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Show INTERESTING LITTLE BITS OF DIFFERENT SPORTS Baseball players are like sailors In one respect they never carry umbrellas. um-brellas. Herb 'McQuaid, pitcher formerly with St. Paul, recently was released by the Seattle club. Mr. Fothergill makes astounding catches out in left, considering that he seems to be going about In a barreL Chick Meelicn, New York university univer-sity football coach, once tried out as an infielder with the Boston Braves. Of last year's fine pitching staff only one man remained at Toronto this year. He is Nick Harrison, relief twirler. Ray Caldwell, aged pitcher, with Birmingham, has been in the game more than 20 years and never had a sore arm. It looks good to see the boys warming warm-ing up on the diamond In the vacant field, even if you can't do It yourself any longer. Colonel Ruppert is reported to have placed $200,000 at the disposal of Manager Joe MeCrthy for the purchase pur-chase of pitchers. Mickey Cochrane of the A's attended Boston university, and Ed Phillips of the Pirates attended Boston college. Both are catchers. Our one and only experience with ping-pong would incline us to any movement for raised seams and a thicker cover on the balL The famous Joe McGlnnity, "the iron man of baseball," at the age of forty-one pitched In 46 games, finished 41 of them, and won 20. Jimmy Foxx broke Into baseball as a third baseman, then tried his hand at catching, and finally, after fouf years, got the first baseman's job with the A's. When the 1931 season begins, th football realm will find that more than 25 men who learned their football at Notre Dame are occupying positions as head coaches throughout the country. |