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Show Paddy Livingston's stay with the Red Sox was brief. Put Moran is having trouble getting his "best pitching staff in the league" eUaightened away. Grover Lowdermilli, Chicago Whitt: Sox pitcher, lias been released to the Minneapolis A. A. club. Kansas City is making another stab at bolstering its outfield by buying Joe Letter from the Chicago Nationals. Nearly every member of the Cleveland Cleve-land club is a heavy peanut eater. Other clubs should try the nut diet. Walter Johnson Is getting his bumping bump-ing too often for the peace of mind of Clark Griffith and Washington fans. The rumor that Jack Coombs might snpplant Hugh Jennings as manager of the Tigers is listed in Detroit as bosh. One of the saving graces of the Oakland Oak-land team is Hack Miller, who is back on the job and hitting them a mile as usual. The Boston Red Sox, having let out all of their star players, are now in a position to win the pennant in the American league. To make room for his new pitching materia! Manager Handricks of the Hoosiers sold Karl Adams to Tulsa of the Western league. Walter Schmidt being on the job, the Pirates had no further use for Nig Clarke and the veteran catcher was given his release. Max Flack Is the bright star of the Chicago Cubs these days and Is having a big season to date, hitting, fielding and base running. Ollie O'Mara is trying his best to prove whatJ Jack Hendricks said of Mm that he's the best ball player In the American association. Tuck Turner, the pitcher secured by the Cubs from Bloomlngton, has been released to Toledo. Tuck had plenty of stuff, but lacked control. Umpire Ollie Chill Is so small that when he stands behind Truck Hannah he can't see as much of the game a3 the kids in the center field bleachers. Tom Longboat, former long distance running champion, has applied to the Canadian soldiers' settlement board for a grant of land to take up farming. farm-ing. Owner Ebbetts of the Dodgers is thinking of striking off medals commemorating com-memorating those 58 Innings of baseball base-ball played by his team in three days. Mr. Dode P. Paskert, the rejuvenated gardener, continues to grab off his dally base hits. The sun is shining brightly for the veteran, and each afternoon aft-ernoon Is perfect. Fred Toney Is custodian of the Texan Tex-an wildcat, the Giants' mascot. Toney has a trained bear at his home in Tennessee, Ten-nessee, and McGraw thinks he is qualified qual-ified to tame the wildcat. Joe Harris, the first sacker, so badly needed by the Indians to help the veteran vet-eran Doc Johnston take care of the initial ini-tial bag, Is with the Franklin team In the Pennsylvania Steel league. Several major league clubs are keeping scouts on the trail of Ernie Koob and it looks like the southpaw will return to the majors. He recently hurled a no-hlt game against Kansas City. Mike McNally Is going so good that Barrow apparently does not dare to disturb the present arrangement of his infield, even with such another brilliant performer as Oscar Vitt uvullable. Last year the Cincinnati Reds couldn't get runs behind Jimmy Ring and he had to pitch a shutout to v,1u. This spring the Reds have generally had great batting bees when Ring was pitching for them. The pitcher who uses the spitball this year evidently figures it is his lust time on earth and he might as well keep on fiddling while Rome burns, getting what satisfaction he can out of the music he makes. The Birmingham club has secured Mecks, young outfielder from Louisville. Louis-ville. Ills name Is so much like that of Harry Mecks of famous memory that the Birmingham fans are expecting expect-ing iilin to be a great swatter. , Whenever a baseball magnate has reached the limit and thinks he can hold the fans' patience a little bit longer, long-er, he gives out notice to the press that he's thinking of signing Nap La-joie La-joie or Hans Wagner. Fools nobody, however. These are the days when the active little fellows more and more win favor fa-vor as catchers in the major leagues. Not a club that lias a big. lumbering liai'ksiop that wouldn't trade him for a Schnlk. a Unci, an O'Neill or a Walters Wal-ters or a IVi'Kns. , |