a new catcher, Leo Flaherty by name, who hails from the Virginia Military Institute. * • » The Sacramento club plans to use Brick Eldred, secured from the Chicago White Sox, in the outfield. l ' • * * The Atlanta club announces that it ha# taken on two players who were with Mobile last year in Catcher Dave Grtfiith and Infield Ward McDowell. • * • Faster baseball is assured for minor league fans this year because of the numerous players out. of work. Likewise it means cheaper salaries. * -* * Catcher Larry Pratt of Peoria has followed Bill Jackson to Omaha and will do backstopping for Pa Rourke’s team. • • • The veteran Sam Frock, who had been pitching up in the New York state league, has gone South again this time as a member of the Nashville team. • • • Otis Crandall, veteran pitcher, after declaring almost up to the last week of training that he was done with baseball, finally drifted into the Los Angeles camp. * • • The Detroit Club has nine new pitchers and only one of the lot is a left-hander. He is Doty Blades, who was last season with Sherman in the Western association. • • • President Duncan of the .Oklahoma City club of the suspended Western association is quoted as saying that he expects to see Oklahoma City in the Western league by July 4. • • • The Oakland club has lost a promising pitcher because of the Injury to Lockhardt, the Indian. He broke a ligament in his pitching wing and will be out of the game indefinitely. • • * According to Newark, report Infielder Jack Lewis has been sold the Indianapolis club. According to Steubenville report, that being Lewis’ habitat, he has quit baseball. So there you are. • • * —- Big salaries are a thing of the past in the'Amerlcan association. The limit most of the clubs will play this year la S3OO a month and one manager remarked that few players will get that amount next year. .