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Show Baseball Notes Baseball Is watching Its Step, nnd remembering Hh misstep. Pennsylvania recently defented Wll- ' Hams at baseball solely on good base runnltis. " ; Harvard's baseball team has mndo n great bit In tho South by gallantry on the Held. Joo Connolly, purchased by San An- " tonlo from San Francisco, will replnce Pete Knlsely. ' ' So far ns, tho race hns run, Chattanooga Chatta-nooga looks llko the dark horso of the Southern league. I The Cleveland batting order to start l tho season shows six left-handed bat- i trs In tho lineup. . ji , ' Where nre the" Bed Sor of yester-doy? yester-doy? Echo New York. Chicago and other points west. John O'Brien, former major league ball player, has been signed us a scout by Mannger Evers. Itny Caldwell of tho Cleveland Indians In-dians has quit using tho spltter lu order or-der to gain control. Clnrenco Twombly ns a pinch hitter ! for the Chicago Cubs Is deserving of a lino of commendation. Joe Guyon may be a college star, I but as an outfielder In tho Southern league he has failed again. Bobby Orr, veteran Inflelder, hns been released unconditionally by the I Wuterbury Eastern leaguo club. I The Cincinnati Beds have signed a new catcher, a collegian, who nuswers to tho name ot Astyanux Douglass. i Davo Liimb, young cntcher, lias been released by Kansas City to Co- I lumbln of the South Atlantic league. It has been suggested that Mike 1 Finn call bis Omuha hall club tho St. Michaels. Why not "Huckleberries?" The submarine ball which Carl Mnys of the Yanks throws Is equipped with a whistle. It whistles by most butters. Oscar T. Clarke, son of tho Princeton Prince-ton baseball coach, hns been selected , captain of luu freshman ball team of that university. Batting averages in the majors are expected to be proportionally lower , tills year since managers aro stingier with new balls.. Lifting the ban on summer hnll, for college players would help many a youngster earn his way through school nnd Into the majors. Talk about the White Sox being n "shot" hall club listens llko old stun, now that Kid Gloason Is getting his share of the averages. Steps to stop betting at the Phillies' bull park are surprising, since nobody has ever been suspected of being rash enough to bet on the cellar boys. Jim Gorton, released by the Giants i to the New Orleans club of the South-' South-' ern league under on optional agree- inept. Is n very promising young iltcher. i . Wnmby, Lunte. Evnns, ot nl. never will get back on second base for the t Cleveland town If Hlgs Stephenson ; continue to piny bull the way he has I started out. ... When a gnmo Is postponed In the j Amerlmti nswicliitlon this year the J J home elub must within 24 hours select ( n da'e f-r pljivtug it off ami n noMfy j I ih Mi"p prldent. |