Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 158, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1919 — DIAMOND NOTES [ARTICLE]

DIAMOND NOTES

- Eddie Sicking put up a good game in Bancroft's shoes until injured.. ♦ * * The Brooklyn club has released Gena Sheridan, an infield rookie, to Charley Dooin’s Reading team. "Dugan to Shannon to Burns” is getting to be an often mentioned combination on the Athletics. * • • .. .Manager. Branch. Rickey of the St. Louis "Cardinals is not giving up because t>f a poor start. •• • ' The reason for Ernie Shore’s poor start 'is explained. He caught the mump's from Ping Bodie. • • * Red Faber will have hls*banner season in the American league if he keeps up his work of recent combats. • » • Wallace, the youngster who was trying for an Infield job with the Phillies, has been released to Hartford of the Eastern league.

Josh Devore is surprising the fans by his work for the Indians. Devore has been fielding in fine fashion and is hitting the ball hard. ‘ • * George H. Lawson, recently discharged from the Canadian army, is planning an “outlaw” league, to be known as the Allied league. • • * The New York Yankees charged Carl Mays was using an emery ball, but now having beaten him they may conclude they were mistaken. • • • Manager Lee Fohl of Cleveland is well pleased at what George Uhle has shown him and declares the young semi-pro is going to be a real star. Joe Wilhoit, a star in the Coast league three or four years ago and for a moment looking like a star in the big show, seems to' have fizzled out with Seattle. •• • • Hugo Bezdek has benched Southworth and played Lee in right field. The former, who hit for .341 in 04 games last season, has been doing under .100 tilts season. ; • • • Shortstop Jimmy Rooney, who did not Join the Detroit Tigers and W>o thus is technically a member of the Boston Red Sox, Is finally out of the army and no place to go. • * * A left-hander can’t hit a southpaw. Not at all. Casey Stengel only got four hits, one of them a triple, against the mightiest boy in the National loop, Jim Vaughn, the other day. • * • An all-star association football team will go to Sweden this summer under direction of Secretary Thomas Cahill of the United States Football association, the governing council of the sport. • • • Manager Miller Huggins assigned Duffy Lewis to center field to start the season, but soon changed his mind and switched Duffy to left. Ping Bodie went to center. Ping will keep on going If he doesn’t watch out. '• • • George Runge, infielder, who was released by Clarence Rowland of the Brewers, has signed to play with the Nash Motor company team of Kenosha. Artie Bues, Art Kores and Rip Hagerman, former A. A. players, are also with the dub.