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Show STRAY NEWS ITEMS FROM SAINTS' CAMP Special to The Tribune. PORTER VILE.E, March lO.J-Ryan, Tobin and Shlnh have been working reg-uiarlH reg-uiarlH in the outfield for the past week ajjrLhey make a ground-covering trio. JTi three men are improving: in their speed. Shinn and Tobin are the Siamese twins when It comes to batting practice and are in their element when thev can find a freshman, heaver who will throw for them.- lie jout the dressing rooms there Is a j sliaVge odor which has even overcome I the penertating aroma of that favorite 1 liniment which is the invention of Doc ! Burke. Someone early in the training ! period declared that Dr. Somebody's j "mange cure" was what made his hair grow, back in again, and everyone In the ! bunch who is living in fear of loss of j upholstery has been taking a turn at it ! Tobin and Kirmayer take turns in massaging mas-saging barrets of it into each other's scalps and even Billv Burke is heard recommending It to his friends. Captain Bill has announced the lineup of the first squad who will plav Fresno Sunday as follows: Tobin cf.; Rath 3b Gislason, 2b.: Ryan, if.; Shinn, rf.; Carpenter, Car-penter, ss.; Sheely, b.; Hannah, c. ; Blake Lydiatt and Bliss, p., in the order named. The Fresno Sunmaids are a formidable organization, with the famous Dutch i Leonard on the hill. The Dutchman has' been going- strong- this spring, and with- ' out half trying: held the hard-hitting Cubs to five blows in their game last SundaV. I -Rollle Zeider, after the game Sunday, de- ! clared, "The big stiff had evervthing he i ought not to have until the middle of the! season." As Rollie is lead-off bingler for the Cubs, and whiffed twice out of i four trips, he one-lit to know. With the : Sunmaids are Cliff McCarl. first ascker for Spokane two seasons ago and one of ! the leading hitters of the team: Big Pete McKcnry, late of the Cincinnati Nationals, Nation-als, and such other well-known professionals, profes-sionals, who arc now engaged In business or agricultural pursuits, as Duffv lewia, Heinle Preciado. Al Klein, Mike McCabe and Bun Hemphill. It is no secret that the Saint rookies who are to go on the firing line appreciate the fact that they are up against no sandlot baseball team, and they are going into the" contest with, the real do-or-die spirit. j The second-string team will jro to Lie-! moore Sunday for an exhibition game. They will take with them Del Treager of the Portervllle Orange Pickers, who will hold down the first sank, and Harry Simpson, business manager of the local team, who is to be in reserve for the 1 hackstop position in case anything should Vipen to Anfinson. Lemooro has a pretty speedy little hall team for a country coun-try town and, while Crandall, Keains, Orr and Hoff are slated for the linoup. there is a possibility they may come home Sunday evening minus a scalp. Jean Dublin is going in for a. Jot f hard work and he includes some fast sprints around the athletic park as a part of his dutv every afternoon. He le sev- , eral pounds overweight. The former Detroit De-troit Tiger shows class in fielding his position and handles the short ones speedily. Kirmayer is throwing to the plate about ton feet short as yet. He is taking his pitching practice easy and is taking no chances On an'-early-season sore arm. There is camp gossip to tho offect that Bernhard is on the lookout for a couple of acquisitions to the pitching staff. ''Big league stuff" is the talk in the club house. Bill is keeping his own counsel, and If he has decided on any such additions addi-tions the fact has not yet been made Public. |