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Show BASEBALL m NOTES 33 In his 20 years in the major leagues . Ty Cobb has played in 2,004 games. One or the other of these Barnes , : boys from Kansas Is either winning or :i losing every day. ritcher Charles Schwartz of Pittsburgh Pitts-burgh has been given bis unconditional releuse. New Orleans has released Pitcher Lee Bolt to Chariotte of the South Atlantic At-lantic league. . ' '-.if For the first time In ten years, the '( Cleveland Indians are without a splt-ball splt-ball pitcher this season. " It's fortunate the sport scribe's ' s story isn't literally true. Imagine a , pitcher actually blowing up. ' This Is the end of the baseball sea- i son when the league teams get even ' 1 with colleges In the publicity race. :'y:.fl . . ,' rf v Bob Fiske, University of Idaho pitcher, was farmed out by the Cleve-f Cleve-f l:ind Indians to Decatur, Three I .-, ' league, ... Captain Carroll, the peerless pitcher . I.'oly Cross nine. Is expected to lead ' t jc of the strongest teams In the hls- ' kry of the Worcester college. ... Walter E. (Gus) Llndberg, captain ' i and star left-handed pitcher of the Washington and Lee team, has been signed by the New York Giants. . . . , ' 1 The former Grand Duke Boris, If he fails to become czar of what Is left of 1 all the Kusslas, might get about the same effect by signing up as a baseball , ' umpire over here. In the early days of baseball as i played In New England the rules gave " ;. the victory to the club first scoring 10(1 runs, and this often required two or more days to settle the question of superiority. ... Has anyone now alive ever seen or heard of a fan getting up on his feet during a close game and announcing. "Let us now give three rousing cheers for the umpire In recognition of his good work lately?" Honus Wagner, former Pittsburgh star. Is a candidate for sheriff of Al- leghany county, Pn. Unless Honus' legs have changed materially In the last 10 years a fugitive could get through them in an emergency. '; Charley Robertson, right-hander of i the White Sox, has not been showiag ' - any III effects from the operation performed per-formed last year on his pitching arm i for removal of a chipped bone. In fact, he promises to be star for Eddie Collins. Bucky Harris and Clark Grlffllth got busy with Lee Fohl and when their session was completed, Joe Harris, former for-mer Indian, was ordered to don a Washington uniform while Pitcher Paul Zahnlser and Outfielder Carlyle were sentenced to the Red Sox. |