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Show Baseball Notes George Kelly, the National league's home-run king, has started In on the four-base swats. The New Haven club released Pitcher Pitch-er Leslie Kibbee and Outfielder Dick Slattery. Robinson made a "ten strike" when he grabbed off Hungling and High from the Memphis club. The Philadelphia Nationals have returned re-turned Pitcher Colonel Suover to the Pittsfield Eastern league. Pitcher Sedgwick has been released by the Philadelphia Nationals to the Portsmouth club of the Virgiuia league. Even ball players do come back. Johnny Evers in a pinch played second sec-ond base for the White Sox and did very well. Jim Jolly, the Yanks' corpulent lefthander, left-hander, was sent back to Galveston of the Texas league under an optional agreement. With two Alexanders working regu- larly, Alex the Great and Alex Freeman, Free-man, the Cubs should pack a lot of that conquering stuff. Jakey May continues to shine in the Coast league and the critics of the circuit cir-cuit are wondering how Jake ever got away . from the big show. They said Ralph Shinners' handicap was that lie could not throw, but so far his weakness of wing doesn't seem to have handicapped him so much. New York scribes already are talking talk-ing about the danger of interest in the major league races being killed by the runaway stuil of Yankees and Giants. Even with no pennant in sight, the Phillies hold one major league record, that of having two bank presidents, Cy Williams and Art Fletcher, In the lineup. Unless Uncle Wllbert Robinson figures fig-ures out an infield combination pretty soon, and sticks to It awhile, the Brooklyn Dodgers are not going to get very far. The Newark club is gradually being built up. One of Manager Bill Cly-nier's Cly-nier's recent acquisitions Is Outfielder Bob Kinsella from the New York Giants. Clarence Knjft lias returned to the Fort Worth lineup after being out with a lame knee Meanwhile Cecil Coombs showed them how first base should be played. Frank Iteiger, pi;,ying left field for iOniil in the Westoin association, 1ms been pulling Ken Williams stuff. He hit one homer In each of Enid's first four games. Tink Reviere. pitcher shipped to Milwaukee Mil-waukee by the St. Louis Cardinals, took a long time making up his mind about what he would do about it, but finally reported. John MeGrnw now has four comebacks come-backs on th Giants men let out and then taken hack. They are Dave Robertson, Rob-ertson, Helnie Croh, John Rawlings and Cecil Causey. |