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Show Friberg is playing a great game for the Phillies at second. Jack Chesbro is pitching in the New England semi-professional league. Lindstrom, McGraw's youthful third baseman, is doing some smart hitting for the Giants. Sympathy: That rare quality expressed ex-pressed in raucous laugh when the umpire is beaned. ' Horace (Flop) Kibbie, who jumped the Braves for the Ohio semi-pro field, has rejoined the Bancroft tribe. Memphis lost the services of its only left-handed pitcher, Brillheart, when the heaver was stricken with appendicitis. appen-dicitis. The Yankees have fallen deep in the standing of the American league, but it would not be surprising to see them rise soon. The Phillies have sent Pitcher Frank (Dutch) to Ulrich to Waterbury of the Eastern league, for the remainder remain-der of the season! I ... Hans Wagner remains active in baseball as a member of a semi-professional team known as the Carnegie Elks, of Carnegie, Pa. Seventeen of the 27 outs made by Minneapolis in a recent game with Indianapolis In-dianapolis were fly balls to the outfield. out-field. Only three died at first. Johnny' Johnson, star hurler of the Central New Mexico league, has been corraled by Indianapolis. Johnson fanned 110 men during the first half of the season. Pitching ineffectiveness and not the lively ball is responsible for most of the slugging nowadays, In the opinion of Ban Johnson, president of the American league. The Boston Braves have one pitcher, at least, who seems capable of hurllm' winning ball. He's Larry Benton and he's been turning in victories for the tuilenders quite regularly. Lyman "Chief" Nason, San Antonio Texas league left fielder, stole three bases in one trip to bat in the sixth inning of a recent game with licnn-mont. licnn-mont. After singling, Nason stc!e he, ond, third and home. |