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Show DIAMOND NOTES Mike Began is doing good work for the Reds. Carl Mays never was in better trim in his life than right now. Herb Hall, the Kansas City pitcher, is suffering from a hud arm. Baseball pools will not be allowed to operate in Cleveland this season. Ed Konetchy, formerly of the Braves, is now a member of the Brooklyn Brook-lyn club. Fabrique. the former association player, will play with the Seattle club this season. McGraw thinks he has a great young pitcher in Jesse Winters. The youngster young-ster is quick to learn. The McHenry who is pitching for Sacramento and doing it quite well is a California youth, a former collegian. colle-gian. Southworth, former A. A. player, now with the Plttsburghs, will occupy the cleanup position for the Pirates this season. Tim Hendryx, former big leaguer, now with the Colonels, will be a power for the club this season if early games are any criterion. With the advent of Grover Hartley into the lineup of the Columbus Senators, Sena-tors, he will be the only playing manager man-ager in the association. Steve Terkes has been appointed captain of the Indians by Manager Hendricks. Terkes is one of the most brainy ball tossers in the association. The Colonels have an Italian in their lineup in the person of Mike Cerest. He has yet to learn the fine points of the game but is eager to learn. Sunday baseball in New York state has stirred up some of the old spirit that kept the New York State league alive and there are hints of attempts to reorganize the circuit. Baseball managers with stars back from the Shipbuilding league will be lying awake nights now trying to think of something they can put on the hall that will make it look like a rivet. Nick Cullop, pitcher secured by the' Sr. Louis Browns hist year in the big deal with the New York Yankees, but who refused to report, has been heard ' from to the effect that he may com, back. Walter Leverenz. southpaw pitcher on whom the Salt Bake club was depending de-pending much for the coining season, has been discharged from military service, but does not seem inclined to return to baseball. Ping Bodie is an old tinVr as hall players go, but he is mighty spry these days and a far better player than he gets credit for being. Ping just radiates radi-ates optimism. He is counting his world's series money already. |