Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 107, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1918 — DIAMOND NOTES [ARTICLE]

DIAMOND NOTES

Ping Dodie is not a Yankee. He’s an Italian. Right name, Plzzola. • ♦ • The Robins go South in the spring, to get the kinks out of their wings; • * • Taking Jim Thorpe to Texas the Giants is a disease with McGraw. e • • Outlook for the Mackmen Is as bright as a bird’s-eye view of Pittsburgh. -- • * • Carlisle Indians will play baseball this spring for the first time in a decade. • • • This Is the season when every ball team is a pennant winner and the manager can explain just why. /• • • * Some folks say the Cubs will win the rag. To be Frank, ’tls a long time since they’ve had a Change. • • • Pat Moran has a Chinese infielder named Lal Tin. He ought to cover lots of ground, being from China. • • • Des Moines of the Western league has purchased Outfielder Walter Sandqulst from the Washington Americans. '* • • Mike Mulcahy, who played on the Georgetown nine several years back, is trying for a place on the CampDevens’ team. • • • This daylight-saving idea' is sure to appeal to the baseball fan who is tired of having games called on hccount of darkness. • •» • Baseball will be played on the extensive scale in the army and navy training camps where more than 1,500,000 men are under military training. Supporters of the plan th get Sunday baseball for the East, see an opening. Army and navy teams will be permitted to perform .in and around Boston. * • • Clark Griffiths Senators think they have found a way to “outhoover Hoover.” They decided as means of getting in shape quickly to cut out the noonday lunch. Jack Lewis of the Newark Internationals, who has been reported sold to several clubs, is out with a statement that be will accept no diamond engagement this season. The Pirates have another Joe Jscison. He is Lee King, a Pennsylvania miner. He started, training in his bare feet, but Bezdek soon converted him to the use of baseball shoe*.