Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 161, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1919 — DIAMOND NOTES [ARTICLE]

DIAMOND NOTES

George Dauss and Howard Ehmke are pitching great ball for the Tigers. ♦ * ♦ Eppa Rixey, Jr., the tall left-handed pitcher, expects to be mustered out of the service soon. ♦ * * Walter Golvin, Mobile first baseman, has reported to his club after service in Siberia, Russia. * • • The Browns have been called the ‘‘wonder team.” Everybody is wondering where they will finish. * • • Bill Schwartz, succeeding Arthur Devlin as manager of the Norfolk Tars, is getting a lot of praise. *♦ • • President John Powers of the Los Angeles club heads the agitation for raising the Coast league player limit to 18 men. • • • Young Bud Ammons, after winning a 16-inning game for Galveston with a timely hit, was given his release, and thus retires in a blaze of glory. * * * One of the real comebacks is Ed Sweeney, the big catcher who is now doing the bulk of the work for the Pirates. * *' • X Western league clubs by mall vote have decided to increase the player limit to 15 men Instead of the 14 originally agreed upon. Elmer Ponder, Pittsburgh pitcher, who has been an aviator in the army, returned from France last week and reported to Manager Bezdek. .♦ • ♦ Dick Duming continues on his way. Brooklyn, sent him to Louisville. Louisville sent him to Toledo and now Toledo sends him to Waterbury. George Slsler the other day made one of the plays which made T. R. Cobb famous as a base runner, when he scored from second on an infield out. It gave his team the winning run in the tenth inning.