Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 125, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1919 — BASEBALL STORIES [ARTICLE]

BAS EBALL STORIES

Pitchers have two kinds of control. Good and government * • • Earl Smith is catching extremely well. His throwing to bases has pleased McGraw very much. • * • The St. Louis Cardinals have released Pitcher Elmer Knight to Little Rock of the Southern league. ♦ ♦ • They never quit. For instance, there is Josh Devore playing the outleld for the Kansas City Blues. -' * —* * - —— ■' Billy Meyer, second baseman, last year with Waco in the Texas league, has been signed by the Mobile club. First Baseman Wally Pipp of the Yankees is said to be about twenty pounds heavier than he was last year. ♦ * * Percy Haughton,'ex-president of the Boston National league club, has announced his retirement as football coach. • • • Pitcher Bill Fincher, formerly of the St. Louis Browns and turned over to Little Rock, is-back from overseas as sergeant. ,• f ♦ • • The Washington Americans are trying out Shortstop Davis, who was with the Wichita club of the Western league before the war. • • • Lee Fohl is much taken with the work of Harry Lupte on third base and says the Indians are safe on that corner, Gardner or no Gardner. <5 « « « * Frank Dehaney, young soldier catcher glgned by Manager Charley Frank of Atlanta, has been traded to Memphis for Outfielder Pete Allison. • • • Promoters of the New England league further advanced their organization by electing John D. Donnelly of Lowell, president for a two-year term. -• The trip of the Cubs to California this year has been something of a novelty—not, one of the stockholders went along to tell how a training camp should be conducted. Rube Schauer, having become properly repentant and restored to good standing by the national commission, has been released by Connie Mack to the Minneapolis Millers. Manager Barrow gives his men all sorts of talks. Many of them are not exactly along baseball lines, but Billy Sunday would applaud freely if he could sit tn and listen. The Baltimore club announces the sale of First Baseman Pug Griffin to Memphis of the Southern league. Joe Slattery held out for more pay on Memphis and thia is his answer.