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Show vdiamdndv Apick-upsA Australia has 51 baseball teams under control of an association. Columbus is now playing Edmond Wolf, a Texas collegian, In the infield. in-field. Dave Danforth Is proving a big aid to New Orleans in their fight for the pennant this season. Oliver, Little Rock (Ark.) outfielder, out-fielder, made an unassisted double play in a recent game. With the Cubs playing hangup ball, the White Sox have gone collegiate. They have no supporters. Everett Scott, shortstop In the major league for many years, has signed a Toledo contract. Ty Cobb is the first performer In the entire history of the major leagues to make 4.000 hits. Rabe Ruth thinks that hitting hasn't Improved as much as pitching since the days when he was a hurler. Joe Brown, Syracuse third baseman, base-man, Is said to be the best at that position In that league this season. Pittsburgh has returned Pitcher Chet Nichols to the New Haven club of the Eastern league, subject to recall. re-call. Ray Fl.'iskainper, shorts-trip, purchased pur-chased from the San Antonio club of the Texas league, has joined the White Sox. Brown Haley, young rlu'ht hander and classed as the strikeout king of the Ozarks, lias been signed by the St. Louis Cardinals. Rube Marqnard, after failing to play regularly In the majors and with Baltimore this season. Is now pitching In the Southern league. Ken Penner, pitcher for the San Antonio club In the Texas league, recently re-cently pitched two consecutive games without Issuing a single base on balls. - Emil "Irish" Menscl. former Olant outfielder and recently released by the Brooklyn Nationals, Is now playing play-ing the outfield for the league-leading Toledo Mud liens. e Moe Berg of the Chicago White Sox is probably the most learned of all professional hall players. having studied at Princeton. Columbia and the University of Paris. A record price of $13,000 for the trannfer of a player from one minor club to another was paid by the Portland Port-land (Ore.) baseball club for the release re-lease of Chalmer Cissell, Des Moines shortstop. President P.iU'Vccck, of the Cubs, Is so confident of staging tbe National league's share of the world M'rles that he Is milking tentative arrangements to enlarge the sealing capacity of the Chicago park. Trls Speaker, who usually Is good for his share of home runs, about 12 tier season, did not gel one this year until lie played In his ninety-first game. It came In St. Louis ngalnst Soiilhpaw Sli'uart. Old Itch Russell, oiielline Chicago White Sox mound ace, ami long consigned con-signed to the "boiicyn rd" by the experts, ex-perts, Is still hanging around and milking life miserable for his former colleagues, the pitc hers. On a recent road trip or LN games the Cnrillnels had an unusual record. They fulled to win a game In lie-west, lie-west, losing -I In Cincinnati and H each In Chicago and I'll Ishiirgli. In the east they captured t.'t out of 1H. |