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Show AOTTS of the DIAMOND Speaking'of breaks, the pitcher thai gets thepa seldom cracks. Rain may give the players a day off but anything gives some teams at off day. The way Jim Thorpe is going indi-cates indi-cates he is ambitious to get back under un-der the big tent. With George Tyler in midseasot shape, the pitching staff of the Brave! Is much stronger. Now that numbering ball players is all the craze, some of them should wear a big cipher. Fans in Boston have given up hop of having another world's series tickel scandal next October. Those New York Giants, knocked on all sides for their poor showing oi late, are playing under "raps." A 22-inning baseball game was played at Rock Island, III., the othei day. Even the fans bad enough. "Dnvey" Robertson, right fielder of the Giants, is leading the National league batting by a comfortable margin. mar-gin. Pitcher Jimmy Middleton of Louisville Louis-ville has been watched by Scout O'Hara of the Cubs, and may be signed., There are still several released pitchers In these United States who haven't, yet been signed by the Detroit De-troit Tigers. Starring the baseball season on May 1 would have saved a lot of postponements postpone-ments In April, hut it wouldn't hav helped much in June. Anyway, the Giants are good for a .500 average. They can lose all ol their games on the home lot and win 'em all away from home. Nap Lajoie still looks good around th middle cushion, even though h is pastiming between the sensational Witt and the rapid first-sacker, Mc Inula. Miller Huggins Is making a firsi baseman cut of Roger Hornsby an6 says the youngster Is as clever as ac all-around man as Sisler of th Brovs'ns. Slim Love, the six-foot seven-Inch southpaw of the Yankees, is an unlucky un-lucky bird. He has just recovered from malaria only to be stricken wltl matrimony. Rudy ITulswitt quit his job as manager man-ager of the Columbus (O.) team because be-cause of its long losing streak. 0n-r.ie 0n-r.ie Mack has no sympathy for such chicken-hearted persons. Fifteen major league club owners called their scouts In the office and unmercifully panned them for overlooking over-looking that wonderful National league rookie, one Hal Chase. The Vernon club has put a price of $4,000 on the contract of Swede Ris-borg. Ris-borg. with the proviso that the club which buys him must let 1:1m finish the present season with Vernon. . . About time to start building another anoth-er bridge ncross the East river for the accommodation of the crowds anxious to see the world's series between be-tween the Robins and Yanks, |