Show 5 of the DIAMOND jack knight still has to make the rounds ot of the national and federal leagues before he retires 0 0 washington Is to first in ar firs t in peace and first to make a triple play plat in the american league tuis this season manager Ala mcgraw of uie the giants baa has taken on a swarthy catcher who calle calls himself pichardo and says be he Is a cuban since the clocks in cleveland have beeh moved loved forward an hour every things faster there except the ball team 0 outfielder an andy dy kyle who has been knocked about in a good many leagues has caught on with the terre haute team pitcher oscar graham recently released by wichita of the western league ha ba been signed by terre haute 0 0 0 notwithstanding not with stand ing the be loss of several of their esthr alaers the PhIll phillies fes have been able to stage some pretty classy contests so far pitcher lefty thomas formerly of wichita has joined the grand rapids team lie has been pitching dent ball in kansas kansa 8 this spring 0 philadelphia ariti critics C 9 claim that ast 1st stuffy affy the athletics first bacler jacl er can travel far ler ter for a foul fly than any other arat baseman in the american league 0 0 0 walter johnson says he never sav saw suet an improvement in a club as frank chance has hat shown with alth the new yorks in the short year that he has been at the helm 0 0 while they are changing the land to suit butt the of ball play ere era why not me 0 the pitchers slab blab back to second base rhe when i walter johnson Is on the job 4 0 catcher chester cheater thomas of the red sox has put his savings into a small farm in the heart of kansas where drops of rain are prized like diamonds diamon df at certain seasons of the year 0 0 0 another left handed pitcher has haj een leen added to tho the washington pitch ing staff his name Is barren barron and he Is at present tho the mainstay of the west virginia virgin ta university team 0 0 0 after several years of rather mediocre work it Is predicted that marty Or the beauty will come through this year and pitch the kind of ball that was expected of him 0 0 what a handy man wally smith li 11 proving himself for washington he Is not oly capable to fill almost any position on the team town but the long jay offs do not sam to dim his battina eye ye |