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Show WITS of the DIAMOND Speaking of breaks, the pitcher thai gets them seldom cracks. Rain may give the players a day off, but anything gives some teams ai oft day. The way Jim Thorpe is going indicates indi-cates he is ambitious to get back under un-der the big tent. W7ith George Tyler in midseasor shape, the pitching staff of the Braves is much stronger. Now that numbering ball players is all the craze, some of them shoulc wear a big cipher. Fans in Boston have given up hop of having another world's series ticket scandal next October. Those New York Giants, knocked on all sides for their poor showing ol lute, are playing under "raps." A 22-inning baseball game was played at Rock Island, III., the othei day. Even the fans had enough. "Davey" Robertson, right fielder of the Giants, is leading the National league batting by a comfortable margin. mar-gin. Pitcher Jimmy Middleton of Louisville Louis-ville has been watched by Scout O'Hare of the Cubs, and may be signed. ' There are still several released pitchers in these United States who haven't yet been signed by the Detroit De-troit Tigers. Starving the baseball season on May 1 would have saved a lot of postponements postpone-ments In April, but it wouldn't have helped much in June. -"" Anyway, the Giants are good for i .500 average. They can lose all oi their names on the home lot and win 'em nil away from home. Nap Lajoie still looks good around tha middle cushion, even though h is pastiming between the sensational Witt and the rapid first-sacker, Me Innla. , --. ..,. Miller Iluggins is making a flrsl baseman cut of Roger Ilornsby and says the youngster is as clever as an all-around man as Sisler of th Browns. Slim Love, the six-foot seven-Inci southpaw of the Yankees, Is an unlucky un-lucky bird. He has just recovered from malaria only to be stricken wit! matrimony. Rudy Hulswitt quit his job as manager man-ager of the Columbus (O.) team because be-cause of its long losing' streak. Connie Con-nie Mack has no sympathy for such chicken-hearted persons. Fifteen major league club owners called their scouts in the office and unmercifully panned them for over-locking over-locking that wonderful National league rookie, one Hal Chase. The Vernon club has put a price of $1,000 on the contract of Swede Ris-herg. Ris-herg. with the proviso that the club which buys him must let him finish the present season with Vernon. About time to start building another anoth-er bridge ncross the East river for the accommodation of the crowds anxious to see the world's series between be-tween the Robins and Tanks. |