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Show DIAMOND NOTES Ping Bodie may get auother chance to come up into the big league uext year. Looks now as if it will be Public vs. Ticket Speculator in the big series next October. Clyde Milan, the chief slugger of the Washington team, is not hitting the ball at all. "Jack" Ness, first baseman of the White Sox, has made a big impression oa Chicago "fans." It's only natural, the big leaguer's say, to expect the beanball when they're playing in Boston. - The veteran heaver Stoney McGlynn is still in the game and is now pitching pitch-ing for the Manitowoc (Wis.) team. "Miner" Brown, veteran pitcher of the Cubs, has dispelled all doubt that he Is still able to pitch winning ball. . . . Among the Arms on the British black list are Wambsganss & Gandil, a Cleveland concern that deals in double play's. Christy Mathewsou's "fadeaway" may he less effective than of yore, but the Gaints' fadeaway percentage is still on the job. Wortman, the new shortstop of the Cubs, weighs 150 pounds, but he can cover twice as much ground us many fellows twice his size. Harry Davis, the veteran coach of the Athletics, confesses that he has a hard time remembering the names ot all of the members of his team. Capt. Johnny Evers of the Braves would lead a fairly happy existence if it wasn't for baseball league presidents, presi-dents, basehull umpires and such. With Tommy Leach, Arthur Devlin and Charlie Dooin pastiming with their team, Itochester folk can have a regular regu-lar "Old Home Week" celebration, Fred Ltiderus, the Phillies' first baseman, base-man, is said to hit the bull as hard as any man in the game. But the fielders field-ers won't allow Fred to hit 'um out fui enough. Washington writer declares that the Athletics will finish last in 11117, but kindly enough holds out holies fo l!)-0. lie hasn't a word to .say abou this season. Last in team hitting and without a single pastimer on speaking tenut Willi a .li'KJ swat average, the Braves certainly are making a grand light foi the National league flag. Casting aside sentiment and telling the blunt truth, linns "V:ir.'ner isn't the player he used to he. He covers one-thirty-second of an Inch less ground than he did ten year-; ugo. If a baseball nirir.nger owned all the pnstiiners in t'l;- world he would still want "j 1st one mure winning pitcher" or "nr.mhe, good hitter" and lie would win tie pennant. . . . Manager "Smiling Bill" Donovan 1 will have to rely upon his maseot and J hat txy to bring home the p'-nnnnt. If th-- Yankee's stars conliiitw t' fall! hy the wayside us a result inj'n-les. I |