Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 134, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1920 — DIAMOND NOTES [ARTICLE]

DIAMOND NOTES

1 Babe Ruth is a picturesque perform* er even when he is striking out Now everybody knows Eddie Eayrs can pitch as well as field and hit Coveleskle, the noted pitcher of the Cleveland Indians, grows better with age. . . -- • • * The Braves come and go, but color and pep they appear to have with them always. — • • • Six players have been released to minor leagues by the New York Yankees, e, • • The Pirate traveling uniforms are nowhere near as attractive as the tsgs of last season. — —"7 Ferdie Schupp blds fair to bear out Branch Rickey’s assertion he will come back this year. Dode Criss, one-time famous hitter. Is making his headquarters In Shreveport these days. • • • The Milwaukee club has transferred Pitcher McWhorter to Richmond of the Virginia league. • • • The Braves have an outfielder named John L. Sullivan. He ought to be popular in Boston. • * • R. Miller, the Philadelphia rookie third baseman, looks like a member of the baseball Millers. * • * • Dave Davenport, the skyscraper of baseball, has a world of speed, but he Isn’t so long on control. • • • One New York expert is playing safe. He picks one of three teams In each league to cop the flag. ♦ • • The Oklahoma City club has signed Billy Kelly of East St Louis, old battery mate of Marty . O’Toole. ♦ * •

Stockholders of the Cincinnati National league club have demanded free passes and extra dividends. • • • Griffith Is very sweet for Ericson as a pitcher and the Old Fox is a fairly good judge of a thrower. • • ♦ The Browns are sure to finish In the first division, acordlng to the way they have it doped in St. Louis, • • • The Joplin dub ( has released Outfielder Vic Ruedy to the Chickasha club of the Western association. • • • Ivan . Olson has done the most conslstent hitting of any player of the Greater New York clubs to date. • • • Bob Munsell, the new third baseman of the Yankees, is said to be able to drive a ball as far as Babe Ruth. • • • With the Braves and the Red Sox out of the race, Boston can take an interest in Harvard’s football practice, • • ♦ ' JoeO’Rouke, veteran minor leaguer, has been made manager of the Greenville team of the South Atlantic league. They are calling the Houston Buffalos the “Glories” this season. Whether of morning or evening variety is not clear. • ♦ • Andy Stark, sent to Minneapolis by the Griffmen, has balked. He will play with an industrial league team in New York state. • • • Pitcher Pat Murray and Infielder George Petty, formerly of Notre Dame, were unconditionally released by the Philadelphia Nationals. * * • Pitcher Mario DeVitalis, the college tryout, has been sent by Manager Miller Huggins of the New York Yankees , to the Vernon Coast league dub. The veteran Butch Kerns, catcher, quit the Dallas dub before the sear son opened and- will play ball with an independent team in the on belt Art Phelan, who has been coaching a college team in Florida and for that reason was delayed, joined the Fort Worth team just as the season opened. H r <?■ Barney Dreyfuss rises to jtoto* l * that there was no friction between Manager Gibson and himself to regard to the case of Catcher Waiter Schmidt. • J - • • • The .Boston Red Sox released Pitcher Cuddy Murphy, the former Partmouth college star, and Pitcher Harry Holborrow to Toronto of tba International league.