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Show The Cubs, like the Robins, are going go-ing at a fast clip. Walter Johnson seems to be like Tampa, getting better every year. Old men who refuse to quit : Walter Johnson, Ty Cobb, Chauncey Depew. There probably also will be many home runs made after the game ends. Frank Brazil! of the Los Angeles club makes 38 different moves before taking a swing at the bat. Babe Ruth, who began at the top with the Tanks, is gradually working down into the organization. Walter Johnson still holds the American league record for wild pitches 21 in the season of 1910. Bill Purtell, former big leaguer, has been named manager of the Columbia team of the South Atlantic association. associa-tion. A number of teams picked for pennant pen-nant contenders in March seem to be backing up ten or fifteen games for a good start. L. S. Guischard, '27, star pitcher of the University of Southern California baseball team, was elected captain of the Trojan diamond men. Kenneth L. "Tug" Wilson, athletic director at the Northwestern university, univer-sity, denies reports that the school expects ex-pects to drop baseball as a varsity sport. t- Manager Tyrus R. Cobb says that recruit pitchers who start off at a fast ; pace generally even up with the veterans vet-erans near the end of the .season, if ' they do not fall below them. j With Nehf a member of the Cincin- ! nati pitching staff, fans wonder if the ! club can have a more brilliant-look- 1 Ing squad. There are now three left- I handers on the Red staff including ! Nehf, May and Rixey. |