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Show American League Notes. Fred Parent still keeps up his heav) stick work. ' Jake" Stahl. of the Washlngtotm, keeps up his banging of the ball. Secretary Bernard snya thnt the Rttendancc nt Cleveland has averaged 4.500 Pitcher Joss Is not yet In his old-time old-time form, and Clo eland sufferers accordingly Frank Smith, Comlskey's Southern League pitching acquisition, la doing excellent work. Winter seldom uses a fast ball these days, depending on curves nnd a change of pnee. Manager Arniuur, of the blues, has been sleuthing through New Kng land looking for nn mitllehler. Nick Altrock hns become a noisy conch. Ono writer Is lemlnded of Tom Tucker by Nick's nntles on the Hue. Detroit has benched third hnsemnn Gremlnger for light hitting. Ilarrett Is now tho only Tiger who hns worked In every championship game. Dave Fult. Is doing some tnll work for the Highlanders these days. In fielding nnd batting he Is a gem He hit for .317 up to and Including Fil-day. Fil-day. Malinger Griffith Is reported ns being be-ing sadly disappointed with the playing play-ing of Pal Dougherty, whom ho secured se-cured from Boston in exchnngo for Unglnub. Lajole Is the only utility innn in the business who Is always wanted In the game. Utility mnu? Yes. The French wonder has played first, second nnd short so far this year. National League News, Joo Kelley rtlll keeps talking himself him-self out of the game. Soino people can never lenrn anything. Tho Philadelphia club has exchanged ex-changed outfielder Jack Harry for pitcher Corrldon of Chicago. Tho Giants hnvo shut out every !) practice he has learned to throw excoodliigl well with Ills right hand. First lliisemnn Kihin N the only mute among the minora likely to break Into faM ceinpnny. lie has put awn oxer 100 hits In the Grlllo Ico chest. The men who have made 100 lilt a In this league are Stone 128. Kerwin 111. Jnrkvon 103, Klhm 101. Armlt urn "Germany Sohaoler has 7 to hi credit. Malinger Cnutlllo.ii of Milwaukee has signed John U Harvey, a Unlwir-slty Unlwir-slty or Wisconsin man, to play in tho Infield. Harvey has phied semi-professional ball on Milwaukee and Itii-cine Itii-cine te.iniH, and has a good batting record. Central League Gossip, Shortstop Grocschow hns dwelled the Torre Haute club. Grand ltapids Is trlug out a local amateur catcher named Adams. Evansville hns signed Shortstop MeGreew and Catcher Shannon of the Peoria club. Fort Wu.uie has signed Pitcher Van Aiidn and Outfielder l.lndorbcck, both of the Paulding (C.) club. The ecnnnnt nice In this league grows chwor and more Interesting each day. and ninny surprises mny bo rpruug within the next few weeks. Pitcher Lang of Dayton, who on July 17 shut Poorln out without hit or run, Is a Cleveland boy, and this is the first season us a (iill-flcdgcd professional. Manager Grant of South Bend ran pride hlmsclt on halng In Pitcher Shafer the star ot the Central leaguo. Shnfer not only has speed, curves and control, but a lieaV. cool head. Western Wlnnowlngs. Polan and Welch are the .300 hit-tors hit-tors of the Oinnlia team. Tho Omaha club has signed Pitcher Quick, lato of the Sail Ijiko club. I Tho St. Joseph club has signed First I il Shortstop of the St, Louis National League Club. club except St. Louis, nnd four times held that club down to ono run. Phil Goler, who led tho American Association last season, Is batting a ,22fi clip for Hoston this season. President Ebbetts says Brooklyn has four young playerB undor covor and will keep them there until fall. Out In the west they blush to huvo to do It to tho Phillies, but condone tho crlmo on the plea that everybody olso docs. Pittsburg Is hot after McCormick, of tho Giants, but Owner Brush states that under no condition will McCormick McCor-mick bo traded. Tho Chicago National leaguo club has purchased shortstop Hoffman from Des Moines. Duffy was after him for tho Phillies. Shortstop Corcoran, of Cincinnati, in tho gamo of July 17 had but ono chance, a pop lly, In tho ninth Inning. This Is remarkable. On tho noxt eastern trip quarters for tho Hods havo been secured at Hath lleach, N. Y., during their Now York and Brooklyn series, running from 11th to 18th. American Association News. Outfielder George Hogrlovcr has re-jolnod re-jolnod tho Indianapolis team after a long rest. Toledo has purchased Third Baseman Base-man Hall and Pitcher Mcl'herson from Philadelphia. Danny Kerwin wenrs smoked glasses In right field to help blin against tho sun. If Toledo had a couplo of moro pitchers of Lundblosn's stripo tho team might Eland a show of winning inoro games. White, tl.o Colonels' flis-t baseman, 1b naturally a left-hauded thrower, but Baseman Kelley, formerly of Sioux City. Nate Wilbur, an old Ilohton amateur, Is now part owner nnd business mnn-ngcr mnn-ngcr of tho Denver club. Tho Sioux City club Is now mnklng money. This has revived tulk of u downtown park for next year. 1'ltclier Kentin of Denver has Injured In-jured the elbow oj his pitching arm, to that hewill probably bo out of tho gnmo for homo time. Tho Injury lb not lit all serious, he thinks, nnd will have no bad effect upon the effectiveness effective-ness of his pitching Iowa League Notes. Tho Burlington club has signed a new pitcher named Frank 0. Klaus. Out fielder Wagner has been re leased by Burlington, and signed by lhc Des Moines, Western Leaguo club. President Norton's olliclnl averages foi the season up to July for tho Iowa lenguo show that of all tho players i.ow playing In this leaguo only sovon ot the regulars aro hitting over .300. Of those Brown, flnt baseman of Ot-tumwu, Ot-tumwu, leads with a percentngo of 3K0. Spencer, center field of Ottiim-wa, Ottiim-wa, is credited with .311. Ft. Dcxlgo and Osknlousa do not boast ot a single man In tho .300 class. The Three-I. League. Dubuque's pay roll 1 suld to bo $1,700 per month. President Holland has rolcascd Umpire) Um-pire) Weldoubncher. Hockford has blgneil general utility playor Wagnor of tho Burlington (In.) team. Tho Springfield club has secured Pitcher Elmer Meredith from tho Salt Uike club. |