Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 261, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1919 — DIAMOND NOTES [ARTICLE]

DIAMOND NOTES

Walter Johnson isn’t the pinch hitter he once was. * * * Harper is having a rough time trying to: win a game. r: * * * New York Giants are the hardest hitters in the National league thus far. * ♦ * Eastern critics think Dave Robertson will be an immense help to the Cubs. Bill Rariden shows a lot more pep with the Reds than he ever did as a Giant * • • Grover Cleveland Alexander of the Cubs seems to be back in his best form again. * ♦ ♦ Pitcher Rummage is said to be going good for the Spartanburg team of the South Atlantic league. ♦ * ♦ Hal Chase is ascending to the top of the National league batting averages with leaps and bounds. ♦** , . John McGrath should about the minors. so long as the Cardinals don’t break off relations With him. __ Patsy Flaherty’s reslgnation as njßna ger of the Louisville Colonels was said to be due to newspaper criticism. —« .... Dick Rudolph has pitched 31 games against the Giants during his major league career. He has won 14 and lost 17. • * • Moran has Magee, Cueto and Litzman on his roster and yet js compelled to keep Bressler, a pitcher, in the outfield. Charley Risberg surprised a lot of persons by going to first base for crippled Chick Gandil and playing a swell -., * m John Ganzel thinks that even with hisdeam falling off in its hitting it will get by now that he has strengthened his pitching staff.

* * ♦ Jim Thorpe, who used to hit only fouls when he wore a Giants’ uniform, has a regular job now with the Braves, and is batting at a .375 gait. * * » “Lena” Blackburne, who was re* cently traded to the Phillies by the Braves, is playing a bang-up game at third for Gavvy Cravath's nine. Eddie Hemingway, who broke a leg right after joining Omaha, has about recovered and will be able to play again regularly in a short while. • ♦ » Tex Westerzii, taken on by Portland tn an emergency, has developed into one of the most valuable men on the team. His hitting has been particularly effective. Deal crosses over In front of Hollocher for short infield grounders too far in for Hollocher to reach, much as Zimmerman does before Fletcher for the Giants. * • * • Odd thing about Walter Johnson’s pitching Against the lowly Athletics is that the big Swede has won most of his games from that club this year by the tidy little score of 1 to 0.