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Show BASEBALL Tom Connolly, dttan of major league umpires, no longer works back of the plate, . Irving Iladley, sensational rookie with Washington, Is Just a few years oil the Brown campus. Jack Ryan, a semi-pro from Memphis, Mem-phis, Tern., has been signed for a trial by the St. Louis Cards. Emil ("Irish") Meusel, veteran outfielder, out-fielder, has been unconditionally released re-leased by the Brooklyn Robins. Because fans razzed him for three errors In one game, Eddie Murphy Jumped the Rochester club recently. a Wayland Dean, pitcher for the Chicago Chi-cago Nationals, Jius quit the Cubs and Intends to play Independent baseball, a a a The race for home-run honors for 1027 Is the main .feature of the American Amer-ican league season with the Yankees, a a a Jimmy Dykes has been slamming the bull hnrd since he has been stationed sta-tioned at first lifjse for the Athletics, a a a When Herman of the Rrooklyn Dodgers Dodg-ers Is on the bench the fans holler for him ; when he Is In the game they holler at him. a a ' Bill Murphy, sensational young pitcher of the Hollywood club of the Coast lonpue, Is headfcd for the New York Yankees. Blasonette, one of the leaders In hitting In the International league, was shooed away by Wilbert Robinson Robin-son this spring. a a The Giants announce that they have purchased a left-handed pitcher by the name of Bill Walker from the Denver club for $25,000. a a a Ruth, In his writings, says the Chicago Chi-cago Cubs hove no outstanding stars except two pitchers. What does Ruth sntl Wllenn for tha Invo nf It,...H a a a Texas league fans are being treated treat-ed to an unusually tight pennant race this season, with less than 200 points separating the first and last teams. - Ken Penner, pitcher for the San Antonio club In the Texas league, re? cently pitched two consecutive games without issuing a single base on balls, a a It would take some time to figure up Just how many games the Yankees have won on home-run drives this season, sea-son, but It Is certainly a large number. num-ber. ; , a a a P.lll O'Hara, who has succeeded Lee Fold as manager of the Toronto club, has been road secretary, buslrwss manager, man-ager, coach and scout for the Leafs for a period of .years. Ernie Pickett, county cler In Liberty, Lib-erty, Texas, has been playing with the local ball club for the past 32 seasons. He recently won a hard-fought bame for his team with a timely hit . a a a Dick KInsella, famous scout of the Giants, Is responsible for the discovery discov-ery of more stars than perhaps any other Individual living. One of his best "finds" was Freddy LlnRtrom. a a Leslie Mann, veteran outfielder, recently re-cently unconditionally released by the Boston Braves, Is now playing for the New York Giants. To make room for Mann, Joe Busb, veteran pitciier, was released. Connie Mack used to win pennants when Me was robbing the cradle for ball player, but when he threw In the reverse and started cheating the grave out of prospects he fell down wltb a thud. |