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Show Baseball Notes Ernest Maun of the Wichita team is having a big season. Babe Ruth Is just getting warmed up to the home-run habit. Two hundred and fifty under-gradu-ates at Williams college are playing baseball. The St. Louis Nationals have transferred trans-ferred Ad I'ierotti from the Houston club to the Syracuse club. More major league baseball players come from the Pacific Coast league L 1 i ii n from any minor association. Walter Itnettger, University of Illinois Illi-nois outfielder and pitcher, was elected elect-ed captain of the 10-4 baseball team. Zach Wheat may not be able to show the speed of othe days, but his batting bat-ting eye Is Just as clear as it ever was. Ty Cobb holds the record for the longest service with one club. This Is his eighteenth year with the Detroit Americans. The state of George Sisler's health has Improved to the extent that his medical advisers have told him to take ' up light exercise. Jack Dunn, manager of the Baltimore Balti-more Orioles, lias refused an offer : from the Chicago White Sox for Joe P.oley, his star shortstop. R. C. Hoblltzel, first baseman with the lied Sox in championship days, Is milking a big success of It In Charlotte, N. C, where he Is manager. The world Is full of gentlemen who Justify an afternoon lay-off wifh the deep-rooted conviction that they alone bring luck to the home team. The St. Louis Nationals seem to have picked up a real shortstop In Frelgau, a youngster who has fielded admirably and slugged the bean over ."00. Hank Luce, nee outfielder of the Flint Mlnters. who quit the game because be-cause of Illness of his wife, has returned re-turned and lmpcs for Pun O'Leary's ten in are higher. The Rochester and the Detroit clubs have reached an agreement on the Cliff Brady case and Rochester has withdrawn Its case from the hands of Commissioner La nil Is. Not among the least In making this n big year for baseball In Dallas Is Pitcher Snipe Conley, who Is twirling the sort of stuff that got hhu major league recognition, two or three years ago. |