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Show DiamoiidNofes California colleges are considering a state baseball league for 1926. It is fatal to a trout to have a perfect per-fect fielding average, and never miss a fly. Philadelphia has released Pitcher Dana Fllllngira to Beaumont of the Texas league. The pitching in the American league, says a sport expert, is better this spring than last. Little Rock has purchased Bud Clancy, young first baseman, from the Chicago White Sox. Horace Ford, second baseman of the Philadelphia Nationals, has been purchased pur-chased by the Brooklyn Dodgers. Garland Buckeye of the Cleveland Indians is the biggest pitcher In the major leagues. He weighs 240 pounds. Catcher Hofmann of the New York Yankees has been purchased by the St. Paul club of the American association. asso-ciation. Bob Naylor, formerly with the Philadelphia Phil-adelphia Athletics., has been purchased by Manager Wade Killifer for the Seattle Se-attle Indians. The Brooklyn club has sent Pitcher Guy Cantrell, obtained from the Western West-ern association, to Jersey City of the International league. Manager Nicholas Allen of the St. Paul club of the American association associa-tion has prohibited the playing of golf by members of his team. H. E. Heilmann of Detroit has not held his place In the leading five hitters of the American league to date, but he is coming back strongly. Pitcher George B. Winn, left-hander, who was with Milwaukee last year, and who has been with little Rock this season, has been obtained by Shreve-port. Shreve-port. George Kopshaw, catcher, was sold by the Flint club of the Michigan-Ontario Michigan-Ontario baseball league to the Baltimore Balti-more Orioles of the International league. George SIsler's record of safe hitting hit-ting came to an end when he failed to hit off Harris and Groves of the Athletics, after connecting In thlnty-four thlnty-four games. Jersey City has obtained on option Guy Cantrell, big right-handed pitcher from the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Dodgers got Cantrell from the Western West-ern association. Third Baseman Goldle Rapp, holdout hold-out on the Toledo American association associa-tion team, has been purchased by Rochester. He is a veteran who has seen big-league service. |