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Show Diamond Squibs The Little Rock club, bought Infielder In-fielder Art Ritter from the Atlanta club. The fight in the Southern league Is a hot one, and the clubs concerned are anything but friendly. Clyde (Jenny) Wrenn has made the rounds In the Western1 association and is back with Okmulgee. Angle Moran, veteran umpire, who has been In the South Atlantic league this season, has taken a vacation. The Washington club has made another an-other purchase from Tommy Leach's Tampa team. This one is Hanklns, a pitcher. James Russell Moore has been named manager of the Cairo team of the Kitty league, succeeding George Hughes. Manager Harry Clark of the Milwaukee Mil-waukee team says Nelson Potts is the best left-hander In the American association. The Washington club, in answer to appeals from Joe Cantlllon, turned. Pitcher Tom Phillips over to the Minneapolis Min-neapolis club. Pitcher Connie Fields of the Nashville Nash-ville club has retired from the game of the season and gone to his home In Arkansas. rircher Lou Cowan of the Enid team is g"ing right again and setting a pace tha: is likely to get him another trial In faster company. The veteran Jimmy Maloney resigned re-signed as manager of the Ardmore team of the Texas-Oklahoma and Alex Boggus succeeds him. Charles (Doc) Barrett, well known as college coach and trainer, has been signed by Connie Mack as a member of his scouting staff. , The Southern league claims the ; unique distinction of having two broth-j broth-j prs umpires on its staff. They are I Buck and Bick Campbell. ! ' Manager Lee Fohl of the St. Louis j Bnvvns Is watching closely the work of one of his young southpaws, Frank Henry, now with Mobile. Bunny Brief of Kansas City, In spite of time out for illness, has been keeping keep-ing up witli the champion home-run hitters of all leagues pretty well. Tiie veteran Jack Scheneberg, who moved from Mobile to Charleston, has madi- another shift and at last accounts ac-counts was pitching for Richmond in the Virginia league. Tlie Buffalo club has turned Pitchers Pitch-ers Tomlin and Welnecke over to the 1 1 :i mil ton club to help Ernest Caibert out in his efforts to win the honors ot l!ie second half In the Mint league. li-.i Thomas, scouting for the Philadelphia Phila-delphia Athletics, made the rounds of the Texas-Oklahoma circuit and bought two pitchers. Gus Ketchum from Ardmore, and Red Shillings from Paris. Fh'yd Herman, the California kid who swings a bat bigger than Babe Ruth, is hatting half a million since he returned to Omaha. Manager Burch hn ;i"en using him In the outfield and on f.rst. |