Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1919 — INTERESTING SPORT PARAGRAPHS [ARTICLE]

INTERESTING SPORT PARAGRAPHS

John McGraw is trying to land Rogers Hornsby for the Giants. * • * Rube Benton says he feels five years younger than he did a year ago. ** • / Walter Johnson will open another season in the American league for the Nationals. • * • Manager Griffith thinks that Ed Hovllk will prove a valuable twirler this season. Connie Mack is going along with Griffith in doing a “rob the cradle" act this season. ♦ ♦ • Ed Matteson ought to be a great relief pitcher this season, according to Manager Griffith. • • Pitcher Cal Crum, formerly with the Boston Braves, has signed a contract with Indianapolis. • * * Larry Doyle lost no time In 'hooking up with the Giants, once he got loose from the shipyards. * • • George Cheney of Baltimore, isn’t having any trouble booking bouts since he got out of the service. Scrubbing floors and peeling potatoes in the navy did not ruin King Lear’s hands for piano playing. * ♦ * The New York Yankees have released Pitcher Cliff Markle to the Salt Lake City club of the Coast league. « « • Cornell university recently opened a new armory where basketball and other sporting features can be run off. .♦ ♦ ♦ Joe Leonard will get a chance to show if he can make good as a shortstop. He may be seen there when the season opens. • • ♦ Lavene Fabrique, infielder, and Abe Bowman, pitcher, of the Toledo, A. A. club, have been sold to the Seattle club of the Pacific Coast league. •• • • Lieut. Johnny Norton, holder of the world’s record for the 220-yard hurdles on a curved truck, 24 T-5 seconds, will represent the Olympic club of San Francisco this season, having been discharged from the service.