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Show 13AL BALL Many a path that leada to the home plate is paved with bases on balls. A minor leaguer isn't judged by his association, but by the work he does In it. Babe Euth admits he'd rather be a four-ply guy than to hit .700 in mere singles. St. Bonis Americans have released Pitcher Nick Cullop to the Louisville A. A. club. Flagstead Is a valuable ball player play-er and can fill it) at an infield or outfield position. Government officials have not yet made any pinches among the millions of baseball dope users. The Mails arrived in Cleveland this spring. The left-hander has a special delivery stamp on his offerings now. Chief I'oolaw was not good enough for the Southern league, but he is quite a big Indian in the Western as- soc'ation. Any man who has filled ont an income in-come tax blank ought to find the job of figuring a batting average comparatively com-paratively easy. Big leaguer scouts will now hie forth to Wilkesbarre, Pa. Harry YVilllams, high school hurler, pitched a no-hit, no-run game. Hughie Jennings' size-up of Tj Cobb's Tigers is that they'll finish, one-two-three. FTughie once was considered con-sidered a good eniesser. The t)es Moires club gave Pitcher (Hern Meadows his unconditional release. re-lease. Pitcher Fred Delhern has been put on the voluntary retired list. When they h listed the championship champion-ship pennant at Cleveland, the first that Cleve'and ever had beheld, even the wind paused in curiosity to ' greet it. r .TnpIIn's rookie outfielder. Gabby Strain, has been going so good that at least one big league scout has made a j trip to the Western league to give him I a looking over. I j Some deep rlelver Into statistics has l figured that Eddie Polish this year will draw 25 cens for every s;ep he tn'-es In phiylne the season out for the Cincinnati Cin-cinnati club. That means' S0.0OO steps in 140 or so games. |