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Show SQUIBS McNeely has made himself solid with the fans of all degrees. Leon Cadore and Eddie Ainsmith have been released by the Giants. One Philadelphia baseball fan claims to have attended 5,000 big league games. Bob Kinsella, a young outfielder, has been obtained by Toronto from Bloom-ington Bloom-ington of the Three-I league. Collins in the American league, is far ahead of Carey, leading stealer of bases in the National league. Jack Hendricks will lead the Cincinnati Cincin-nati Reds again nei;t year, and the next question is who, will they lead. " Bob Stow, utility infielder of the Dallas Dal-las team, and a Texas league player for 12 years has been made a free agent. Lester Dopson, a semipro twirler of New Jersey, has been ordered to report re-port to the Cleveland Indians for a try out. The Red Sox have purchased Wil-i Wil-i liam Rogell, second baseman of the Salina team of the Southwestern league. Walter Beall, star pitcher of the Rochester International club, has been sold to the New York Yankees, it was learned. The Cardinals bought Joe Bratch-er, Bratch-er, outfielder of the Okmulgee (Okla.) Western association club, for an unstated un-stated amount. Guy Morton, hits of Cleveland and more recently of Kansas City, turned in a splendid victory over Toledo in his first out with Indianapolis. The rabid fan is perfectly willing to sacrifice his straw hat if the home team will do something to warrant the fellow behind him in smashing it. Pitcher Spinton, property of the New York Americans, and who has been with Macon, lias been ordered to report to Richmond of the Virginia league. Frank Boyle, manager of the Mar-shalltown Mar-shalltown club of the Mississippi Valley Val-ley league, announced the sale of Outfielder Out-fielder Heinie Schultz to the Cincinnati Reds. Edward William Mahan of Natick, n football anil baseball slar when a Harvard student, has been appointed head coach of the Harvard baseball team. O'Rourke was tried out by the Senators Sena-tors and Red Sox and cast adrift several sev-eral seasons back. Nobody wanted him except Toronto. Now he is leading the Tigers in hitting. The Cubs have purchased a first-baseman first-baseman named Ke.irns from the Galveston Gal-veston club of the Texas league. He is a right-handed thrower and batter. bat-ter. He is expected to report soon. Dinty Goarin, th diminutive pitcher, pitch-er, formerly with tbe Giants and Braves, who failed to report to Milwaukee Mil-waukee because of a sore arm when turned over to the Brewers, has joined the team. The purchase by thf Boston Americans Ameri-cans of William Rogell. an infielder. from the Salina (Mass.) club of the .Southwestern league, and the signing of Al Kellet, a right-hand pitcher with a scmi-profe.sion,:! team at Anaconda, Mont., is announced. Dave Bancroft, manager of the Braves, will probably not get back In the game as a player this season. He says if the team gets into a position where it has a chance for sixth place he might reconsider, but for the present pres-ent It looks like he will do the directing di-recting from the bench, A |