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Show Baseball Notes St. Paul American Association club sold Inflelder Mark Koenlg to the Wa-tertown Wa-tertown (S. D.) club of the Dakota league. Jimmy Mattox, former Rochester backstop, looks good In a Pittsburgh uniform this year. He Is booked for a long stay In the majors. - , The world's supply of Ivory obtained from elephants Is said to be almost exhausted, ex-hausted, but why worry with an annual an-nual growth In the number of baseball umpires 1 Rees ("Steamboat") Williams pitcher with the St. Paul American association basebalf team, has jumped to the Eveleth team of the Mesaba Range league. Walter Hammond, second baseman, purchased by Cleveland from the Pitts-field, Pitts-field, Mass., Eastern league team last winter, has been released to the Pittsburgh Pitts-burgh Nationals. , Sometimes the comedy stuff of baseball base-ball becomes a reality. Heathcoate, Centerfielder for the Cards, was knocked out by a fly which struck hlra on the head. This is Pilette's first year in the big show. He Is a strapping right-hander with a fast-breaking curve. Ills control con-trol Isn't much to brag of, but outside that he looks pretty good. The poor showing of the Detroit team has not caused President Navln of the Detroit club to change his plans for adding another deck to the grand stand at Nnvln field. Southpaw Harry Courtney, from the Senators, Joined the Chlsojc, via the well-known waiver route. He was ridden by district fans and ought to go better with the Glensotis. The Pittsburgh Pirates are said to have offered the Minneapolis club $20,-(MM) $20,-(MM) for Rob Russell, with the idea of using the former White Sox pitcher In the ( utflcld If he can be landed. The shock of the season In the Coast leugne Is the rise of Duffy Lewis' Snlt Lake P.ees. They were generally picked for the cellar, but now are considered a troublesome bunch, e e Connie Muck's pitching and the club's hitting has surprised the critics this j season, with the result they are pl-k- lug the Philadelphia entry to make j things hot for the other second (11-! (11-! vision entries. I Art Fletcher of the Phillies does not seem to have been affected by his I year's layolf. T lie former (Jlaut star a hlttliig the ball right on the none and is the key to WUheltn's fast iind youthful Iniu'ld. WlU'VI't Itolilnsnn'S liojie fnr gnnil pitching limy come true alter nil the I. ml start. It will he rciiiemhered that P.i'ooMyn's chance" were niid to dt-pend dt-pend alni'wt entirely mi the sort of pitching it got. ' j Press usetit stuff, say cm ion critics v, hen S;in Francisco boost t (ien Valla, but propagnu'ht doesn't make hits or 1'iiti'h long Hies, unci they have to nd-imt nd-imt tliat the box kcu- t.;ii.- a story j I that can't he ileal, d. . J |
