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Show Baseball Notes Ernest Maun of the Wichita team Is imvlng a big season. Babe Ruth is Just getting warmed up to the home-run habit. Two hundred and fifty undergraduates undergradu-ates at Williams college are playing baseball. The St. Louis Nationals have transferred trans-ferred Ad 1'lerottl from the Houston club to the Syracuse club. More major league baseball players come from the Pacific Coast league than from any minor association. Walter Itoettger, University of Illinois Illi-nois outfielder and pitcher, was elected elect-ed captain of the l!-4 baseball team. Zach Wheat may not be able to show the speed of othes days, but his bnt-tlng bnt-tlng eye Is Just as clear as It ever was. Ty Cobb holds the record for the longest service with one club. This Is his eighteenth year- with the Detroit Americans. The state of George Sister's health has Improved to the extent that his medical advisers have told him to take up light exercise. Jack Dunn, manager of the Baltimore Balti-more Orioles, has refused an offer from the Chicago White Sox for Joe Boley, his star shortstop. It. C. Ilohlitzel,.' first baseman with the Red Sox In championship days, is making a big success of It In Charlotte, N. C, where he Is manager. The world Is full of gentlemen who Justify an afternoon lay-off with the deep-rooted conviction that they alone bring luck to the home team. The St. Louis Nationals seem to have picked up a real shortstop In Frelgau, a younpster who has fielded admirably and slugged the bean over .800. Hank Luce, ace outfielder of the Flint Mlnters, who quit the game because be-cause of Illness of his wife, has returned re-turned and hopes for Dan O'Leary's team are higher. The Rochester and the Detroit clubs have reached an agreement on the Cliff Brady case and Rochester ha withdrawn Its case from the hands of Commissioner Landls. Not among the least In making this a big year for baseball In Dallas Is Pitcher Snipe Conley, who Is twirling the sort of stuff that got him major league recognition, two or three years ago. |