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Show Apiek-ufe A Next to boxing, the best paying professional pro-fessional sport is baseball. Jimmy Caveney did not have any dilliculties with Seattle in coming to terms. Trices paid for baseball stars are no longer to be made public. Not even to Uncle Sam? The Jackson club of the Tri-State league, announces the appointment of Red Reece as manager. Manager Milan of Memphis has signed Vince Brown, a youthful pitcher pitch-er from Hot Springs, Ark. Dumb Doralinda thinks the resin ball, approved by the National league, is an old-time fiddlers' dance. Chattanooga of the Southern league, announces the release of Tommy Morris, Mor-ris, second baseman, to the Peoria club of the Three-I league. . Fred FItzsimmons of the Giants was one of the few National league hurlers hurl-ers whose slants didn't hit an opposing oppos-ing batter all season, though he faced 304. Two new catchers, Chester Horan of Cambridge, and William Moore of Kansas City, with Al Stokes, last year's squad, have joined the Boston Red Sox. President Harry A. Williams has indicated in-dicated that the Pacific Coast league will fight clear of the "resin-ball" rule. It is a subject for the league directors. Baseball teams of Stanford university univer-sity and University of Washington will tour Japan this year and a schedule of games with several colleges has been arranged. Miller Muggins, manager of the Yankees, has issued his annual manifesto, man-ifesto, to wit: "Golf-and baseball do not mix, but I will mix with any player play-er who plays golf." Babe Ruth has started an eye-shade fad among the Yankees. The Bambino is wearing a shade a la Helen Wills to protect his peepers from the sun, and has pronounced it a success. National league rivals say Pitts- burgh must strengthen back of the plate. One high-class catcher, they admit, would make the Pirates mighty dangerous for about three years more. Atlanta of the Southern league has sent Pitcher Frank Dodson, obtained last summer from the Virginia league, to the Shamokin club of the New York-I'ennsylv!nia league, on option. Great tilings are expected of Emmet Dean by followers of the New York university baseball team this season. Dean is a southpaw. He has a fine assortment of curves, plenty of speed and. unlike many left-banders, boasts control. |