Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 175, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1920 — BASEBALL STORIES [ARTICLE]

BASEBALL STORIES

Nick Altrock is back in midseason form. ♦ • • Shauno Collins continues to star for the Sox. • « • Cy Williams of the Phillies is leading the National league in homers. • • • Cyril Slapnlcka, back with Cedar Rapids, seems to be as good as ever. • * * National league players are not getting very far in base stealing so' far. • * • Chicago university defeated Waseda university, 3 to 1, at Osaka, Japan. • • • The Johnston brothers are starring both in the American and National league this year. • * * It looks as if the two Philadelphia teams would fight it out for the world’s cellar championship. * * • The Phillies are evidently feeling the presence of the scrapy Artie Fletcher in their battlefront. * • • Johnny Evers has been trying his best to inject some ginger into the Giants, but without much success. * • * Dick Ching, pitcher sent by Mobile to New Iberia of the Louisiana State league, seems to have hit his class. • * • The veteran, Jack Ashton, for many years in the Texas league, is managing an Independent team at Brenham, Tex. • * * New Orleans returned Outfielder Newell to Chattanooga to make room for Sewell, the University of Alabama star. ♦ • * ' Johnny Dobs of New Orleans has found a new job for Chet Torkelson and has been using him in the outfield. * • • Charles Dormer, the young catcher taken on by Sioux City from Oakland, is a product of a California winter league. • * * Sawyer, the comedian and second baseman of the Minneapolis club, keeps his sense of humor even when he strikes out. • • • The New York Yankees established a new attendance record when in five days they played before a total crowd of 108,200 fans. * * • ' Roy Whitcraft is back in the Virginia league as a private, having been purchased by the Newoprt News club from Shreveport. * » • Umpire BiU,Klem says the rule against intentional passing of a batter Is a farce and that it will be abandoned next year. • • • Southern league cities are praising the work of Ernest Dudley Lee, the Chattanooga infielder secured from the St. Louis Browns. * ♦ • Present Indications point to “Happ” Welsch of the White Sox and “Tilly” Walker of the Athletics giving “Babe" Ruth a run for the home run honors this year. ••* . i The story comes out of the Virginia league that Amby McConnell has asked his release from the Syracuse club so that he can Join the Portsmouth team. . , Dave Danforth, former White Sox southpaw, heeded the decision of the national commission and has returned to the Columbus team after sojourning in the steel league.