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Show NOTES Connie Mack says he's satisfied with his present line-up. "Greasy" Neale, the Reds' outfielder, is stinging the ball hard. The Memphis Southern league club has taken on Joe Slattery to play first base. Miller Huggins has obtained a true line on his Yankees and is much encouraged. en-couraged. Hubert Scott Perry, formerly with the Cubs, has accepted an offer from Connie Mack. Miller Krueger will make Otto Miller extend himself behind the bat for the Robins this year. Pirate fans are interested in Willie Stumpf, who, if he makes good, will cover short for Pittsburgh. Jack Powell's comeback stunt with the St. Louis Browns does not seem to have been much after all. Joe Dugan, the Athletics' young shortstop is another Jack Barry, in the opinion of Quaker baseball sharps. . Dave Shean, who will play second base for the Red Sox, is not a Jack Barry, and is notoriously weak at the bat Manager Griffith still is looking for a catcher to round out his staff, but has his eyes cast in no particular direction. Harry Wolfe, former Pirate shortstop, short-stop, but better known as a Duluth player, has been sold by Dreyfuss to Minneapolis. David Owl, a full-blooded Cherokee Indian, whose home is in North Carolina, Caro-lina, has been elected captain of the Springfield (Mass.) college nine. Camouflage is quite popular these days. Some ingenious pitcher will soon be painting league balls so that they look like atmosphere. The Cardinals have a young catcher named Benton. He is a powerfully built youngster and may land a regular berth with the St. Louis club. Benny Kauff is said to be longing for the khaki. His call in the draft is not due until late in the summer, but he is said to be contemplating an enlistment. enlist-ment. Bates, former third baseman on the Philadelphia Athletics, tied the score for the Camp Dix team when they played the Princeton Aeronautics recently. re-cently. Larue Kirby, who was disposed of by the defunct Muskegon club to St. Joseph of the Western league, is now in charge of a hand grenade detachment detach-ment at Camp Custer, Mich. Bert Blue has" failed to impress Manager Man-ager Jennings of Detroit as being ripe for major league work at first base, but Leo Dressen has come up to every promise so far and Jennings is highly high-ly pleased with the former St. Paul j Player as successor to George Burns, |