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Show Frank Schulte continues to deliver the hits for Clark Griffith. Charley Deal's eyes are better and his hitting has started to Improve. Despite the war the Cleveland Indians In-dians are drawing good crowds at home. Home Run Baker is giving Babe Ruth a battle for top batting honors in the American league. Dick Maynard, the Amherst college star catcher and outfielder, has been signed by the St. Louis Cardinals. The Indians are becoming very partial par-tial to the squeeze play and are using it with much success in close games. Cy Williams has added considerably to the batting strength of the Phillies. He has his eye on the pill, which rarely rare-ly gets by him. Connie Mack says he has no Intention Inten-tion of starting the war between the two major leagues again, but he Intends In-tends to keep Perry. ' Frank Snyder, catcher with the St. Louis Nationals, has been ordered to report to his draft board and be Inducted In-ducted into the army. President Ebbets of the Brooklyn Nationals is another magnate who is looking around for pitchers and doesn't know where to find them. . Pitcher Howard McGranor of Sioux City has gone to Chillicothe, O., his home, where he has been called by his draft board to report for service. Roger Bresnahan, president of the Toledo American association club, has suggested to the league that games be played In the army cantonments. The Cardinals have a number of players on their roster who are in Class 1A of the draft, but none of these has been notified to join the colors. St. Louis fans are greatly excited over a statement emanating from Connie Con-nie Mack that In his opinion the Browns would win the American league pennant. It always makes a player happy to succeed against his old team. But think of George Burns with a flock of five hits, Including a double and a triple, at Detroit. Joe Wood likes to play In the outfield out-field and he's one pitcher who has made good as a protean artist. Joe can change from a pitcher to a gardener gar-dener without blinking an eye or getting get-ting the least bit fussed. |