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Show Vi3iAMQ.IJD Apiek-ufsA The split season has been abolished this year by the Texas league. If the Giants and Yanks both win this year It will produce the fourth all-New all-New York world's series. Over the fifty-year mark, Sam Crawford, Craw-ford, old Tiger outfielder, is still hitting hit-ting the ball on the Pacific coast. The Municipal stadium in Terre Haute, Ind., seats 16,000 persons. The baseball club plays its games there. A catcher is a stout man in a baseball base-ball suit, who signals for a curve and wonders what the pitcher will throw. Ohio State and West Virginia have been baseball rivals since 1S94. Ohio played two games at Morgantown this year. The St. Paul club of the American association announces the purchase of Al Sliealy, pitcher, from the New York Yankees. Scqtt Hornsby, catcher of Washington Washing-ton university, is no relation to the Cub who is being walked by oppo-ing oppo-ing pitchers. Probably the oldest of all "first-ball" "first-ball" throwers on opening day was Fire Chief Wallace of Cleveland, age eighty-one. Andy Rush, pitcher, who was sent on option to the Allentown club of the Eastern league, has been recalled by the Bridgeport team. Bill Bradley, Cy Young, Terry Turner, Tur-ner, Elmer Flick and Paddy Livingston Living-ston were among old-time baseballers in celebration at Cleveland. Manager Mike McNally says Pete Latzo, the former welterweight champion, cham-pion, will play third base with his Biuglianiptou club this summer. Leon Riley, who pitched for Norfolk in the Virginia State league last season, sea-son, has been signed by the Reading Keys of the International league. Hugh McQuillan, pitcher, formerly of the New York Giants, Boston Braves and Newark Internationals, has been signed by the Toledo club. The Nashville club of the Southern association has asked for waive'rs on Johny Brock, veteran catcher. Brock went to Nashville from the Atlanta club. Melvin Ott, youthful slugger of the New York Giants, says that Burleigh Grimes of the Pittsburgh Tiratps is the hardest pitcher in 'the league for him to hit. About all there is left for Cincinnati Cincin-nati fans is the effort of their boys to sot a new world's record for double plays They had a record last year of over 190. Gordon Kesslpr, football and baseball base-ball star at Maryland, was elected president of his class as a freshman and has been re-elected each year that followed. Most of the long names are shortened short-ened when the big leagues get them, but Dick Porter's name was lengthened length-ened to ltir!i;ird Twilley Porter on bis arrival in Cleveland . Old-timers who remember Kid Elber-fold Elber-fold will be surprised to learn that at the opening game of the Southern association as-sociation at Chattanooga. Tenn., he entered the park arm in arm with an umpire. Horace I.ispnbee, pitcher, and lleinie Wagner, coach, both with the Boston lied Sox, were born on the same day of the year. September 23. Wagner was born in 1SS1 and Lisen-bee Lisen-bee In 1903. |