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Show BASEBALL 5TOQIC5 The Fort Worth club has purchased First Baseman Kraft. They are now applying the word "morale" to baseball teams. Moneymaker is the name of a catcher catch-er signed by the Portland P. C. I. club. Anybody who can concentrate on baseball this year will be a pretty good concentrator. Philadelphia still has a statue of William Penh and the Liberty Bell In big league territory. The St. Louis Cardinals have sent Pitcher Henry Robinson back to the Little Rock club of the Southern league. Kd F.dmondslon, who hae been holding hold-ing out on the New' Orleans Pelicans, decided to report and resume his place in the outfield. Pitcher Bob Harmon of the Pirates, during Ids year's layoff, Is reported as having developed the "dodo" ball until it Is a wonder. The Boston Braves have taken on anolher one of the Worcester Kastern league players. He Is Hugh Canavan. left-handed pitcher. 1 The Louisville American association club has bought a former Philadelphia Athletic battery In Pitcher James Parnliam and Catcher Bill Meyer. Manager Bill Rodgers of the Sacramento Sacra-mento team thinks he has a find In Shortstop Carter Elliott, who was ilcked tii in California without cost. Pld you ever notice how It Is that the home team always gets way the better of (lie bargain when there Is a trade of ball players made by the managers? man-agers? Baltimore's, hopes for Sunday baseball base-ball were hit a blow when the lower low-er house of the Maryland legislature defeated the bill that would have legalized le-galized games. Dave Robertson's mysterious Job wllh Uncle Sam Is disclosed. He has been made manager of one of the navy teams at Hampton Roads naval hnse but the report does not make It clear If he has enlisted or Is merely n civilian ci-vilian manager hired for (he job of boosting baseball In the navy. |