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Show DIAMOND DUST ; If satisfactry arrangements can le made with their clubs In the National league. Owner Ebbet of the Brooklyn Dodgers, will open his ball yard one day each week" to all the ' kids.' The movement is in response to a request on the pait of The Brooklyn Civic league. Which Is launching a movement move-ment to provide recrea'.ion for youngsters young-sters to keep them out of trouble. Eb-bets Eb-bets Is impressed with ho plan, but I at the last National league meeting was unable to put it over with the league. He will go through with the plan himself If It does not prove too costly. The president of the Brooklyn Civic league In proposing the stunt declared that young boys who become baseball fans remain fans for the bal-nrr- of their lives. I If "Goldie" Rapp, last year with I tho champion St. Paul club in the American .association fails to come through properly for the Olants it second base. McGraw will be forced to open the campaign with a menacing Ii.osr has counted bo strong upon Rapp making good he has not obtained any Other talent to shift into the infield; in case the St Paul star wobbles The Giant lnnerworks will be made up of Kelley. Rapp. Banoioft and Prisch ill ouiiRSters. Jim Vaughn, Chicago Cub Hurler, is not going to have his mind on a thing but pitching baseball this sea-, sont" according to his announcement made In the Cub office several days ago The big hurler sold his butcher , shop and delicatessan store in Balti more several weeks ago. It was a profitable business. and afforded fl Vaughn a means of a livelihood dur- J ing the winter months, but "Hippo " prefers baseball and admits he has 1-j arrived at the stage of his career HE where he is forced to give the game 9 Ms absolute undivided attention, He H went to Los Angeles for a visit with H ' friends before Joining the Cubs for A . spring training. The Boston Red Sox In .gn.nK e Tommy Murray, former pugilist, as ft trainer of th team, promises to set jfl a new style for major league clubs I The Boston Braves and Cincinnati Keds are said to have made overtures to Philadelphia Jack O'Brien to look-after look-after then training work, but the former battler ITU unable to leave his gymnasium work in New York and Philadelphia. Nig Clarke. former big league I catcher, who will this Wr don the j wlndpad and mask for Roger Bresna-1 Bresna-1 ban's Toledo team In the American association, hopes to have the greatest great-est year of his long career in the diamond. dia-mond. Clarke was recently honorably discharged from the navy, and upon leaving underwent a thorough examination ex-amination which shower! him to possess) pos-sess) unusual development. |