Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 214, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1919 — BASEBALL NOTES [ARTICLE]

BASEBALL NOTES

Joe Jackson is hitting again. • * * Mule Watson seemingly is well named. Dode Paskert continues to hit In hard luck. • * * The Nashville club is trying to brace its team a bit. Gill is a Holy Cross pitcher, and has both stuff and confidence. • « « Reb Russell can play the outfield and give a good account of himself. ♦ » • ■ ’ - Babe Ruth has made a home run in each of the‘American League parks. It is reported that Casey Stengel does not care to play in Pittsburgh. The collapse of J. Carlisle Smith te one of the surprises of the season. ♦ • • Billy Southworth has pulled himself out cf His batting slump in fine shape. * « * Outfielder Earl Potteiger of Worcester is the Eastern league’s leading hitter,—. * * ♦ You never meet “Rube” on the fam any more. He now plays ball for a living. j Joe Hornung, veteran player of the -80'sTJsr'hbw employed as a bank messengerin New York: » ♦ ♦ From the way the Athletics and the Phillies love the cellar, there must be something In it for them. • * ♦

Al Wickland, former Chi-fed and later with the Beloit team, is going along in fine style for the Ygnkees. ♦* ♦ » Lena Rlackhumeis not expected t» Cravath toek him-ona waiver. ♦ • • ' Ton can’t make a lot of people believe now that one end of the world’s series will not be played in Cleveland. * * * Connie Mack signed Terry Turner <*f the Cleveland club. This is the Philadelphia idea of strengthening a ball club. ~ ' V * * * McCabe says the Cub players are so hard up for arguments one of them . “ragged” O’Farrell for having such short fingers. » The fpafnro recent play In the Southern'league has been the advance of Atlanta and the apparent collapse of Birmingham. It took Sammy Niclin some time to discover that Herb Kelly might be of more value to his team as a pitcher than playing the outfield. - Ty Cobb, while nursing boils, went home to Georgia and put in part of the time looking over Southern league teams as scout for Detroit. < Clark Griffith thinks the Indians will win the American flag this year. Ho says the club needs-a little better - pitching and that it is sure to get tt. — —„— —— « • W > Rumblings against Mordecai Brown as manager of the Terre Haute team have been hushed dnd Brown will get