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Show Baseball Notes They call Tris Speaker Spoke, but he is really the hub of the Cleveland Indians. Some fans forget that it would be no race at all if the home team won all the time. The veteran Edgar Widett, once of the Detroit Tigers, is the manager of an independent team at Ogden, Utah. The Quigley umpire in the Southwestern South-western league Is a younger brother of Ernest Quigley of the National league staff. Portland made room for Julie Mee by transferring Infielder Haxen Patton to Victoria of the Pacific International league. When the Cubans get so excited they have a riot and kill three at a funeral, what would they do at an extra-inning ball game? Doubting Thomases about the lively live-ly ball will take note that Maurice Rath knocked a home run in Seattle. That settles it. Manager Fred Mitchell says the Braves would win the National league pennant if they had two more winning pitchers. The veteran Jimmy Cockman who makes his home in Gueiph, Out., has been appointed a substitute on the Mine league staff of umpires. Jesse Tunnehill, now baseball coach of Center college, Danville. Ivy., has recommended a pitcher to the St Louis Cardinals named Allen Frank. Pitcher Lefty Wilkus, sent to Terre Haute by the St. Joseph club, seems to have found company to his liking, for he is pitching good ball in the Tbree-I. When Babe Adams committed a balk in the game of June 16. it was bis first, according to one statistician, In all his years of major league service. serv-ice. The Cincinnati club has a new first, baseman on trial. He Is Wallace Laws-5 a Kansas City youngster recommended recommend-ed by Johnny Ivllng and Ad Bren-nan. Bren-nan. Arthur Irwin Is boosting his young second baseman. Heine Scbeer. The Hartford manager says Scheer Is the best looking youngster lie has seen In years. While the Cleveland Indians were In Boston Trls Speaker picked up a pitcher named Langstroth, who was an aviator In the Canadian army during dur-ing the war. Charley (Rube) Lutzke, sent by Indianapolis In-dianapolis to a club In the Three-I league, which turned him back after a brief trial, was then taken on by Kansas City. Howard Ehmke in his wild moments Is bud medicine for batters, lie broke Jimmy Austin's arm, then smashed Steve O'Neill's finger and now bis latest lat-est cictl-n Is Wnlly Seining, wieise arm us cracked wdien one (f the Detroit , .divots landed on It. |