Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 134, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1919 — BASEBALL STORIES [ARTICLE]

BASEBALL STORIES

Gene Packard, the little southpaw, is going great for the Phillies. * * * “Dixie” Davis will be a strong asset to the Colonels this season. * » » Walter Johnson is reported to be in his usual excellent condition. ♦ * * Benny Kauff hasn’t been hitting much for the Giants this spring. * ♦ * Jay Klrke will again play the first sack for the Colonels this season. * * * Any manager can lead a batter to the plate, but he can not make him hit. • • * Johnny McCarty, last year with the Columbus club, will play with Toledo this season. « * * Pitcher Stewart of the Chicago White Sox has been purchased by the Bloomington club. ■*' * ♦ * Fred Mitchell is said to be far from happy at the showing of the National league champions this spring. * ♦ * Babe Ruth began making records early this year. He has a long way to go, American league pitchers regret. ** * 4 Joe McCarthy of the Colonels is in better condition this spring than he has been in the last half dozen seasons. The St. Louts Browns won the major league city championship this spring by defeating the St. Louis Cardinals 4 games to 2.

George Russell, formerly a lefthanded pitcher for the Brooklyn Nationals, is with the Jersey City Internationals this spring. Claude (Lefty) Thomas, pitcher for the Minneapolis American’association club, has been' released to the Wichita team of the Western league. * ♦ * “Chick” Brandon, who used to pitch iu the association several years ago, has been signed to hurl for the Dallas club of the Texas-league. ♦ * • Hubert Perdue, the former Boston and St. Louis National league pitcher, is now pitching for the New Orleans club of the Southern association. Owing to an inability to secure passports, the University of Havana baseball team will be unable to play its scheduled games in the United States. * • • Charley Herzog, who holds a SIO,OOO contract with the Boston Braves, would like to play with the New York Yankees, if it was a matter of choice. I» • • Xmoftg ball players arriving from France recently was Ray Bates, the third baseman of the Athletics. He was in the artillery and saw some real service. Rollie Zeider, finally realizing his ambition to become a minor league manager, sure has picked out a tough assignment when he takes the job at Toledo. ♦ ♦ ♦ ~c J ' The Newark club of the International league has corralled Irving Porter, former speed merchant of the old New England league, who" has just been released from the army with the rank of sergeant. | Jimmy Hamilton, who will manage the Peoria team in the Three-I league, worked his friend Del Howard out of three good ones when he got Howard to release to Peoria Croll, Dodson and Leßourveau. ’ • • • Lester Simmons, for a number of years a well-known player in the Virginia league, and later In the International. New England and Eastern cir- ! cuits, is mixed up in a murder case at | his home in Petersburg, Va.