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Show , Jean Dubuc is pitching grand ball for the Tigers. Appropriately enough, Otto Knabe has piano legs ! "Jess" Barnes continues to be the mainstay of the Braves' pitching brigade. bri-gade. Connie Mack's ball team this year has lx.en welcome everywhere but at home. "Bert" Niehoff continues to be the star of the Phillies, both on offense and defense. So far Cincinnati has not made the slightest hint as to C. Mathewson's successor. Leslie Mann, the Cubs' outfielder, is 'better than ever, according to "Joe" Tinker. C The manager who makes a pennant drive must hold a tight rein over his players. Harry Davis steps In and manages the Athletics whenever Connie Mack goes a-scouting. Mathewson is playing golf as often as he can, for he wants to forget his managerial troubles. ., . rfri -flr-'; Fred Luderus, the Phillies' first baseman, base-man, is said to hit the ball as hard as any man In the game. Did It ever occur to you that the player with the most speed at night is the slowest in the daytime? "Connie" Mack denies the rep'Ort that he has agreed to sell "Joe" Busilij his star pitcher, to the Tigers. The Cubs have slgnSd a young Pittsburgh Pitts-burgh rookie named Bell. He ought to make good If he doesn't crack. if Matty fails to release the Reds frctr last place, the Cincinnati directors direc-tors may1 offer the job to Houdlni. Somebody hac? iKe' wrong dope When he said the Browns lacked a punch. Isn't a Davenport a "sle'vp' producer?" If a baseball manager owneVJ all the pastimers in the world he would still want "just one more winning pitcti'v." Some people will continue to believe that Matty threw his greatest "fadeaway" "fade-away" when he signed with Cincinnati. After twelve years on the job Bill Klein sagely remarks that umpiring is no sinecure. Most of it is just pure sin. Jim Scott is about r, trough as a pitcher. He has been able to pitch but one or two creditable games all season. sea-son. A wise gazabo once said youth will have its fling, but Tristam Speaker Is one gent who doesn't care a rap who's flinging. According to Jake Daubert, the only way to bunt scientifically is to place the ball so It'll take two outfield relays to got It back to the plate. |