Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 118, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1920 — DIAMOND NOTES [ARTICLE]

DIAMOND NOTES

Tom Seaton, former Cub, is now one of the coast stars. • • • Manager Jack Egan of the Milwaukee club Is hunting for a real third baseman. • • • Adolph Ruth, the rookie pitcher with Wichita Falls, has been nicknamed “Babe,” of course. ♦ • • The management of the St Louie Browns, In order to supply extra Sunday uniforms, bought 65 uniforms. • * • Umpire BUI Guthrie has notified President McCarthy of the Pacific Coast league that his retirement is definite. • • • The San Antonio club, tired of waiting for George Anderson to" report has secured Pete Knisel to play the outfield. * • * George Mullin, former star of the Detroit American league club, has signed a contract with the Rockford Three-I club. • • • William (Lefty) Wallace, last year with Charlotte in the South Atlantic league, has been added to the Milwaukee club’s pitching staff. • * * Manager Bresnahan has received a wire from Frank Schulte, veteran exCub outfielder, offering his services to the Toledo Mud Hens. • • Watch this youngster Hoyt If he does not prove a star In the American league this season many experts will call themselves harsh names. * • • The college pitcher who strikes out a major league slugger remembers the feat much longer than the major league slugger who is fanned. Latest report is that Jimmy Hickman outfielder sold by Brooklyn to Toledo, has decided to play with the independent team at Oil City, Pa. Another crack southern college athlete to break Into professional ball is E. W. Hale of Mississippi college, who has signed with the Memphis club. * • • Bullet Frank Miller, a holdout on the Pittsburgh club, was released to the Boston Braves. Grant and Stallings think they can coax him into line. • * • Dick Crittenden, former catcher In the Western league and the Western association, will manage the Drumright team In the new Western association. • • • In addition to 17 regular players, the American association permits each club to carry an extra man, who must have had no previous professional experience. '♦ • A Larry Cheney announced his positive retirement from baseball one day —and the next signed to pitch for the Columbia team of the South Atlantic league. * * * 5 - Joe Jackson, of the White Sox, refuses to give out figures as to the amount of fils salary boost, but that won’t prevent Uncle Sam from collecting his bit. — Tommy Leach, bld Pittsburgh star, who will manage Tampa in the Florida State league thia year, will pull a Jack Dunn stunt and have bls son as one erf the players on the Tampa team.