Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 266, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 March 1924 — Page 9
THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1924
Mack Counts On Three Rookie Sluggers—lndians Prepare for Dodger Game
ATHLETICS MAY DISCOVER PUNCH IN RECRUIT STARS Strand, Simmons and Bishop Expected to Furnish Hitting Power Needed to Put Philadelphia in Thick of Fray, By JOE WILLIAMS SEA Service MONTGOMERY, Ala., Marek 20.—Connie Mack, thinner than broth and grayer than a bleak November twilight, hopes to ride into second place in the American League this year on the swatting skill of three new hitteres, namely and to-wit: Paul Strand, who hit .394 for Seattle; A1 Simmons, who hit .360 for Shreveport and .398 for Milwaukee; Max Bishop, who hit. 333 for Baltimore.
Mack, is a cariosity among big league managers in the South this spring, in that he is not concentrating on the development of pitchers. It is batters that he needs. Last year the Athletics had a teamhitting average of .273 and ranked seventh. Joe Hauser, first baseman, was the only regular to bat .300 or better. Hauser made the grade by a 6cant seven-po.nt margin. Prank of Fate Strand, Bishop and Simmons will all start the season as regulars. Strand will go to center field: he is a big. strapping fellow and a right-hand hitter. Ten years ago he was a lefthand pitcher with the Boston Braves. He sat on the bench back in 1914 and watched the great Athletic team of that year go tumbl.ng to the turf. A prankish Destiny now sends him back to help restore the Mackian cause to Its former grandeur. Strand is a peculiar picture at the bat. Recalling how Heilmann, Ruth and other physical giants swing, you expect to see this 30-year-old rookie smash the ball to powder. Instead, he takes an easy, three-quarter swing and punches the ball accurately through the infield or over the infielders' heads. There is more science than savagery in his technique. Mack enthuses over Simmons, who is a mere kid. - Simmons will go to left field, replacing the veteran Tilly Walker of home-run note. "Simmons can hit, field and throw," Mack tells you. "He will be the talk of the American League this year." Small But Mighty Simmons is everything that Strand, the other new outfielder, isn’t. He is only £0 years old. a midge: and a terrific swinger. Ruth doesn’t swing any harder. Tou find yourself wondering what would happen to the ball it SimPURDUE CHOOSES CAPTAIN Wellman Will Lead Nest Season’s Net Squad. By VKited Press LAFAYETTE. Ind.. March 20. Fred J. Wellman was elected captain of the Purdue basketbali team for next season at meeting of letter men. Wellman, whose home is in Ft. Recovery. Ohio, is a jun,or in the scho-n <i mechanical m; altering at Purdue. He is one of the outstanding athletes iu the university. He won major letters for twj years in both b;u,ketbal: and football. During the past season Wellman performed at back guard for the Pur due five. Major letters in basketball; were awarded to Wellman. Guliion. j Epradllng. Tavis, Taube and Robbins : while minor insignia was given to j Rigsby, Theobald and Manager Hal-; lett QUIET IN A. B. C. TOURNEY Five-Man Teams Fail to Get Fp Among Leading Squads. By United Press CHICAGO, March 20. Twelve teams rolled Into the money at the American Bowling Congress Wednesday night, but affected no change In the leadership. Eleven of the teams were from Chicago and the other was Masonic Temple No. 1 of Akron. Ohio | The Akron five hit for 2,701. None of ; the teams hit anywhere near the leaders. Doubles honors for the night went to Waukegan, when E. Edholm and H. Saunders went into fifth place by! shooting 1.257.
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mons had Strand’s build, or Strand Simmons’ swing. Bishop, with five years of service on the Baltimore Orioles, is somewhat beyond the rookie classification. Bishop replaces Jimmy Dykes at second base. Tho 1924 Athletics, otherwise, are an unaltered lot.
Hot Arguments as Fans Discuss Billy Evans Puzzle
(. Y/JIAT ’S all the discussion jW| about? All that impassioned oratory in various "roups about the city—surely somethin" is up! What mo-, mentous question has arisen to cause so much excitement? Don’t be alarmed, dear friends, for it is only baseball fans striving to solve the Billy Evans baseball puzzle as published in The Times. Billy Evans, as fans know, is an AmericaTr League umpire and rated at the very top among the arbiters. He is a special writer for The Times. That puzzle is a corker. Nothing easy about it. It is not to be solved by a casual THIS SHOULD BRING FANS If Zbyszko-Lewis Stories Don't Crowd Hall, Wliat Win? By United Vet cs CHICAGO, March 20. —Ed "Strangler" Lewis and Stanislaus Zbyszko may discard wrestling holds for feints, uppercuts, jabs and other punches when they meet again March 25. their embattled press agents declare. Zbyszko declared tjiat if Lewis should punch hint at their next meeting he would punch back. Since the two last wrestled the Pole had been clamoring for a return match, claimir - that Lewis won the last time by punching him.
Training Camp Chatter
MOBILE. Ala.—Gtort, Sislrr got two hit not of tiro timo a' bat. *to|e a base, scored a run and played first without an error in an exhibition game with the Mobile Boars, won by the Browne, 11 to 7. yesterday. bRADENTOffX Fla —Hornsby s homer with one on waa the d'v-idmf 1 actor in the exhibition game here Wednesday when tlie Cardinals beat the Giants. 4 to 2. NEW YOKE—“Sign your papers by Sunday or get out” was the ultimatum re. ported given by Miller Huggins to Bob Mousel, hold out outfielder. Meusel is said to have demanded sll ABN) and Huggins Isn’t within a eonpie of thousand of that. CLEARWATER. Fla—Recovery of Tom Griffith, who has been laid up for three weeks. with a sprained wriat. made all of the regulars of the Brooklyn Robins serviceable again. SARASOTA Fla.—After taking a 4to-2 smacking from the St. Louia Cardinals on a homer by Hornsby, the Giants were back la camp today. MeCraw said Baldwin, rookie pitcher, would hAe to stop being a riveter in winter if he wanted to be a pitcher in summer. LAKELAND. Fla.—The Cleveland Indians defeated the < ineinnatl Reds. 8 to 7 here Wednesday. The Tr ; be furnished the power behind six of the nine homers clouted ont George Burns, Indian first sucker, got two. AUGUSTA. Ga.—Manager Ty Cobb took nineteen of his Tigers with him to Macon tisiay to Dlav Toronto in the Detroit team's first exhibition game of the season, ORLANDO Fla.—-Although defeated by Cleveland again Wednesday, the Reds showed quite an improvement in their work. With pood weather and more practice, thn Cineinnati squad Is expected soon to find itself. Eddie Roush got his first hit of the season Wednesday. It was a homer. CATALINA ISLAND. Cal.—One final workout today was on the schedule of the Chicago Cubs befo-e their departure for Los Angeles for the first of three games there with the Vernon :-nd Is Angeles clubs. DE FAUW GRID AWARDS Varsity Squad Receives Gold Footbrills at Chapel Exercise. By Timm Special GREKNCASTLE, Ind., March 20. Gold football awards were presented to the members of the De Pauw varsity squad on \Vednesday. Special chapel exercises were held.'* The fourteen athletes receiving* the awards are: Captain-Elect Kenneth Dtmond, Johnny Clarke, Frank Irvin, Glenn Adams, Harold Nesblt, Lewis Hirt. Torrence Johnson, Wayne Krumheur, Melville Powell, Fred Davis, Donovan Fischer, James Vanderbark, Rufus Scales and Raymond Struck. Independent Baseball The Ct-nstaniore baseball team will be out as soon as weather is favorable. Officers aro Joe Elvan, president; Larin Noe. vice president: Joe Heights, secretary; Robert Paterson, treasurer; Garvin Wampler, ser-geant-at-arms. For information oall Belmont 1175. The Indianapolis Favorites will start on their third consecutive season In the semipro field. Players who will again be identified wish the club aro Larue. Arnold. Miller. Goldie. Bolden. Shores. House. Crawford, Clark and Jones. Mcßeyno’ds. Wood, Reed, Cteore and Duncan are trying out. The Favorites will open their season Easter Sunday. For games call George Ray. 704 W. Twenty-Fifth St.. Kenwood 1976. Y. P. C.-Prest-O-IJte The Y. P. C-’b will meet the Prest-O-Utes tonight At SL Anthony's gym* tiaatnm
Something New for Local High Schools
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new Shortridge high school football coach, Alonzo Goldsberry, former Wabash College athlete, started something at the north side school this spring. He has his grid-
glpnce. The two best answers are to receive season baseball passes to Washington Park given by The Times, and the next ten will get opening day admissions.
Times Baseball Problem By BILLY EVANS TAKE nothing for granted in baseball. If you doubt that statement just glance over the following situation: It is the last half of the ninth inning and the home team is trailing by the score of 5 to 3. Then things started to happen. Three times during the inning it seemed as if the homo team had put over the three runs required to win the ball game. As many times the crowd rose to its feet, gave the mighty shout of victory, then to its great dismay something had happened which erased the much-needed runs. Perhaps half the crowd left the park believing the home team had scored a 6 to 5 victory. During the course of the inning not a basehit was actually made by the fam at bat. Neither did the team in the field make a fielding error, nor did the pitcher give a base on balls. Despite this the home team appeared to have won tho game on three different occasions, but didn’t. Six men were used by the home team to complete this unusual inning. Aside from the three outs necessary to complete the last half of the ninth, three other outs were apparently made. Even the umpire played a part in the confusion that naturally resulted by sending a player to the clubhouse. How did it all happen?
JUNIOR-SENIOR NET TILT Inter-Class Scrap at Shortridge Scheduled Tonight. The Shortridge Seniors will try to "knock ofT" the Juniors tonight when the unnual Junior-Senior basketball game will be played. The Juniors have five of the men who went to the sectional. however, and the older boys will have a scrap on their hands If they expect to cop the laurels. Abe Thatcher will captain the third year men while Bob Smith leads tho Seniors. Coast Club In A. A. U. Meet By United Press CHICAGO, March 20.—The Olympio Club of San Francisco will send a complete team to the National A. A. U., indoor meet hefe April 1 to 4. The coast organization will be represented in most of the individual events. Hoppe-Schaefer Exhibition By United Press CHICAGO, March 20.—Willi* Hoppe split a pair of bulkline exhibition matches with Jake Schaefer. But Hoppe took both of tho two 25-polnt three-cushion matches.
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I—, 1 ARASOTA, Fla., March 20. —One Punch O’Goofty dropped In here to I I pay his respects to his old brick-tossing companion, Mr. John J. 1 1 McGraw of the Giants, alias the Master Mind of baseball. Mr. O'Goofty, it may be noted, is liberal with his respects. The Master Mind was seated at the breakfast table. “What will it be this morning?” inquired the waiter, “Let me think,” answered the Master Mind. It is hard to get over a habit. McGraw began trying to think last fail when Ruth came up with two on and he is still at it. In spite of the early discouragements. a “I'll have some educated eggs," hg decided presently. “Educated eggs!” exclaimed our Mr. O'Goofty, registering surprise. “Scrambled with brains,” explained the Master Mind. M lt Is the club’s dish this spring.” •• • • HE Master Mind promises to pull a come-back this year. “A mind may be blank, but it is never dumb,” Is one of the Master’s snappy spring slogans. Another Is, “Nothing matters but gray matter.” The Master tells you he likes that one. "It sounds so scholarly.” “The Master holds classes In ad-vanced mental calisthenics every day. Questions are fired at the wide-earedstudents with machine-gun speed. “What is three and two?” the Mas-ter shouts at Heinie Groh. “A tough spot with Alexander against you,” isthe form answer. “Who is Judge Landis and Why?" Any kind of a Jocular answer to this Is correct. “What is the proper way to address an umpire?" (The* Master makes this tough by adding, “Suppose you can't get a baseball bat soon enough?") •• • • ‘H -.t j OU can see how I am working to Improve the mentality of my IY I ball club," said the Master, turning to our Mr. O'Goofty. I I “Trying to harpoon whjales in a goldfish bowl Is another way to waste your time,” suggested the one-punch person, ducking a whirring left hook. The Master, going from the sublime to Casey Stengel, expressed the belief that the race this year would be closer than Ben Turpin's eyes. “I like Wise Counselor myself,” admitted Mr. O'Goofty. "Don’t be ridiculous. Sarazen’s a cinch if he gets a good ride," shot back the Master. . Now that we are on the subject whp did win (Jr.e last anyway? J \ JJ ' ! , A •“ * 1
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iron hopefuls out for practice at the Shortridge field, Thirty-Fourth and Meridian Sts. The squad has been at practice for about two weeks now. Goldsberry is teaching the rudiments of
Send in your answers at once to The Times baseball Puzzle Contest Editor. The puzzle will be run every day and the contest closes April 2. Three early birds showed up
I. U. MEN GET LETTERS Twenty-Two Athletes Receive Awards —Spring Program Starts. By Times Special BLOOMINGTON. Ind.. March 20 —Twenty two men received major monograms at a meeting of the Indiana University faculty athletic hoard Wednesday night. Awards were in three branches of sport. Thosfl rer-eivln* awnrds: Bsskrt.ball— C*pt. Alward. Capt.-Elect Parker. Spongier. Lorber. I. or an and Senior Manager Kelsker. Wrcatllnr—Capt Koont*. Held. Hoffman Reid Swain Wilson. Mumby. Fisher and Senior Manager Southwlck. Swimmln* — Capt. Moore. Doner. Thomson. Willis, Heath and Shellev. The Crimson football squad reported for spring outdoor practice Wednesday. Forty-eight men are out for baseball. Coach Ferguson has started conditioning his track men for the meot with De Pauw University April 12. Unfortunate Zbyszko By United Press CHICAGO. March 20.—Wladeck Zbyszko failed to throw Renato Gardini, Italian wresteler, in one hour Wednesday night and lost SI,OOO as a result.
the pigskin pastime so that next fall there won’t be so many rough edges to be smoothed away before any actual team play can be instilled. Above Is Goldsberry at the right telling the lads all about it.
in this morning’s mail. Answers were received from 11. E. Richardson. Apt. 19, 412 E. Michigan fSt.; Mark Snodgress, 184 N. Blackford St., and F. G. Murphy, 308 W. Thirty-Ninth St. Only one of these fans had carefully gone over the problem and met its many phases In order to have a chance it is necessary for the contestants to consider the puzzle' very carefully. It is not easy, and requires a little thought and imagination. Be sure and remember that the puzzle states that on THREE different times the crowd thought the game had been won. NEWARK CLUB IN TANGLE McTighe Seeks Restraining Order Against President and Directors. By Unit'd financial NEW YORK. March 20 —On the application of Michael McTighe, president of the Newark Ba.seball Club, Inc., of the International league, through his attorneys. Leo C. Fennctlly and II Crawford, Supreme Court Justic Erlanger signed an order Wednesday directing J. Conway Toole, president of the International League, and the directors of the league, to phow cause next Monday why they should not cease interfering with MeTighe’s connection with the Newark club.
Fights and Fighters
NEW YORK —old stor.< hixk again and year oldi-r." Frank foullq, matchmaker at Madison Square Garden said lu reply to report* that lex Klrlmnl anted !u mag* a Dnup,ox W ills fight lu Montreal iliu summer. NKW YORK- -Lack of ivt li u-o ■* id the New York box air nm!Hi a to b Tve Jack Curley, wrestling promoter of chargethat he was manager of several of the leading wrestlers. PHILADELPHIA —Lew Tend lor, Philadelphia light *e;gt:t. has called off his fight with Sailor Friedman, Chicago, scheduled in Boston for April 8. because of tut injured ear. CHICAGO—Mickey O'Dowd. Mnneie. Ind.. scheduled to fight Sammy Mandril of Rinkford here .Monday night, hu* arrived to put the finishing touche* on liis training. CHICAGO—Eddie Welch. South Bend. Ind has issued a challenge to Joe O'Hara. Chicago boxer Welch stopped Harry Simons In the first fifteen seconds of the first round here last Monday. ( URBANA. 111. —Tommy Gibbons went six rounds with Andy Anderson In an exhibition match, here last night. INVITATIONAL NET MEET North Farks Drub First Baptists on Opening Night. Play in the Central Christian invitational basketball tourney will be resumed tonight, and continue Saturday afternoon and night, Monday and Tuesday. In Wednesday night's games the Meridians defeated the Third Christians 21 to 19. The Brightwoods eliminated the Morris Streets by forfeit, and the North Parks drubbed the First Baptists. to 10 The North Sides won a 17-to-14 victory over the Downey Avenues. Other entries: Fortviile Centenary. Central. Olive Branch. University Haights, Edgewood and Fairfax. International Umpires By United Financial NEW YORK, March 20. —John Conway Toole, president of the International Baseball League today announced the following list of umpires for 1824: William B. Carpenter, John F. McBride. William T. Gaston, Dofl Derr, George L. Magerkurth, Harry C. Geisel, Daniel J. McDevitt, Gomer James and Roy Van Oraflan. Roper to Meet Renault By United Financial CHICAGO, March 20.—80 b Roper, heavyweight mitt artist, is carded to push leather with Jack Renault, aspirant to the heavyweight crown in Grand Rapids. The date will be announced soon.
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K. 0. BLUES BEAT ’FRISCO SEALS 11-4 111 HR SERIES A, A, Qhamps Even Up Series —Branom and Good Smack Out Homers. * By United Setes SAN FRANCISCO, March 20.—The Kansas City Blues evened honors with the San Francisco Seals here Wednesday. defeating the Coast League titleholders, 11 to 4. Each team has won three games, leaving two more contests in the series. Kansas City opened up on Oliver Mitchell, Sati Francisco moundsman, in the seventh inning and collected three runs. Davis, who replaced Mitchell, fared little better and five runners registered for the visitors from Missouri in the eighth. Home runs by B>anom and Good helped the Blues compile enough runs to win the game handily, 11 to 4.
GRIGGS IS CHOSEN BULLDOG CAPTAIN Seven Varsity Letters; Freshmen and Sophs Honored. Hal Griggs, star Butler center, will lead the next season Bulldog basketball team. He wus elected captain at a meeting of Butler letter men late Wednesday. Griggs, ex-Tech star, is also captain of the Butler track squad. Seven varsity netters will receive letters. Six sophomore numerals and seven freshmen sweaters were awarded. Major awards: Capt. Wally Middlesworth, Orville Hooker, "Dizzy" Jones. Bob Nipper. Hal Griggs, “Jim” Keach and A Harker. Freshmen elected Lawrence Christopher, Greencasatle, captain. Freshmen to receive gumerals; Christopher Bob Wakefield, Dan Stewart. Francis Fletcher. Guy Dixon, Adrian Nail, Walter Floyd. Sophomore awards: Jerry Strole, Lou ReicheJ. Dan Armstrong. Homer Wcodling, Gordon Nail, Joe Gomelspacher. TWO WORLD'S RECORDS Osborne .Jumps Six Feet, Six Incites —Women's Mark Goes. By I nitrd press CHICAGO, March 20.—Two world's records were lowered at the CentiaU Amateur Athletic Union indoor championship field meet here last night. IfaroM Osborne, former University of 111!:: >:; athlete, who is now under the colors of the Illinois Athletic Club, winners of the meet, lowered his own world's record for the running high jump by clearing the bar at six feet six inches. ' Katherine Ice. Chicago, bettered her own world’s record for the running high jump for women by setting a figure of four feet eleven Inches. Her former record was 4 feet 10;* inches. THIRD ROUND IN TOURNEY Two Teams Win by Forfeit in Girls’ Meet. Two games are on the schedule for tonight in the girls’ invitational basketball tournament at the Community House gym, Udell and Annette Sts. The Speedway Five meet the Pennsy It. It. girls and the Hottentots play the Mapleton Maids. Only one game was played Wednesday night, in which the Hottentots defeated the Brest O Lite girls, 16 to 13. The Mapleton Maids and Pennsy girls advanced to the third round by forfeits, when Heath Memorials and Indianapolis Celts failed to show up. Merle Flynn and Willis Jackman are officiating. Fraternity Basket Game The Kappa Alpha Phi and Beta Phi Sigma fraternities will play a basketball game at the South Side Turners Hall, Saturday night. The teams will bo, for the most part, composed of ex-high scliool players. This is tho only game of the season for the Betas, vvhile tho Kappas have defeated the Delta Sigma Nus and Sigma Rhos by large scores. The game will start at 8 and will tte followed by a dance.
Exhibition Games
WEDN ESDAY KKSE LTS ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 20. Boston Nationals 4 8 1 Chicago Americans 0 5 1 Batteries—Genewtcli, Marquard and O'Neil; Lyons and Schalk. ORLANDO, Fla.. March 80.— Cleveland Americans 8 14 1 Cincinnati Nationals 7 13 0 Butteries —Covolrskle. Edwards, Smith and L. Sewell; Benton, Harris, Vines and Hargrave, Wingo. RRADENTOWN. Fla.. March 80.— St. Louis Nationals 4 11 3 New York Nationals 2 3 1 Batteries—Doak. Reinhart Haines. Dyer and Holm; Gearin, Huntzinger, Baldwin and Ainsmlth, Snyder. PALMETTO, Fla.. March 20. Philadelphia (Nationals) 3 0 1 Milwaukee (American Association) 4 9 2 Polke. Lewis and Henline: Winn and Shiuault.
BROOKLYN IN EXHIBITION AT PLANT CITY FRIDAY Jess Petty to Start on Mound —New Outfielder, Pug Allen, May Get Chance —Christenbury to Play, By EDDIE ASH Times Sports Editor PLANT CITY, Fla., March 2 ( >. —Training activities of the Indians today were confined to making ready for the battle with the Brooklyn Nationals here Friday. Tlie Dodgers are said to be well along in the conditioning process and Manager Bush of the Tribe is expecting a hard struggle with Robinson’s aggregation from Clear Water.
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808 BLESSING Robert Blessing will lead the Butler baseball team this year. 'The team has lost only three of its last year’s players, and these vacancies can be filled with a slight shift of line-up and with the use of some new material. Blessing Is a Junior and has played third base Yor three years.
TAGGART’S STRING SOLD IN BIG DEAL Georgia Sportsman Buys 18 Yearlings From Hoosier, By 7 m, s Special CHICAGO. March 20.—Walter T. Candler, millionaire sportsman of Atlanta. Ga., today is owner of the string of eighteen yearlings, harness racing prospects, sired by Peter the Great, following purchase Wednesday from Thomas Taggart for $54,000. The entire string is now at Laurel Hall stock farm. Indianapolis. The horses are part of the stable formerly owned by Stoughton Fletcher and purchased from him last fall by Taggart. H. G. Winings, manager of Laurel Hall, represented Taggart. It was the outstanding sale of the annual Chicago horse sale now in progress.
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Bush said he would start Jess Petty on the mound with Krueger behind the brt. Burwell, Hill and George Smith are other pitchers in shape to work a few innings. Otto Miller is slated to relieve Krueger on the receiving end the second half of the contest. Bush also announced he would start Pug Allen in left field in the place of Rehg if Brooklyn opens with a right-hand pitcher. Allen bats lefthanded. Christenbury will be in right field and the remainder of the line-up will be the same es in the Cincinnati game. The diamond was soggy Wednesday, but the Indians managed to get In a long work-out, nevertheless. Tom Whelan reported and took both Infield and outfield practice Wednesday. He has been doing gymnasium work and won’t require much training to reach playing form. The only players still on the missing list Wednesday night were Catcher Dixon and Pitcher Ned Niles.' BANTAM TITLE GO IN m AM RING Goldstein and Lynch Battle Friday at Garden, By United Press NEW YORK, March 20.—A superstitious axiom of ringdom says a fighter once knocked down can never return the compl.ment, toppling the one who laid him low. Abie Goldstein, a pleasant little East Side boy, educated in the ways of the ring by Willie Lewis, the great middleweight, will try to beat the rule Friday night in Madison Square Garden. Goldstein, who was recognized as the bantamweeght champion for a while by the New York boxing commission, meets Joe Lynch, the champion and the pride of "little Erin on the West Side.” Goldstein was stopped in eleven rounds by Lynch the first time they met about three years ago. Goldstein should be better than he was because he is a careful boy and a strict trainer. Lynch may not be as good as he was because he likes to get around and doesn't follow any particular diet. City League Meeting The first meeting of the City Baseball League will be held at the ErnRO9 Stoxe, Thursday evening at 7:30. Any team interested in playing Saturday afternoon baseball is requested to have a representative present at this meeting or get in touch with Carl Callahan at the Em-Roe Store.
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